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Sémiramis : tragédie, en vers, et en cinq actes /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Voltaire, 1694-1778 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:French
Published: A Paris : Chez Claude Herissant, imprimeur-libraire, rue Neuve Notre-Dame, à la Croix d'or, MDCCLXVIII [1768]
Subjects:
Semiramis, > Queen, consort of Shamshi-Adad V, King of Assyria, > active 9th century B.C. > Drama.
Description
Item Description:This item is number 7 in a volume of 7 theatrical plays bound together with spine title: Pieces de theatre.
The Cushing Library/Dawson French copy is bound with: Béverlei / Saurin. [Paris : Veuve Duchesne, 1768]--Pierre le cruel / de Belloy. [Paris : Delalain, 1777]--Oedipe / Voltaire. [Geneve : Cramer, 1765]--Zayre / Voltaire. [Paris : Veuve Duchesne, 1770]--Polyeucte martyr / Corneille. [Paris : Par la compagnie des libraires, 1762]--Tancrede. [Paris : Par la compagnie des libraires, 1769].
"Avec approbation & privilège du Roi." Neither approbation nor privilege contained in the text.
Originally published in 1749 by P.G. Le Mercier and Michel Lambert, Paris, under title: La tragédie de Sémiramis. See Niklaus (cited below), 49A.
Woodcut title page vignette (flowers and foliage); type flower headpiece; ornamental rules at head of each act; ornamental initial.
Physical Description:59 pages, 1 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm (octavo)