Research Catalog

Title

La Henriade / de Mr. de Voltaire.

Author

Voltaire, 1694-1778.

Publication

Londres : [s.n.], 1728.

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Additional Authors

• Le Moyne, François, 1688-1737.
• Micheux, Michel Nicolas, 1688-1733.
• Troy, Jean-François de, 1679-1752.
• Vleughels, Nicolas, 1668-1737.
• Cochin, Charles Nicolas, 1688-1754.
• Desplaces, Louis, 1682-1739.
• Dupuis, Charles, 1685-1742.
• Dupuis, Nicolas Gabriel, 1698-1771.
• Fletcher, Henry, active 1715-1738.
• Jeaurat, Edme, 1688-1738.
• Poilly, Nicolas de, 1675-1747.
• Lépicié, François Bernard, 1698-1755.
• Surugue, Louis, 1686-1762.
• Tardieu, Nicolas Henri, 1674-1749.
• Martin J. Gross Collection. NN

Description

[6], 10, 202 p., [11] leaves of plates : ill.; 30 cm. (4to)

Subjects

• France > History > Wars of the Huguenots, 1562-1598 > Poetry
• Henry > IV, > King of France, > 1553-1610 > Poetry

Note

• "Première édition en dix chants"--BN. Originally published in 9 cantos under title La Ligue, ou, Henry le grand, 1723.
• Dedication to Queen Caroline in English: p. [3-5] (1st group).
• Signatures: [A]⁴(-[A4]) )(⁴ ][1 B-2C⁴ 2D1.
• Illustrations: 32 prints : etching, engraving ; full-page (11) and plate mark 13 x 17 cm. (1), ca. 9 x 18 cm. (10), ca. 11 x 12 cm. (10). Comprise frontispiece, t.p. vignette and full-page ill., headpiece and tailpiece to each canto. Artists include J.-F. de Troy, N. Vleughels, F. Le Moyne and M.N. Micheux; engravers include L. Surugue, L. Desplaces, C. Dupuis, N. Tardieu, N. Dupuis, C.N. Cochin, E. Jeaurat, N. de Poilly, F.B. Lepicier, and H. Fletcher.
• For detailed description of illustrations, cf. article by Juliette Rigal in Studies on Voltaire and the eighteenth century, v. 32 (1965), p. 23-72.
• "Subscribers": p. [1]-10 (2nd group).

Indexed In (note)

• ESTC (RLIN)
• Foxon
• BN
• Bengesco, G. Voltaire
• Rousseau, A.M. Editions anglaises de Voltaire. (In his L'Angleterre et Voltaire, p. 976-1032)
• Taylor, O.R. La Henriade, éditions imprimées (In Voltaire. Works , 1968-, v. 2, p. 233-253)

Provenance (note)

• Stephen Fox, Earl of Ilchester (armorial bookplate), William Rees-Mogg (autograph).
• Sir William August Fraser (armorial bookplate).

Binding (note)

• Contemporary red morocco, gilt; rebacked.
• Red morocco, by Rivière.

Call Number

NKI (Voltaire, F. M. A. de. Henriade. 1728, larger ed.)

OCLC

• 6336202
• NYPGR6336202-B

Author

Voltaire, 1694-1778.

Title

La Henriade / de Mr. de Voltaire.

Imprint

Londres : [s.n.], 1728.

Indexed In:

ESTC (RLIN) T222176

Foxon V112

BN, v. 214, col. 843, no. 1685

Bengesco, G. Voltaire, I, no. 365

Rousseau, A.M. Editions anglaises de Voltaire. (In his L'Angleterre et Voltaire, p. 976-1032), 125

Taylor, O.R. La Henriade, éditions imprimées (In Voltaire. Works , 1968-, v. 2, p. 233-253), VI.28a

Provenance

Copy in *KGV: Stephen Fox, Earl of Ilchester (armorial bookplate), William Rees-Mogg (autograph).

Copy in MEBL): Sir William August Fraser (armorial bookplate).

Binding

Copy in *KGV: Contemporary red morocco, gilt; rebacked.

Copy in MEBL: Red morocco, by Rivière.

Local Note

Copy in *KGV: Martin J. Gross Collection.

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Added Author

Le Moyne, François, 1688-1737. Illustrator

Micheux, Michel Nicolas, 1688-1733. Illustrator

Troy, Jean-François de, 1679-1752. Illustrator

Vleughels, Nicolas, 1668-1737. Illustrator

Cochin, Charles Nicolas, 1688-1754. Engraver

Desplaces, Louis, 1682-1739. Engraver

Dupuis, Charles, 1685-1742. Engraver

Dupuis, Nicolas Gabriel, 1698-1771. Engraver

Fletcher, Henry, active 1715-1738. Engraver

Jeaurat, Edme, 1688-1738. Engraver

Poilly, Nicolas de, 1675-1747. Engraver

Lépicié, François Bernard, 1698-1755. Engraver

Surugue, Louis, 1686-1762. Engraver

Tardieu, Nicolas Henri, 1674-1749. Engraver

Martin J. Gross Collection. NN

Research Call Number

NKI (Voltaire, F. M. A. de. Henriade. 1728, larger ed.)

MEBL (Voltaire, F. M. A. de. Henriade)

*KGV (Voltaire. Henriade. 1728) 00-222