Original half calf and boards. 16mo. XV, 426; XII, 348 pages. 14 cm. Nouvelle edition. In French. Volumes 3 and 4 only, bound together (volumes 1 and 2, bound together, absent) . ‘Letters of some German and Polish Jews to M. De Voltaire. ’ Written by Antoine Guinee a “French priest and Christian apologist; born at Etampes 1717; died 1803. He wrote, besides various apologetic works, ‘Lettres de Quelques Juifs Portugais, Allemands et Polonais, à M. De Voltaire, ’ Paris, 1769, often reprinted and translated into English and other languages. The letters are a defense of the Bible, not of Judaism. ” (1906 JE) “It seems that, aside from his desire to select any subject apt to furnish an opportunity to display his humorous satire and give him a chance to attack the Bible, Voltaire had no intention of antagonizing the Jews. In his reply to Isaac de Pinto, who wrote an apology for the Jews entitled ‘Apologie pour la Nation Juive, ’ Voltaire admitted as much. He recognized the fact that there were respectable Jews, and he did not wish to wound the feelings of his opponent by references to the people of Israel as represented in the Bible. Antoine Guené, who defended the Bible against the attacks of Voltaire, embodied in his ‘Lettres de Quelques Juifs’ De Pinto's apology together with the correspondence to which it gave rise. Voltaire replied in a pamphlet, ‘Un Chrétien Contre Six Juifs’ (1776) , without taking up the Jewish question. ” (1906 Jewish Encyclopedia) Subjects: Judaism - Apologetic works. Voltaire, 1694-1778 - Correspondence. Bible. Old Testament - Evidences, authority, etc. OCLC lists 13 copies of this edition. Rubbing to extremities of boards, lightly foxed throughout. Fresh and clean. Good + condition. (KH-1-40)