La Pucelle d'Orléans.: Poëme en vingt-un chants.
by Anonymous [Voltaire]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Zurich, Switzerland
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About This Item
Voltaire's notable critique of the prevailing conditions of his time.
Description: Contemporary burgundy calf, triple gilt fillet to sides, gilt titles and decoration to spine. Vigesimo-quarto: 11.5 × 6.5 cm; [3] ll., 300 pp. Frontispiece portrait of Joan of Arc, engraved by N.[icolas] Delaunay after a painting from the City Hall of Orléans. Gilt edges.
Condition: Binding a bit scuffed and bruised at corners and spine ends. Pages slightly toned with age, pp. 107-110 detached. Despite the occasional minor blemish, a very good copy.
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- Bookseller
- Georg Schneebeli :: Rare Books & Prints (CH)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000202
- Title
- La Pucelle d'Orléans.
- Author
- Anonymous [Voltaire]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- [Cazin]
- Place of Publication
- Geneva [Paris]
- Date Published
- 1777
- Weight
- 0.24 lbs
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- Literature;
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