POEM UPON THE LISBON DISASTER by AROUET, FRANCOIS

Lincoln:: Penmaen Press,. Near Fine. 1977. Hardcover. Bilingual text: French and English. Translated from the French by Anthony Hecht. Illustrated with six wood engravings by Lynd Ward. Introduction by Arthur Wilson. Limited edition (100 copies). SIGNED by Hecht, Ward, and Wilson. Light mottling along front gutter, else near fine in black cloth and decorated paper covered boards. No slipcase. .

Lincoln: Penmaen Press, 1977. Hardcover. Fine in Near fine slipcase. 29 x 18 cm. Quarto. 33 pages. Black boards in slipcase. This special edition limited to 200 copies of which this is number 108 and signed by the translator; Anthony Hecht, the artist; Lynd Ward, and the author of the introduction; Arthur Wilson. Six wood cuts by Lynd Ward.

Lincoln: Penmaen Press, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Light marking to cloth along spine. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Lynd Ward. Quarto in cloth-backed boards. Of 200 numbered copies of this special edition, this copy not numbered but marked "O.S.," out-of-series. Illustrated with six wood engravings by Lynd Ward. SIGNED by artist Lynd Ward, Anthony Hecht, the translator, and Arthur Wilson who wrote the introduction. Hand-printed by Michael McCurdy and Evelyn Clarke with Ward's engravings struck from the blocks. There were also 100 deluxe copies and 200 trade copies. Prospectus laid in.

E-253. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Penmaen Press, Lincoln, MA. 1977. 33 pgs. Illustrated with six wood engravings by Lynd Ward. Deluxe Edition of 200 copies, this copy is unumbered. Signed by Lynd Ward. Anthony Hecht and Arthur Wilson. Text in English and French. Slipcased in black cloth. Bound in gilt-titled black cloth spine over marbled boards, pages bound in French-fold fashion. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A poem by Voltaire about the devastating earthquake that struck Lisbon on Nov. 1st, 1755. A passionate report of the Lisbon earthquake, written wonderfully. We can see here the influence of this earthquake on the thought of Voltaire and the Enlightenment. This reality is evident in this work of Voltaire. Here he brilliantly exposes how this brutal catastrophe made him question the existence of a good and omnipotent God, and he reflects on human… Read More

Lincoln MA: Penmæn Press, 1977. First thus. Fine in near fine slipcase.. Signed limited first Lynd Ward-illustrated edition of Voltaire's poem on the Lisbon earthquake of 1755, presented in side-by-side French and English with striking woodcuts by Ward. The tragedy of the Lisbon earthquake, with tens of thousands of people killed, deeply affected Voltaire. A little over a month after the disaster, Voltaire sent this grim poem to a friend in Paris, marking his break with philosophical optimism (a philosophy he would later parody in CANDIDE). Lynd Ward's dark, heavy woodcuts capture the tone of the poem. An attractive edition. 11'' x 7''. Original black cloth-backed marbled boards. Ornamental woodcut to title page with five woodcuts throughout. 36 pages, bound fukurotoji style. Colophon signed by Ward, Hecht, and Wilson, numbered 88. In original black cloth slipcase. Slipcase with mild rubbing. Book sharp and clean.