Lot n° 251
Estimation :
200 - 300
EUR
[VOLTAIRE]. La Pucelle d'Orléans, heroic-comic poem. New edi - Lot 251
[VOLTAIRE]. La Pucelle d'Orléans, heroic-comic poem. New edition, without fault & without lacunae, increased by an epistle from Father Grisbourdon to Monsieur de Voltaire [by J.-B. de Junquières] and a Judgement on the poem of the Pucelle to M*** [Maubert de Gouvest], with an epigram on the same poem. In London, s.n., 1767. In-8, 247 p., ochre morocco, spine with 5 nerves, gilt title, double cold fillet bordering the boards, double gilt fillet at the edges, inner lace, gilt edges on marbling [R. Petit] (spine faded, slight scratches on the lower board; small flaws in the margins p.155-158).
Edition in eighteen cantos, probably made in France, reproducing the text of the editions published in 1756 under the London address.
A fine copy perfectly established by the binder Petit, who has preserved large margins (h = 182 mm.)
(Bengesco, n 494).
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