April 12, 2024
1890S VOLTAIRE FRENCH ZADIG ET MICROMEGAS BABYLON IRAN FINE BINDING LEATHER GIFT
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OFFERED HERE is a handsomely leather-bound British edition, in the original French. Zadig et Micromegas, by Voltaire. One of Sir John Lubbock's Hundred Books. Published in London and New York by George Routledge and Sons. 7x5 inches, bound in handsome leather with marbled boards, gilt titles, marbled endpapers and pastedowns. 126 pages. If one googles the names Zadig et Voltaire now, what comes up is a French clothing line. Zadig & Voltaire est une marque française de prêt-à-porter, créée en 1997 par Thierry Gillier, petit-neveu d'André Gillier, le cofondateur de l'entreprise Lacoste1.Zadig ou la Destinée (Zadig, or The Book of Fate; 1747) is a novella and work of philosophical fiction by the Enlightenment writer Voltaire. It tells the story of Zadig, a philosopher in ancient Babylonia. The author does not attempt any historical accuracy, and some of the problems Zadig faces are thinly disguised references to social and political problems of Voltaire's own day.It was originally published as Memnon in Amsterdam (with a false imprint of London given) and first issued under its more familiar title in 1748.The book makes use of the Persian tale The Three Princes of Serendip. It is philosophical in nature, and presents human life as in the hands of a destiny beyond human control. Voltaire challenges religious and metaphysical orthodoxy
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