ILLUSTRATIONS
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VOLTAIREFrontispiece
From the Statue by Houdon at the Comédie Française.
NINON DE L’ENCLOS6
From an original Picture given by herself to the Countess of Sandwich.
J. B. ROUSSEAU32
From an Engraving after a Picture by J. Aved.
LOUIS XV.40
From the Picture by Carle Van Loo in the Museum at Versailles.
MADAME DU CHÂTELET70
From an Engraving after Marianne Loir.
MADAME DE POMPADOUR152
From the Painting by François Boucher in the possession, and by kind permission, of Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild.
MARIA LECZINSKA172
From the Picture by Carle Van Loo in the Louvre.
FREDERICK THE GREAT210
From an Engraving by Cunejo, after the Painting by Cunningham.
MOREAU DE MAUPERTUIS238
From an Engraving after a Painting by Tourmere.
LEKAIN292
From an Engraving after a Painting by S. B. Le Noir.
THE CHÂTEAU OF FERNEY334
From an Engraving.
VOLTAIRE370
From the Bust by Houdon.
MADEMOISELLE CLAIRON426
From an Engraving after a Picture by Carle Van Loo.
VOLTAIRE486
From the Etching by Denon.
LOUIS XVI.496
From the Portrait by Callet in the Petit Trianon.
VOLTAIRE’S DECLARATION OF FAITH506
From the Original in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.
“TRIOMPHE DE VOLTAIRE”530
From a Contemporary Print.