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La Henriade: Nouvelle édition

La Henriade: Nouvelle édition

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La Henriade: Nouvelle édition

by Voltaire

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  • Hardcover
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Paris: Chez la Vve Duchesne, Saillant, Desaint, Panckoucke and Nyon, 1770. Hardcover. VG, wear to leather (especially around spine, stain on edge of pages near front, mild foxing, pencil marking on back flyleaf, otherwise remarkably tight and clean given age.. Full leather binding with gilt borders, gilt dentelles on turn-ins, 8 compartments, and gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Marbled endsheets. Engraved frontispiece and title page illustration. Engraved half-titles, 10 engraved plates. French. 272 pp. Volume I of II only. The first 8 chants/cantos of Voltaire's (1694-1778) epic poem Henriade. One of only two epics written by Voltaire, the poem concerned the life of Henry IV of France. This volume was published within Voltaire's lifetime, just 8 years before his death.

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Title
La Henriade: Nouvelle édition
Author
Voltaire
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - VG, wear to leather (especially around spine, stain on edge of pages near front, mild foxing, pencil marking on back flyleaf, ot
Quantity Available
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Publisher
Chez la Vve Duchesne, Saillant, Desaint, Panckoucke and Nyon
Place of Publication
Paris
Date Published
1770
Keywords
Literature Young and Old, philosophy, history, biography, poem, Voltaire, epic poetry ; Voltaire ; ;

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