455 - Voltaire. La Henriade. Figures par Eisen. (Spine title). (Paris, Duchesne, 1770). With engraved frontispiece, engraved title page with portrait vignette, 10 copperplate engravings and 10 engraved vignettes after Ch. Eisen by J. de Longueil. Large octavo. 19th-century red morocco binding (signed 'Rivière & Son, Bumpus Ltd.') with rich gilt spine decoration, triple gilt fillets on the covers, gilt edges and wide ornamental inner border.

Voltaire. La Henriade. Figures par Eisen. (Spine title). (Paris, Duchesne, 1770). With engraved frontispiece, engraved title page with portrait vignette, 10 copperplate engravings and 10 engraved vignettes after Ch. Eisen by J. de Longueil. Large octavo. 19th-century red morocco binding (signed 'Rivière & Son, Bumpus Ltd.') with rich gilt spine decoration, triple gilt fillets on the covers, gilt edges and wide ornamental inner border. Cohen/Ricci II, 1026-27 (with illustration).; Bengesco I, 384. - The complete series of Eisen's beautiful illustrations for Voltaire's 'Henriade', here in the rare 'épreuves d'artiste' before the text and the 'en-têtes' on separate prints. - The engraved title page with the poet's portrait in the state preserved in only a few copies, without the engraved text. - All engravings in clear, strong impressions on heavy paper, mostly with wide margins. - Frontispiece and an engraving dated 1766. Bound in front are another engraving after Eisen by Rousseau, an engraving by C. Couchin (fils), and one engraved vignette. - Engraved coat of arms bookplate of Sir David Lionel Goldsmid-Stern-Salomons (watch collector and lawyer, 1851-1925) on a pastedown. - Page edges partly slightly dusty, a few small finger marks and pinholes. Resolutions are glue-shaded.