VOLTAIRE - Lot 11

VOLTAIRE Olympie, new tragedy. Followed by Historical Remarks. Frankfurt, Leipsick, 1763. [Followed by]: Zulime, tragedy in five acts. Représentée par les Comédiens Français ordinaires du Roi. Geneva, 1761. [And]: Tancrède, tragédie, en vers croisés, et en cinq actes ; représentée par les Comédiens Français ordinaires du Roi, le 3 Septembre 1760. Paris: Prault petit-fils, 1761. - 3 works in one volume in-8, marbled calf, smooth spine decorated, red edges (period binding). Bengesco, 257 (Olympie), 234 (Tancrède). OLYMPIA: Third edition cited by Bengesco, published the same year as the original. ZULIME: Edition published the same year as the original, not listed by Bengesco, who cites two editions dated Geneva 1761, the first of 71 pages and the second of 55. Ours has 46 pages. TANCRÈDE: FIRST EDITION, disowned by Voltaire. It is illustrated with a portrait of the author after de Latour and two plates engraved by Tardieu after Delin. (A good copy in contemporary binding. Headcap missing. Spine and part of first cover faded).