[Rarebooks] FS: Chapelain's long poem on the life of St. Joan. Amsterdam: 1656

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Chapelain, Jean. LA PUCELLE, ou La France Delivree. Poeme Heroique. Derniere Edition, Suivant la Copie Imprimee [sic] a Paris. (Amsterdam: J. Jannson). 1656. 12mo. (48),362,(30)pp. Index. Illustrated with an added copper engraved title and 12 fine plates, at the beginning of each "book." Cont. vellum a bit soiled. Old faded water soiling at lower outer edge of text.	$250.00 (trade discount allowed)
The second edition (the first was also in 1656, a folio, printed in Paris) of this long poem on the life of Saint Joan, of Arc. See Willems #1686 in the "Annexes aux Elzeviers" section for a long discussion.


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