Lot 119
Voltaire, F.M.A. de
Auction: 4 February 2009 at 11:00 GMT
£300
Description
La pucelle d'Orléans, poeme, divisé en vingt chants. Conculix, [1765]. First edition, 24mo, engraved title with vignette portrait and 20 folding engraved plates, red morocco, double gilt fillet on boards, spine gilt, by W. Pratt, g.e.
Footnote
Rare edition, printed at Voltaire's country house just outside Geneva. The book was intended to be published in 2 volumes but the second title has been cancelled by the binder. From the Powfoulis Library, Stirlingshire.