THADDEUS, VICTOR — Voltaire: Genius of Mockery

NY: Brentano's, 1928. First Edition Thus. 1. Hard Cover. Hardcover without dust jacket. Quarter bound in publisher's black cloth over blue boards, gilt lettering on spine, gilt lettering and border on cover. Printed endpapers. Fore-edge deckle. 8vo. (xii), 291 pp. Illustrated with eight full-page plates. Includes Epilogue, Appendix, Bibliography and Index. Gilt on spine faded, moderately shaken, rear hinge starting, boards slightly bowed. VERY GOOD. "Of all the intellectual weapons that have ever been wielded by man, the most terrible was the mockery of Voltaire. Bigots and tyrants who had never been moved by the wailings and cursings of millions, turned pale at his name." - Lord Macaulay. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very Good with no dust jacket .