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[VOLTAIRE (François-Marie Arouet de). Adélaïde du Guesclin, …
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[VOLTAIRE (François-Marie Arouet de). Adélaïde du Guesclin, …
See original version (French)
Estimate €80 - €100
Voluntary lot
Description
[VOLTAIRE (François-Marie Arouet de). Adélaïde du Guesclin, a tragedy, first performed on 18 January 1734, and revived on 9 September 1765. Presented to the public by M. Le Kain, Comédien ordinaire du Roi. Paris, Veuve Duchesne, 1765.
In-12 of (4) ff, 71 pp, (1) p. of approbation, paperback, reused vellum cover.
FIRST EDITION. The publisher's Preface contains a letter from Voltaire to one of his friends, in which the author recounts the misadventures of his play during the first performance. Rare. (Benjesco, I, n° 74).
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