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95 - VOLTAIRE. *La Henriade*. London [Rouen?], 1728.
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VOLTAIRE. *La Henriade*. London [Rouen?], 1728. Large quarto in brown calfskin, with rolled-edge borders and cold-stamped corner ferrules on the covers, spine with blonde sheepskin raised bands decorated with cold stamping, dark brown morocco title label, edges speckled with red (contemporary binding); (1) blank folio, frontispiece, (3) folios, 10 pp. of subscribers’ list, 202 pp., 10 plates out of text, (1) blank folio. Spine of the binding probably re-bound in the late 19th century, restoration to one corner, a section missing from the title label, a few faint, barely noticeable foxing spots, mainly in the top margin, 2 brown stains on pages 3 and 4 of the list of subscribers. FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Printed on heavy laid paper, it contains a FRONTISPICE by de Troy, a FLEURON on the title page designed by Michaux, 10 BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATIONS in full colour by de Troy, Lemoine and Vleughels, 10 VIGNETTES drawn by Michaux and 10 CULS-DE-LAMPE. ‘This deluxe edition, the first to bear the title “La Henriade”, is also the first to have been carefully corrected and revised by Voltaire. It presents a text that differs in places from that of the 1723 edition and subsequent ones, and throughout this text is much more accurate. This fine edition may therefore be regarded as the first truly authentic one. Voltaire, who had been in England for nearly two years, dedicated it to the Queen of that country, whose liberal institutions he admired. […] The vignette at the head of the ‘Third Song’ contains a medallion portrait of Queen Elizabeth of England. ’ (Le Petit). A copy from the LIBRARY of Thomas KYNASTON, with an old heraldic bookplate bearing the motto ‘Deus est nobis sol et ensis’. ¶ Le Petit, 535 – Bengesco, I-365 – Cohen, 1025.
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About the sale ANTIQUE AND MODERN BOOKS
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Auction time 11/18/2026 at 2:15 PM
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