VOLTAIRE. La Pucelle d'Orléans, poem in twenty-one songs, with notes, to which several pieces have been attached. London, 1780 - 2 volumes in-18, 121 x 73 : frontispiece, (2 ff.), 218 pp. (1 blank f.) ; (2 ff.), 180 pp. Dark blue morocco, double gilt fillet in frame and crowned swords surrounded by two fleurs-de-lis on the boards, spine gilt, gilt border inside, edges gilt on marbling (Allô). Cohen, 1032-1033. - Dutel, A-934. Same edition as the previous issue but in an in-18 format, with the same illustrations . Copy also enriched with the so-called "English" suite. It was superbly bound by Allô for the bibliophile Maurice Le Barbier de Tinan (1842-1918), father of the writer Jean de Tinan. Some wear to the headpieces and corners. Provenance: Maurice Le Barbier de Tinan, with bookplate. - Léon Gruel, with bookplate.
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€800 - €1,200
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€4,000
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VOLTAIRE.
La Pucelle d'Orléans, poem in twenty-one songs, with notes, to which several pieces have been attached.
London, 1780 - 2 volumes in-18, 121 x 73 : frontispiece, (2 ff.), 218 pp. (1 blank f.) ; (2 ff.), 180 pp. Dark blue morocco, double gilt fillet in frame and crowned swords surrounded by two fleurs-de-lis on the boards, spine gilt, gilt border inside, edges gilt on marbling (Allô).
Cohen, 1032-1033. - Dutel, A-934.
Same edition as the previous issue but in an in-18 format, with the same illustrations
.
Copy also enriched with the so-called "English" suite. It was superbly bound by Allô for the bibliophile Maurice Le Barbier de Tinan (1842-1918), father of the writer Jean de Tinan.
Some wear to the headpieces and corners.
Provenance: Maurice Le Barbier de Tinan, with bookplate. - Léon Gruel, with bookplate.
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