10th Jun, 2021 14:00

Erotica - Objects of Desire
 
Lot 1002
 

[FRANCOIS-MARIE AROUET VOLTAIRE]

[FRANCOIS-MARIE AROUET VOLTAIRE]

La Pucelle d’Orleans. Poeme, Divise en vingt chants.

Nouvelle Edition, Preface by Don Apuleius Risorius, Benedictine, [composed by Volaite for the 1762 edition], half-title, title-page, frontispiece and 20 engraved plates, plus 'erotic' title-page and 25 of the 27 extra-illustrated erotic illustrations by L.Rake, engraved by Drake after drawings by Gravelot, numbered 2 - 26 (lacking plate #27), contemporary full French red morocco, full gilt red morocco, black letter lettering label, triple gilt border to covers, a.e.g., 8vo., Aux Depens de la Compagnie, A Londres [London], 1764

Estimated at £600 - £800

 

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