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

Title
  1. 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.
Published by
  1. Lincoln : Penmæn Press, 1977.
Author
  1. Voltaire, 1694-1778

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Additional authors
  1. Hecht, Anthony, 1923-2004
  2. Ward, Lynd, 1905-1985
  3. Wilson, Arthur
  4. Leonard L. Milberg Collection of American Poetry NjP
  5. Penmaen Press, publisher.
Description
  1. 33 p. : ill.; 29 cm.
Uniform title
  1. Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne. English & French
Alternative title
  1. Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne.
  2. Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne
  3. Examen de cet axiome "tout est bien"
Subject
  1. 1755
  2. Lisbon Earthquake, Portugal, 1755 > Poetry
  3. Portugal
Genre/Form
  1. Poetry
  2. poetry.
  3. Poetry.
  4. Poésie.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Note
  1. Text and translation on facing pages.
  2. 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.
  3. In black cloth slipcase.
  4. Printed on double leaves.