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BAILLY (Jean-Sylvain); VOLTAIRE. Letters on the...

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BAILLY (Jean-Sylvain); VOLTAIRE. Letters on the origin of sciences, and on that of the peoples of Asia, addressed to M. de Voltaire, & preceded by some letters from M. de Voltaire to the author. In London, by M. Elmesly ; and in Paris, by the Debure brothers, 1777. In-8, [2] f., 348 p., contemporary speckled tan basane, 5-ribbed spine, garnet colored title, ornamented caissons, gilt fillet at the edges, red edges (small worms' work and split at the head of the upper jaw). First edition.