Lot n° 244
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[VOLTAIRE]. The Natural Religion, poem. In four parts. To th - Lot 244
[VOLTAIRE]. The Natural Religion, poem. In four parts. To the king of Prussia. By M. de V. Genève, [Paris], 1756; in-12 of 24 pp, old cardboard.
First edition, dedicated to Frederick II. - Voltaire tried in vain to oppose this printing made according to a manuscript which had escaped him.
- Bound afterwards, by the same author:
DIATRIBE OF DOCTOR AKAKIA, doctor of the pope. Decree of the Inquisition... Rome, [Paris], 1753; 24 pages. - Third edition presumed to have appeared in the same year as the original. This violent pamphlet against Maupertuis indisposed Frederick II who had it destroyed in public.
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