Male : Philosopher, Novelist, Dramatist and Epic Poet. Imprisoned in the Bastille 1717-18. In 1726-9 in exile in England (here he wrote some of his dramas). 1750-3 in Berlin at invitation of Frederick the Great as adviser and chamberlain.

Nationality : French Place of Birth : Paris

Date of Birth : 1694 Date of Death : 1778 Age : 84

Pseudonyms : Pseud of Francois Marie Arouet

Education : Jesuit School in Paris

1718-1750
Oedipe (1718)
La Henriade : An Epick Poem (1724) (1732 for C Davis, London) - poem
The History of Charles XII King of Sweden (1732 for Davis & Lyon, London. 3rd Ed)
Letters Concerning the English Nation (1733 Davis & Lyon) (1741 D & L 2nd Ed)
Philosophical Letters (1733)
The Elements of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy (1738 for Stephen Austen, London)
Essay on the Morals and Spirit of Nations (Essai sur les Moeurs et l'Espirit des Nations)
Discourses of Man
Zadig : The Book of Fate - An Oriental History (1749 John Brindley, London)
[Said to be the first ever detective story]

1751-1800
The Age of Louis XIV (1752 Dodsley) - 2 vols
The History of the War of 1741 (1756 J Nourse, London)
Candide or Optimism (1758)
Critical Essays on Dramatic Poetry (1761 ptd for Davis & Reymers, London)
Philosophic Dictionary (1764)
L'Ingenu, or The Sincere Huron : A true History (1768 Robert Urie, Glasgow)
Letters .. to Several of His Friends (1770 for T Davies & J Wheble, London)
The Pupil of Nature (1771 T Carnan, London)
Le Taureau Blanc, or the White Bull (1774 Murray 2nd Ed)
Letters addressed to His Highness The Prince of ********* (1779 R Trophy, London)
The Ignorant Philosopher (1779 Fielding & Walker, London)
A Treatise on Toleration, The Ignorant Philosopher & a Commentary on the Marquis of Beccaria's
Treatise on Crimes & Punishment (1779 Fielding & walker, London)
Memoirs of the Life of Voltaire, written by Himself (1784 for G Robinson, London)
The History of Charles XII, King of Sweden (1793 London)
Romances, Tales & Smaller Pieces (1794 Dodsley) - 2 vols
The Philosophical Dictionary for the Pocket (1796 NY)

19thC
The Massacre of St Bartholemew (1813 for D Hilton, London)
The Philosophical Dictionary (1819 London) - 2 vols
The Henriad : A Poem (1834 Smith, Mobile)
Candide, or All for the Best (1898 Redway, London) - 600, 100 on Japanese vellum

20thC
The Works : The Collectors' Edition (1901) - 42 vols. 650
Candide (1922 Carteret, Paris) - 175 Edmond Malassis
Zadig and Other Romances (1926 John Lane) - Henry Keen
The Princess of Babylon (1927 Nonesuch Press) - 1500 Thomas Lowinsky
Candide (1928 Random House NY) - 1470 signed by Rockwell Kent
Candide (1929 Literary Guild, NY) - Rockwell Kent
Candide & Other Romances (1929 John Lane) - Norman Tealby
Candide or Optimism (1939 Nonesuch Press) - Trans by Richard Aldington. Sylvain Sauvage
Candide (nd.1944 Pantheon Books, NY) - 625. Paul Klee
The History of Zadig, or Destiny (1952 Ltd Eds Club, NY) - 1500. Sylvain Sauvage
The Love Letters of Voltaire to His Neice (1958 Wm Kimber, London)
Candide or Optimism (1973 Ltd Eds Club, NY) - 1500 signed by May Neama Trans by Richard Aldington.
Poems upon the Lisbon Disaster (1977 Penmaen Press, London)
- 100 signed. Engravings by Lynd Ward
Therese, A Fragment (Edited by Desmond Flower) (1981 Cambridge)

READING
Frank Hall Standish : The Life of Voltaire (1821 for J Andrews, London)
Mary Margaret H Barr : Voltaire in America 1744-1800 (1941 John Hopkins UP)
Voltaire in Love by Nancy Mitford (1957)
Haydn Mason : Voltaire - A Biography (1981 Granada £10.95)