Lot n° 95
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[VOLTAIRE]. La Religion naturelle, poem. In four parts. To t - Lot 95
[VOLTAIRE]. La Religion naturelle, poem. In four parts. To the King of M. de V. Geneva. [Paris], 1756; in-12, 24 pp, antique hardback.
First edition, dedicated to Frederick II. - Voltaire tried in vain to oppose this printing, based on a manuscript that had escaped him.
- Bound at the end, by the same author:
DIATRIBE DU DOCTEUR AKAKIA, médecin du pape. Decree of the Inquisition... Rome, [Paris], 1753; 24 pages. - Presumed third edition, published the same year as the original. This violent pamphlet against Maupertuis angered Frederick II, who had it destroyed in a public square.
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