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Armor Enchères

96 - VOLTAIRE. The Maid of Orléans. A poem in twenty-one cantos; with notes and variants.

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Estimation

€40 - 60

Sale fees

21.9%

VOLTAIRE. The Maid of Orléans. A poem in twenty-one cantos; with notes and variants. In Buckingham (Khel edition reissued with a different title and without the engravings), ca. 1785. In-8, 397 pages + errata, bound in full marbled calfskin, smooth spine decorated with gilt metal tools, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, English coat of arms on the covers (unidentified). Red chalk illustrations on Chinese paper were added later (damaged caps, split joints, worn corners, interior clean) Enclosed. ROUSSEAU (Jean-Jacques). *La Nouvelle Héloïse, or Letters from Two Lovers, Residents of a Small Town at the Foot of the Alps*. New edition illustrated with 6 figures. Paris, Bossange, Lefèvre..., 1808. 4 volumes in-8 bound in full root-tanned sheepskin, smooth spines with decorative embellishments. 6 illustrations, including 4 as frontispieces (Defects in the bindings; numerous foxing spots and water stains on two volumes)

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Auction details

Books - Paintings - Furniture - Art Objects
Saturday, November 21
11:00 AM
Zone aéroportuaire, D 706
22190 Plérin, France

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Armor Enchères +33 2 96 33 15 91 contact@armor-encheres.com
On Drouot for 8 years avec More than 10,000 lots published

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