Lot no. 155
VOLTAIRE. La Pucelle d'Orléans. Paris, de l'impr. de Didot le jeune, an III [1795]. 2 volumes in-4, brown morocco, gilt fillet and greek border, ornate spine, inner lace, yellow silk lining and endpapers, gilt edges (Period binding). A very fine typographical edition, with a first printing of a portrait of Joan of Arc drawn and engraved by Gaucher and 21 out-of-text figures engraved after drawings by Le Barbier, Marillier, Monnet and Monsiau. A fine copy, luxuriously bound. Some foxing, tear not missing on p. 201 of vol. II. Cohen, 1034 - Bengesco, n°513.
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