Shelfmark
Fr.1.13
Author
Title
La Henriade, poeme, suivi de quelques autres poemes de Voltaire.
Publication, distribution, etc.
[Kehl] : De l'imprimerie de la Société littéraire-typographique., 1789.
Physical description
[2], 624 p., [11] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 33 cm. (4to)
Note
In French.
Note
First printed in London under the title "La Ligue" in 1723.
Note
This edition was a specimen volume for the proposed complete works of Voltaire to be published by Beaumarchais.
Provenance
From the library of Cardinal Henry Edward Manning with the bookplate and several ink stamps of the Oblates of St. Charles Library, Bayswater. The bookplate has the motto "Ex oblatorum S Caroli Bibliotheca Bayswater".
Binding
Contemporary blind and gold-tooled calf ; gilt edges ; repaired spine.
Subject
Henry, 1553 - 1610 IV King of France
Subject
Voltaire, 1694 - 1778 Oeuvres completes. 1785-1789.
Added entry--name
Manning, Henry Edward, 1808 - 1892 former owner.
Added entry--place
Germany Kehl.
Language code
fre
Identifier
B40049