La Henriade Avec les Variantes
Paris: Duchesne, 1761. Very Good. Item #46975
Paris: Chés [sic] Duchesne, Libraire, Rue Saint Jacques au Temple du Goût, 1761. Nouvelle Edition. 12mo (14cm); full contemporary mottled calf triple ruled in gilt, elaborate gilt spine repeating the fleur-de-lis motif, all edges speckled blue, marbled endpapers; [4],viii,[19]-283,[1](ad)pp.; steel-engraved title page. Leather rubbed and worn at corners, shallow loss at spine crown, old ink price to front free endpaper, final few leaves a bit damp stained; overall Very Good and sound.
Updated edition of Voltaire's epic poem celebrating the life of Henri IV first published in 1723. This edition opens with an excerpt from Voltaire's preface to his collected works published in Geneva in 1756 and concludes with the publisher's list of Voltaire's plays and other works offered for sale individually.
Price: $125.00