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VOLTAIRE] - La Pucelle d'Orléans, poëme héroï-comique, en di…
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780
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VOLTAIRE] - La Pucelle d'Orléans, poëme héroï-comique, en di…
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Estimate €300
Voluntary lot
Description
VOLTAIRE] - La Pucelle d'Orléans, poëme héroï-comique, en dix-huit chants. Geneva, 1788. In-18, frontispiece, portrait, 304 pp. 18 h. t. figs, gilt-striped tawny calf, gilt chain on boards, spine gilt, small loss at upper head.
DUTEL A-936. Cazin style printing. The frontispiece depicts Voltaire seated in front of the pucelle standing brandishing a sword on the composition of the writer, portrait of Joan of Arc opposite. Eighteen free figures after Marillier, including one depicting a scene of bestiality.
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