Dulaurens, Henri Joseph Le balai [Dulaurens, Henri Joseph.] Le balai, poëme héroi-comique en XVIII chants. Constantinople [i.e. Amsterdam?]: de l'imprimerie du Mouphti, 1775. xxiii(1), 234 pp. 12mo, contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt (slight rubbing). First published in 1761, and several times reprinted (with revisions). A comic poem which owes much to Voltaire's mock-epic, La Pucelle; the dedicatory epistle, signed Xan-Xung, is addressed to Voltaire. Slight browning, but a very good copy. Cf. BN Catalogue (Voltaire) 1968 (1762 edition); cf. Cioranescu 26443-4 (1761 and 1763 editions). Price: GBP 75.00 other currencies   order no. B136    inquire

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