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La Pucelle the Maid of Orleans: An Heroic-Comical Poem in Twenty-One Cantos by Arouet de Voltaire: A New and Complete Translation into English Verse Revised Corrected and Augmented from the Earlier English Translation of W.H. Ireland and the One Attributed to Lady Charleville with the Variants Now for the First Time Translated by Ernest Dowson: In Two Volumes
by Voltaire, Arouet de (Also known as Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
London: Lutetian Society 1899, a numbered copy from a limited edition of 500. (Hardcover) 406pp. Very good. The two volumes bound as one in 3 / 4 leather with raised bands and marbled boards. Extra-illustrated with 20 engraved plates (removed from a smaller and quite earlier volume) tipped-in. The spine is a bit scuffed and the covers are worn around the edges. Also known as Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire. Identified on spine as Voltaire (The Maid of Orleans). Translated by Ernest Dowson. Revised and enlarged by W.H. Ireland. (Poetry).
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- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 136860
- Title
- La Pucelle the Maid of Orleans: An Heroic-Comical Poem in Twenty-One Cantos by Arouet de Voltaire: A New and Complete Translation into English Verse Revised Corrected and Augmented from the Earlier English Translation of W.H. Ireland and the One Attributed to Lady Charleville with the Variants Now for the First Time Translated by Ernest Dowson: In Two Volumes
- Author
- Voltaire, Arouet de (Also known as Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Lutetian Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
Biblio member since 2003
Winnipeg, Manitoba
About Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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