La Henriade Poeme; Paris 1824 (Voltaire)
La Henriade Poeme; Paris 1824 (Voltaire)
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By Voltaire
Printed by August Delalain, Libraire-Editeur - well respected Parisian educational publisher
Late-Napleonic/early Restoration-period school and study edition that includes commentary from La Harpe, a major literary critic of the era
Voltaire's epic poem glorifying Henri IV of France, the Wars of Religion and the ideal of religious tolerance
One of the most widely printed works of the 18th and 19th centuries and served as required reading in French schools until around 1850
Full tree calf or mottled calf binding
Wear to spine edges and corners, boards rubbed
Inscription seems to read Paul Defsouy / a Besancon (major city in eastern France) - likely belonged to a student
By Voltaire
Printed by August Delalain, Libraire-Editeur - well respected Parisian educational publisher
Late-Napleonic/early Restoration-period school and study edition that includes commentary from La Harpe, a major literary critic of the era
Voltaire's epic poem glorifying Henri IV of France, the Wars of Religion and the ideal of religious tolerance
One of the most widely printed works of the 18th and 19th centuries and served as required reading in French schools until around 1850
Full tree calf or mottled calf binding
Wear to spine edges and corners, boards rubbed
Inscription seems to read Paul Defsouy / a Besancon (major city in eastern France) - likely belonged to a student