M. de Voltaire — La Pucelle D&Apos;Orleans
Paris, Lescaret, 1982. Cloth. A smart copy of the Voltaire classic, The Maid of Orleans. In the original French. Illustrated throughout with many erotic coloured and engraved plates. Limited to 3050 copies, of which this is numbered 2024. The Maid of Orleans (La Pucelle d'Orleans) is a satirical poem. It was first properly published in 1899, but Voltaire had written it over a century beforehand; while he had started writing the text in 1730, he never fully completed it. It was translated into English by W. H. Ireland In grey cloth bindings. Externally, smart, with only some light shelfwear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine .