La Pucelle d'Orléans, Poeme en Vigt-Un Chants, par M. de Voltaire; avec les Notes & Variantes
by Voltaire, Francois
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
Amsterdam: Marc-Michel Rey, 1788. Hardcover. Very Good. "Nouvelle Edition, plus complette que toutes les précédentes." 405, [3] p.; 18 cm. Contemporary calf; modern spine repair with japanese tissue and gilt-tooled leather spine label. All page edges red. Woodcut tailpieces. Voltaire's satire about the life of Joan of Arc was banned in much of Europe and, hence, very popular. In Very Good Condition: leather is rubbed; spine repaired with japanese tissue; edges of first and last leaves darkened from glue used on fixed endpapers; some pages lightly browning; otherwise, clean and tight.
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- Classic Books and Ephemera (US)
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- Title
- La Pucelle d'Orléans, Poeme en Vigt-Un Chants, par M. de Voltaire; avec les Notes & Variantes
- Author
- Voltaire, Francois
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Marc-Michel Rey
- Place of Publication
- Amsterdam
- Date Published
- 1788
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Humor; Women's History & Biography;
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