Booksellers often distrusted Voltaire, because by modifying his texts and multiplying the editions, he alienated their customers. No one wanted to pay good money for a slightly new version of a book that one had already bought. And some booksellers had become disenchanted with his endless variations on the same themes. " Lapham's Quarterly
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:54PM on February 5, 2021