VOLTAIRE (François-Marie Arouet, dit). Romans et contes. Bouillon, at the expense of the Société Typographique, 1778. 3 volumes in-8, edition illustrated with a portrait of Voltaire engraved by Cathelin after Quentin de La Tour, 57 copper-engraved plates in black by Baqouy,Châtelain, Deny, Dambrun, Patas and others, after drawings by Monnet, Moreau le Jeune and Marillier, and 13 vignettes by Monnet. A first-edition copy with the proofs before the figure numbers. Bound in full contemporary marbled calf, smooth ornate spine, red morocco title-piece, beige morocco end-piece, all edges gilt on marbled boards. Expert : M. Nicolas ASVISIO