This design comes from an 1893 binding housing Voltaire's Zadig or The Book of Fate. First
published in 1747 it tells the story of Zadig an ancient Babylonian philosopher. The book is
a philosophical treatise that provides thematic inspiration for the modern detective story
including for Edgar Allan Poe's C. Auguste Dupin. Original Art: Chamerot et Renouard's binding
for Voltaire's Book of Fate. Era: Bound in 1893 first published in 1747. Region: France.
