Gustave Staal illustrations of Voltaire, [19th century]

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Gustave Staal illustrations of Voltaire, [19th century]

Wood engravings illustrating scenes from Voltaire, including La pucelle d'Orléans, Essai sur les moeurs, Histoire de Charles XII, and La Henriade, with one each for Siècle de Louis XIV, Précis du siècle de Louis XV, Zaïre, L'Oedipe, La mort de César, Alzire, Le fanatisme, Sémiramis, Nanine, Tancrède, Le droit du seigneur, Charlot, Sophonisbe, and Irène. All were drawn by Staal; the engravers vary.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7907777

Cornell University Library

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Voltaire, 1694-1778

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French writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to René Hérault, Lieutenant-general of the police in Paris, 1729 Apr. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872418 From the description of Autograph letter, dated : [n.p., Ferney?, n.d., ca. 1766?], to Gabriel Crammer, [n.d., ca. 1766?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873849 Voltaire, playwright. William F. Fleming, translator. Tom Fontana, adaptor. From the description of Catil...

Staal, Gustave, 1817-1882

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