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115 - VOLTAIRE. *La Pucelle d’Orléans*, a poem in twenty-one canto…
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VOLTAIRE. *La Pucelle d’Orléans*, a poem in twenty-one cantos. Paris, Didot the Younger, Year III [1795]. 2 volumes in one in-4° volume of 251 pp; 279 pp. Fawn half-basane with green corners, spine with 5 raised bands, title label in red morocco (contemporary binding). 22 full-page etchings as inserts, including one as a frontispiece, by C. PONCE, A. ROMANET, C.L. LINGEE, N. PONCE (2), PATAS (4), LE MIRE, DELIGNON (2), P. P. CHOFFARD, P. BAQUOY (2), DUPRÉEL (2), R. DELVAUX, DUHAMEL, N. COURBE, MALBETE, L. PAUQUET after C.S GAUCHER, N. MONSIAU [11], LE BARBIER, C. MONNET (2), MARILLIER (7). On the reverse of the half-title page, the following is stated: “IN PARIS, At the JACQUENOD Brothers, 15 Rue de Condé. IN LYON, at the same publishers”. ‘A very fine edition’ (Cohen, Guide for the Collector of 18th-Century Illustrated Books, 1034). A few foxing spots; marginal reinforcements in quires D and E; binding rubbed; caps worn down; hinges partially split. Good quality engravings.
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About the sale ANTIQUE AND MODERN BOOKS
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Auction time 09/11/2026 at 2:00 PM
Ref. : 226072 - 3
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