"François-Marie Arouet, known as VOLTAIRE. - Lot 83

"François-Marie Arouet, known as VOLTAIRE. La Pucelle d'Orléans, a poem in twenty cantos, with notes. New edition, corrected, expanded, and collated from the author’s manuscript. No place [Geneva, Cramer], 1762, 8vo, bound in full fawn sheepskin, smooth spine with decoration, double title label, worn at the joints. Illustrated with 18 (of 20) unsigned, interstitial copperplate engravings based on drawings by Gravelot (those for Canto 9 and Canto 12 are missing). First edition acknowledged by the author. It had been preceded by several pirated editions since 1755. Included: - VOLTAIRE. Essays on Manners. Paris, Lequien, 1821, 4 in-8 volumes bound in half-basane, spine with decorated raised bands, covers rubbed, some foxing. Constitutes volumes 15 through 18 of the “Complete Works of Voltaire,” a self-contained set. - [VOLTAIRE] *La Henriade* in Ten Canto. New edition. Geneva, 1776, in-16, full calfskin binding, plain decorated spine, gilt roulette on the covers. Portrait of Henry IV on the frontispiece." Expert: Cabinet Valleriaux contact@valleriaux.com Please request condition reports: they are not included in the descriptions.