‎Arouet‎

‎Voltaire Francois Marie Arouet de: Duvernet Theophile Imarigeon‎

‎LA VIE DE VOLTAIRE PAR M‎

‎A Geneve 1787. 164pp. 12mo. Old mottled calf gilt label. A number of edges untrimmed. Some spotting and smudging binding rubbed and joints cracked; just a good copy. The second edition noted in Barbier of one of the popular biographies of Voltaire first published the previous year with a portrait not carried over to this edition. BARBIER IV:1018. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : WRCLIT71108

‎Voltaire Francois Marie Arouet de; Aldington Translator Richard; Broyard Introduction Anatole; Neama Illustrator May‎

‎Candide Or Optimism‎

‎Limited Editions Club 1973. Fine. Voltaire Francois Marie Arouet de. Candide Or Optimism. Aldington Translator Richard; Broyard Introduction Anatole; Neama Illustrator May. NY: Limited Editions Club 1973. #915 of 1500. 123pp. Illustrated. 4to. Book condition: Near fine in near fine slipcase with subtly rubbed extremities. Signed by Neama on limitation page. Candide broadside and The Monthly Letter laid-in. Limited Editions Club unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : UVOLCAN00AF

‎Voltaire Francois Marie Arouet; Smollet Tobias‎

‎Candide The Franklin Library‎

‎Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library 1979. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Clave Antoni. Near fine. 1979 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 154 pp. Black cloth binding with gilt decoration and gilt edges. Decorative endpapers. "Candide ou l'Optimisme /kndid/ kon-DEED5 French: kdid About this soundlisten is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment.6 The novella has been widely translated with English versions titled Candide: or All for the Best 1759; Candide: or The Optimist 1762; and Candide: Optimism 1947.7 It begins with a young man Candide who is living a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism by his mentor Professor Pangloss.8 The work describes the abrupt cessation of this lifestyle followed by Candide's slow and painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world. Voltaire concludes Candide with if not rejecting Leibnizian optimism outright advocating a deeply practical precept "we must cultivate our garden" in lieu of the Leibnizian mantra of Pangloss "all is for the best" in the "best of all possible worlds". Candide is characterized by its tone as well as by its erratic fantastical and fast-moving plot. A picaresque novel with a story similar to that of a more serious coming-of-age narrative Bildungsroman it parodies many adventure and romance clich The Franklin Library hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 2312612

‎Voltaire Francois Maris Arouet‎

‎For the promotion of Christian knowledge. The character of the Christian mysteries in a dialogue between a Church of England missionary preacher and a Chinese mandarin wherein the mysteries of the Christian religion are set forth: the design of which is to stimulate an enquiry after truth and to promote a knowledge of Christianity. Taken from the French of Voltaire with various alterations additions & marginal references. As originally printed by R. Carlisle London for the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge.‎

‎New York: G. H. Evans 1827. First American edition 8vo pp. 8; removed from binding; very good. This edition not in American Imprints or OCLC but both record an 8-page "2nd New York edition" published by Evans in 1829. <br/><br/> [G. H. Evans?] unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 55591

‎Voltaire Francois Maris Arouet‎

‎The white bull: with Saul and various short pieces . Newly translated with an introduction and notes by C. E. Vulliamy‎

‎London: Scholartis Press 1929. Edition limited to 70 copies printed on handmade paper and signed by the translator this copy no. 7 8vo pp. xv 1 207 1; quarter brown pigskin over brown batik-covered boards title gilt direct on spine t.e.g.; corners bumped; near fine. Nine of the twelve stories included are presented here in English for the first time. <br/><br/> Scholartis Press hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 52309

‎Voltaire Francois Maris Arouet De‎

‎The history of Charles XII. King of Sweden. A new translation from the last Paris edition‎

‎Otsego N.Y.: printed and sold by H. & E. Phinney Jun 1811. 8vo pp. 6 7-275 1; contemporary full calf; joints worn; covers rubbed mild staining; otherwise good and sound. American editions in 1803 New York and 1808 and 1810 both Frederick-Town Md. preceded this. Contemporary presentation on front free endpaper from Col. R. A. Hunter to E. H. Oswald Alexandria La. dated November 1876. Pencil ownership doodles and inscriptions on rear pastedown. American Imprints 24349. <br/><br/> printed and sold by H. & E. Phinney, Jun unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 57786

‎Voltaire Jean Francois Marie Arouet De‎

‎CANDIDE‎

‎New York: The Literary Guild 1929. cloth dust jacket. Kent Rockwell. small 4to. cloth dust jacket. 1111 pages. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Reprint of the 1928 edition which was limited to 1470 numbered copies. Printed by the Pynson Printers and with designs and illustrations throughout by Kent. Jacket has most of spine missing. Glue mark on front pastedown. The Literary Guild unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 63653

‎Voltaire Jean Francois Marie Arouet de and Rockwell Kent‎

‎Candide‎

‎New York: Halcyon House 1937. Limited edition. Hardcover. G- Cover shows soiling edgewear and possible water damage; pages are generally good but are tanning/aging along all edges and in gutter; illus. and text are generally clear. Red cloth gilt letters on spine & front cover illus. flylfeaves 112 pp. BW illus. An edition of Voltaire's classic illustrated with line drawings by American artist Rockwell Kent 1882-1971. One of 1928 copies. Halcyon House hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 143628

‎Voltaire Jean Marie Francois Arouet de‎

‎Candide; or Optimism‎

‎New York: The Limited Editions Club 1973. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Copy 81 of a total edition of 1500. 4to. Signed by the illustrator May Neama. Excellent copy in publisher's slipase. <br/><br/> The Limited Editions Club hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : WB17070

‎Voltaire M. Francois Marie Arouet de.‎

‎Alzire ou Les Americains. Tragedie Representee a Paris pour la premiere fois le 27 Janvier 1736.‎

‎Paris: Jean Baptiste Claude Bauache 1736. First Edition. Octavo 1/4 red levant & red cloth hardcover leather uncut iv i-viii 1-80 i pp. Woodcut ornaments. One of Voltair’s better received theatrical presentations with a setting in the New World. Very Good bearing the bookplate of collector and French translator Richard F. O’Gorman. Jean Baptiste Claude Bauache, 1736. First Edition. hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 50575bd

‎Voltaire Marie Francois Arouet de‎

‎LA HENRIADE NOUVELLE EDITION‎

‎Paris: Chez la Veuve Duchesne. 1770. Two volumes. Octavo. Full contemporary mottled dyed calf spines gilt extra. Portrait plates and engraved headpieces. Light scattered foxing largely to occasional upper margins some extremity wear with narrow losses at extreme crowns of spines three small external worm holes in lower joint of second volume otherwise a very good set. First this edition containing in the first volume a pictorial title a frontis ten plates and ten headpieces all engraved by de Longueil after drawings by Charles Eisen. There are no illustrations in the second volume which concludes with a number of additional poems and documents by Voltaire. Voltaire's letter to Eisen written after seeing his designs opens the first volume and affirms his belief that the edition will be "plus recherchee." RAY ART OF THE FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOK 30. COHEN-DE RICCI 1026/7. SALOMONS p. 172. Chez la Veuve Duchesne... unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : WRCLIT25846

‎VOLTAIRE = Francois Marie AROUET.‎

‎Die Jungfrau. Ein erotisch-satirischer Roman aus der Zeit Karls VII. Erste vollst. dt. Ausg. besorgt in Prosa durch Magda JANSSEN u. Curt MORECK = Konrad HAEMMERLING.‎

‎Bln. Pantheon-Vlg. 1920. gr.8°. 160 S. Mit 21 Abb. nach Kupfern v. Jean-Michel MOREAU le Jeune auf Taf. OPpbd. mit Buntpapierbezug Rückenschildchen u. Rückenvgldg. an den Kanten schwach berieben Innentit. mit einigen schwachen Farbspuren im unteren Bereich insgesamt sehr sc KLL 7898. Fromm 27138. Vgl. Hayn-Gotendorf IX 611. Bln., Pantheon-Vlg. (1920). unknown‎

Bookseller reference : ALIN0181A

‎Voltaire Arouet Dit Francois Marie‎

‎Candide‎

‎Larousse 2011. 18x12x1cm. Broch�. 176 pages. Larousse unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 80529

‎Voltaire Arouet Francois Marie‎

‎Candide Cameo Classics‎

‎New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1930. Hard Cover. Good. Blaine Mahlon. 8vo. In original slipcase. Creme cloth binding with mounted cameo of Johann Gutenberg on front board. Top edges in black.144 p.p. With numerous black and white illistrations. Sporadic foxing throughout. Rubbing and slight tear to slipcase. Corners of case heavily rubbed. Boards somewhat soiled. Small bruise to head of spien. Light offsetting to endpapers otherwise interior clean. Owner inscription on front free endpaper. A good copy. Grosset & Dunlap unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 000609

‎Voltaire Arouet Francois Marie‎

‎Candide oder Die beste Welt‎

‎DESCH 1969. 1. softcover. DESCH paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 12614

‎VOLTAIRE Arouet Francois Marie‎

‎Carlo XII Re di Svezia‎

‎Milano: Dall'Oglio Collana Storica 1968. Rilegato sovracoperta in acetato cloth acetate dust jacket. Ottimo Fine. Traduzione dal francese di Curzio Siniscalchi. Con alcune illustrazioni in bianco e nero. 8vo. pp. 282. Ottimo Fine. Piccola mancanza all'acetato Little rub to the acetate DJ. . Dall'Oglio, Collana Storica hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 211342

‎VOLTAIRE Arouet Francois Marie‎

‎Dizionario filosofico‎

‎Milano: Newton Grandi Tascabili Economici 1991. Brossura wrappers. Ottimo Fine. Edizione condotta sul testo critico stabilito da Raymond Naves. Introduzione di Angelo Sabatini.Traduzione di Maurizio Enoch. 8vo. pp. 302. Ottimo Fine. . Newton, Grandi Tascabili Economici unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 56370

‎Voltaire Arouet Francois Marie‎

‎Elemens de la Philosophie de Neuton Elements of the Philosophy of Newton.‎

‎Londres Paris: Prault 1738. First French edition of one of the most elegantly illustrated science books ever printed and the book that introduced France to Newtonian physics; a scarce presentation copy inscribed by Voltaire. Octavo bound in full contemporary calf with gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands red morocco spine label lettered in gilt gilt ruling to the panels inner dentelles all edges gilt marbled endpapers. Illustrated with two frontispiece portraits of both Newton and Voltaire six full page plates one folding plate and illustrations throughout the text. Presentation copy inscribed by Voltaire on the front free endpaper to William Cheselden one of the most influential surgeons of 18th century England who attended Newton in his final illness. Although it is unknown if Voltaire and Newton met Voltaire attended Newton's funeral in 1727 while living in exile in England. During this exile he became an adherent of Newtonian physics and philosophy which he saw as the embodiment of the Enlightenment victory over Christian dogma and as the destroyer of the errors of Cartesianism. Voltaire dedicated the work to his mistress La Madame la Marquise du Chastellet who was a fellow scholar of Newton and completed the first French translation of the Principia in 1759. From the library of Dr. Adrian Pollock. A graduate of the University of Cambridge Pollock was a leader in the field of non-destructive acoustic emission testing an approach to emission testing which addresses dynamic processes in materials by listening to the energy released by objects. He amassed a large book collection covering the history of science which he acquired throughout his travels between the United States and United Kingdom and from international catalogs. Newton was a particular favorite of Pollock's as the two scientists worked in the same field and shared an alma mater. In very good condition with light shelfwear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Exceedingly rare surely one of the most significant examples of this work. One of the most influential thinkers of the French Enlightenment Francois-Marie Arouet know by the nom de plum Voltaire was a resourceful and prolific writer. His works touched nearly every literary form including plays poems novels theoretical essays and scientific treatises. A forthright and candid advocate of civil liberties he frequently criticized the institutions of religious dogma and classism prevalent in 18th century France often doing so through satire to avoid censorship and imprisonment. "With the publication of the 'Elemens' Voltaire committed himself entirely to the propagation of Newtonianism which he had first encountered during his exile in England from 1725-1728; to Voltaire Newton's empiricism experimental method and avoidance of dogma symbolized the Enlightenment's victorious assault on Christian theory and metaphysics" Hook/Norman. "Voltaire witnessed the beginnings of the scientific revolution brought about by the impact of Newton's work. and played a key role in spreading knowledge of Newton" Cambridge Companion 48. This work unites two of the greatest minds of the Enlightenment Newton and Voltaire whose "importance for the history of science lies particularly in his having composed. Elements." To many it established Voltaire as the "earliest exponent of the modern discipline of the history of science. One of the greatest compliments to Voltaire's work was its immediate translation and publication in England" the same year Aldridge Voltaire 109. While exiled in England in the 1720s Voltaire recognized the immense philosophical and scientific implications of Newton's genius and saw "that Newton had shifted reason onto a new plane" Silver Ascent of Science 55-6. "For Voltaire Newton's scientific approach was just as revolutionary as political liberalism. It asserted that scientific truth had to be derived from observation and measurement of the physical world and that theories about the material world should be based on these measurable observations" Oates Encyclopedia of World Scientists 135. Here Voltaire presents an extensive analysis of "Newton's work particularly the Opticks 1704 as well as his underlying philosophy of science" and his theory of gravity Schofield Leadership or Chaos ix. Before Voltaire "France was under the 'spell' of Descartes' system. Newton's system by contrast 'provided a trustworthy instrument for predicting the motions of the planets. and led to the general decline of the Cartesian system and its total replacement by that of Newton'" Barber cited in Shank Newton Wars 34. By 1750 "France had been converted from backward erroneous Cartesianism to modern Enlightened Newtonianism thanks to the heroic intellectual efforts of figures like Voltaire" Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Newton's principles had "a profound effect on Voltaire's thought. They encouraged him to beware of theories and hypotheses unsupported by observation and experimentation and his treatment of Bacon and Newton greatly helped to establish the preeminence of empirical philosophy in 18th-century French thought. Also Newton's laws of gravitation inspired in Voltaire an abiding awe of the majesty of the heavens. The earliest expression of Voltaire's mystical sense of cosmic awe occurs in the dedicatory poem of the Elements" Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Prault unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 90838

‎Voltaire Arouet Francois Marie‎

‎Historical Memoirs Of The Author Of The Henriade. With Some Original Pieces. To Which are Added Genuine Letters Of Mr. De Voltaire. Taken from His Own Minutes.‎

‎London: Printed for T. Durham 1777. Finely bound example documenting the life of one of the most important minds of the French Enlightenment taken from his own minutes and including the first appearance of many of his letters and original pieces. Translated from the French and published one year before the death of Voltaire. Ocatvo original period full calf gilt titles and tooling to the spine double gilt ruled to the front and rear panel spine gilt with triple bands and floral inlays marbled endpapers all edges marbled. Period bookplates to the pastedown and front free endpaper. A nice example. � � One of the most influential thinkers of the French Enlightenment Francois-Marie Arouet know by the nom de plum Voltaire was a resourceful and prolific writer. His works touched nearly every literary form including plays poems novels theoretical essays and scientific treatises. A forthright and candid advocate of civil liberties he frequently criticized the institutions of religious dogma and classism prevalent in 18th century France often doing so through satire to avoid censorship and imprisonment. Printed for T. Durham unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 81184

‎VOLTAIRE Arouet Francois Marie‎

‎La principessa di Babilonia‎

‎Milano: Ceschina Biblioteca rara di poesie 1960. Brossura wrappers. Molto Buono Very Good. Racconto. Introduzione e traduzione di Fernando Palazzi. 16mo. pp. 152. Molto Buono Very Good. . Ceschina, Biblioteca rara di poesie unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 7644

‎VOLTAIRE Arouet Francois Marie‎

‎Lettres philosophiques‎

‎Paris: Garnier-Flammarion Texte intégral 1964. Brossura wrappers. Molto Buono Very Good. Chronologie et préface par Renè Pomeau. 16mo. pp. 188. Molto Buono Very Good. . Garnier-Flammarion, Texte intégral unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 104100

‎VOLTAIRE Arouet Francois Marie‎

‎Mélanges de philosophie de morale et de politique‎

‎Londres: Collection complete des oeuvres de M. De Voltaire 1772. Brossura wrappers. Molto Buono Very Good. par Mr. Dè Voltaire. Tome sixiéme. 16mo. pp. VIII - 400. Molto Buono Very Good. Pagine ben conservate con ampi margini lievemente brunite e con qualche rara fioritura. Copertina rovinata Lacks to cover. . , Collection complete des oeuvres de M. De Voltaire unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 62375

‎Voltaire Arouet Francois Marie‎

‎Romans de Voltaire suivis de ses Contes en vers : nouvelle edition revue avec soin sur les meilleurs textes by Voltaire Arouet Francois-Marie‎

‎Librairie Garnier Freres Paris n.d. Very Good. 524 p. immaculate and without notations anywhere--not ex-lib. no former owner's name--however the plastic cover that has so splendidly protected the marbled boards with emerald green corners and spine and bright gilt lettering and ornamentation on gray patch has been affixed with scotch tape which has left yellow marks on paste downs--this small but significant blemish has lowered price; 8vo. binding firm; blue ribbon book mark faded at ends; paper mildly age-toned but strong. Contents: Le Monde comme il va; Memnon ou le Sagesse humaine; Histoires des voyages de Scarmentado; Zadig; Micromegas; Candide; Le Blanc et le noir; Jeannot et Col; L'Homme aux quarante ecus; L'Ingenu; La Princesse du Babylone; Le Taureau Blanc/Contes en vers: Ce qui plait aux dames; L'Education d'un prince; Gertrude; Les Trois manieres; Theleme et Macaire; Azolan; l'Origine des metiers; Le Beguele; Les Finances; Sesostris; Le Dimance; Le Songe Creux. Undated but pattern of marbling suggests between WWI and WWII. Librairie Garnier Freres, Paris, n.d hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : SKU1024353

‎VOLTAIRE Arouet Francois Marie‎

‎Romanzi e racconti filosofici‎

‎Roma: Gherardo Casini Editore I grandi maestri illustrati 1970. Rilegato sovracoperta hard cover dust jacket. Molto Buono Very Good. A cura di G.B. Angioletti. Trad. di P. Marciano Angioletti. Disegni in nero di Monnet incisi da Vidal Deny Dambrun Thièbault et al. 8vo. pp. 736. Molto Buono Very Good. . Gherardo Casini Editore, I grandi maestri illustrati hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 25343

‎Voltaire Arouet Francois Marie‎

‎The History of the War of Seventeen Hundred and Forty One.‎

‎London: J. Nourse 1756. Early printing of Voltaire's history of the War of 1741. Octavo bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards gilt titles and tooling to the spine red morocco spine label. In very good condition. One of the most influential thinkers of the French Enlightenment Francois-Marie Arouet know by the nom de plum Voltaire was a resourceful and prolific writer. His works touched nearly every literary form including plays poems novels theoretical essays and scientific treatises. A forthright and candid advocate of civil liberties he frequently criticized the institutions of religious dogma and classism prevalent in 18th century France often doing so through satire to avoid censorship and imprisonment. J. Nourse hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 95156