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Poem upon the Lisbon disaster = Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne, ou, Examen de cet axiome "tout est bien"

Title
Poem upon the Lisbon disaster = Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne, ou, Examen de cet axiome "tout est bien" / François Marie Arouet de Voltaire ; translated into English by Anthony Hecht ; with six wood engravings by Lynd Ward and an introduction by Arthur Wilson.
Author
Voltaire, 1694-1778
Publication
Lincoln : Penmæn Press, 1977.

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Additional Authors
  • Hecht, Anthony, 1923-2004
  • Ward, Lynd, 1905-1985
  • Wilson, Arthur
  • Leonard L. Milberg Collection of American Poetry NjP
  • Penmaen Press, publisher.
Description
33 p. : ill.; 29 cm.
Uniform Title
Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne. English & French
Alternative Title
  • Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne.
  • Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne
  • Examen de cet axiome "tout est bien"
Subject
  • 1755
  • Lisbon Earthquake, Portugal, 1755 > Poetry
  • Portugal
Genre/Form
  • Poetry
  • poetry.
  • Poetry.
  • Poésie.
Note
  • Text and translation on facing pages.
  • Limited edition of 500 copies. The deluxe issue, on French Rives paper, signed by Hecht, Ward, and Wilson, is numbered I to C. Of the special issue, on Ragston paper, 200 copies are signed and numbered 1 to 200; the remaining 200 copies are unnumbered and unsigned. Cf. Colophon.
  • In black cloth slipcase.
  • Printed on double leaves.
LCCN
83181706
OCLC
  • ocm11726291
  • 11726291
  • SCSB-2067928
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library