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Voltaire Francois Marie Arouet de
SEMIRAMIS; A TRAGEDY. Translated from the French of M. De Voltaire .
London: Printed for G. Kearsly 1760. Small quarto pp. 1-4 1 2-76 drab boards. First edition in English. Semiramis ninth-century queen of Assyria present-day Iraq was until the early twentieth century a figure of legend that had been well-established as of the classical period: begotten of the fish-goddess Atargatis and fed by doves until her rescue by a royal shepherd; bride of general Onnes and successor to his power and eventually to the throne of Assyria; founder of Babylon and every other monument in the region; long-lived brave wise and sexually potent she was turned into a dove at her death and worshipped subsequently as a surrogate of the Assyrian fertility goddess Astarte. Modern archaeological research by Lehman-Haupt and others has largely replaced legend with history but the legend was still alive and well in Voltaire's time. She was a female personification of all that was gaudy and glorious in pre-Christian antiquity and she furnished good material for this tragedy Voltaire's preference in drama composed in 1748 a year after his conte philosophique ZADIG. Voltaire's play has probably had more continuing vitality as the foundation of the libretto of the Rossini opera "Semiramide" 1823 widely considered as one of the best and last operas in the Baroque style. ESTC T62226. The front paste-down bears the bookplate of Alaskan bibliographer James Wickersham who attached to the rear paste-down the mailing label with canceled stamp of the British bookseller McLeish & Sons from whom presumably he obtained this book. Lacks the advertising leaf at rear a very good copy. #140101 Printed for G. Kearsly unknown books
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Voltaire Francois Marie Arouet de
THE PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY FOR THE POCKET. TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH EDITION. CORRECTED BY THE AUTHOR
Catskill NY: Printed by T. & M. Croswel for selves and J. Fellows & E. Duyckinck New York 1796. 8 336 pp. Disbound textblock split. Title page engraving of Voltaire by Peter R. Maverick. Good. <br/><br/> An early Catskill imprint; printing began there in 1792. Evans located no earlier American edition of this work; NAIP records a 1795 New York printing with only three locations. The Publisher's preliminary Advertisement notes "the great noise which the following work has made in foreign parts on account of the author's freedom in regard to matters of religion."<br/>Evans 31518. Printed by T. & M. Croswel for selves and J. Fellows & E. Duyckinck, New York unknown books
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Voltaire Francois Marie Arouet de
The Philosophical Dictionary for the Pocket. Translated from the French Edition. Corrected by the Author
Catskill: Printed by T. and M. Croswell for selves and J. Fellows & E. Duyckinck New York 1796. First American edition. This edition was first published in 1764. Engraved title with vignette portrait by P. R. Maverick of New York. 12mo. Contemporary sheep morocco label. Careful restoration of spine marginal browning of text browning or staining of endpapers else a very good copy with the contemporary signature of John Gebhard Jr on free endpaper. First American edition. This edition was first published in 1764. Engraved title with vignette portrait by P. R. Maverick of New York. 12mo. The editor notes on the advertisement leaf that he recognizes that there might be criticism for the translation and publication of this work "on account of the author's freedom in regard to matters of religion" but feels that the quality of the work exceeds its criticisms and the "True religion is not afraid of bearing the strictest examination" Library Company of Philadelphia "First American Editions" p. 5; Shipton and Mooney 31518 Printed by T. and M. Croswell for selves and J. Fellows & E. Duyckinck, New York unknown books
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Voltaire Francois Marie Arouet de
THERESE A FRAGMENT
Cambridge: For Presentation to Members of the Roxburghe Club 1981. Quarto. Half morocco t.e.g. Manuscript facsimiles. Edited by Desmond Flower. First edition. Tiny duplicate deaccession stamps on verso of title and once in text carefully erased but still faintly visible otherwise fine. For Presentation to Members of the Roxburghe Club unknown books
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VOLTAIRE Francois Marie Arouet De 1694 1778
LA PUCELLE;; or The Maid of Orleans: A Poem in six cantos. From the French of M. De Voltaire with the author's preface and original notes Translated by Catherine Maria Bury Countess of Charleville
London: privately printed by Catherine Maria Bury Countess of Charleville 1796. First Edition large paper copy one of just 5. The first complete English translation. Large 8vo just under 24 cm pp. 227 218. Untrimmed. Bound in later 3/4 red morocco and plain boards rubbed along the extremities without the half title. "Mostly all of the copies were destroyed the freedom of the translation being considered injurious to the memory of Lady Charleville. Only 5 copies were printed on large paper. See the notes to the Renouard copy no. 1349- sale by Sotheby June 30 1834." The preface and notes cover 5 pages. ESTC; T137636.A nice clean tight set. A poem about Joan of Arc. From Wikipedia: "Voltaire was undoubtedly one of the most controversial writers and philosophers of the Enlightenment Age and The Maid of Orleans was also certainly one of his more contentious works. An epic and scandalous satire concerning the life of the not-yet-canonised Joan of Arc "the Maid of Orleans" the poem was outlawed burned and banned throughout a great portion of Europe during the 18th and 19th centuries. Containing mockery and satirical commentary on the life and antics of its subject the poem itself has variously been described as "bawdy" and "licentious". Despite the often sexist and indecent contents of the text its notoriety and contraband status made it one of the most widely read texts concerning Joan of Arc for several centuries. Circulating throughout the banned regions by often surreptitious means the book was read by a large number of the populace. It was also disseminated by Voltaire himself to some of his colleagues and other members of the upper class the circle of people and the portion of society that the text was specifically intended for. The author 1762-1851 was the daughter of Thomas Townley Dawson she married first James Tisdall and then in 1798 Charles William Bury first Earl of Charleville. She was an invalid for many years. privately printed by Catherine Maria Bury, Countess of Charleville unknown books
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Voltaire Francois Marie Arouet de Ximenez Augustin Louis de Marquis
Codicille d'un Viellardou Poésies Nouvelles d'Augustin Ximenez
Paris: Chez Madame Vaux-Fleuri De l'Imprimerie de L. Potier de Lille 1792. First edition. 1-2 title verso blank leaf paged 63-64 with "Avis" and "Errata" 3-74 small woodcuts. 1 vols. 8vo. Later boards uncut. Spine and extremities rubbed with chipping a few leaves with spots else a very good copy. First edition. 1-2 title verso blank leaf paged 63-64 with "Avis" and "Errata" 3-74 small woodcuts. 1 vols. 8vo. According to the editor's "Avis" most of these fugitive pieces appear first here and some which have appeared elsewhere have been amended or corrected. Includes Mr. D. Rhullieres' "La Chanoinesse Conte" "Sur le Buste de Mirabeau" by M. Deseine"sourd et muet de naissance" and "La Mort de Patrocle Tragédie en Deux Actes¶ Commencing on page 25 is the "Epitre a Monsieur de Voltaire du 31 Decembre 1742" with the "Stances" pp. 28-30. On page 31 is the "Reponse de M. De Voltaire du Premier janvier 1743 Chez Madame Vaux-Fleuri [De l'Imprimerie de L. Potier de Lille] unknown books
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VOLTAIRE Francois Marie Arouet de.
Candide or Optimism.
Norwalk:: Easton Press. Near Fine. 1977. Hardcover. B00H9Z9SJI . Translated from the French by Richard Aldington. Introduction by Paul Morand. Collector's edition. Large octavo bound in gray leather with gilt lettering and design raised bands along spine all edges gilt silk moire endpapers sewn-in ribbon book mark. Near fine.; 131 pages . Easton Press, hardcover books
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VOLTAIRE Francois Marie Arouet de.
Candide or Optimism.
NY: Limited Editions Club. Very Good. 1973. Hardcover. B000OO2W5S . Translated from the French by Richard Aldington. Introduction by Anatole Broyard. Illustrated by May Neama. This copy is number 969 of a limited edition of 1500 copies. SIGNED by the illustrator. Near fine in a very good some light mottling slipcase. . Limited Editions Club hardcover books
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VOLTAIRE Francois Marie Arouet de.
Candide or Optimism.
Norwalk:: Easton Press. Near Fine. 1977. Hardcover. B00H9Z9SJI . Translated from the French by Richard Aldington. Introduction by Paul Morand. Collector's edition. Large octavo bound in gray leather with gilt lettering and design raised bands along spine all edges gilt silk endpapers ribbon book mark. Blank Easton Press book-plate affixed to front endpage else about fine.; 131 pages . Easton Press, hardcover books
Référence libraire : 21158
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Voltaire Francois Marie Arouet de.
La Pucelle d'Orleans. Suivie du Temple du Gout &c.
Geneva: Cramer et Bardin 1775. Edition encadré" volume 11. Volume 11 only of the 40-volume "edition encadré" published in 1775 by Cramer et Bardin the last edition of Voltaire's works published under the author's supervision. Then as now La Pucelle d'Orleans was Voltaire's most consumed work so it is not surprising to find this volume detached from the its 39 companions. Voltaire's greatest poem but not the one you read in school. With Ariosto in mind Voltaire rewrote the Joan of Arc story with all the wit and critical distance of an 18th-century libertine. The result is that France's sainted woman warrior becomes the vehicle for an intelligent and licentious burlesque. Good and right-thinking people have always found it offensive but it doesn't really care. Nice binding charming illustrations. Octavo 21 cm; 420 pages portrait frontispiece by Martinet and 21 engraved plates. Text within typographic borders. Bound in contemporary etched leather scored in gilt. Spine decorated in gilt with leather labels. Marbled endpapers. Boards somewhjat splayed. Negligible loss at head and tail. Hinges starting. Upper joint reinforced. Contents clean. References: Cohen-De Ricci 1042; Bengescu Voltaire IV #2141 [Cramer et Bardin] hardcover books
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VOLTAIRE Francois Marie Arouet de.
Poem Upon the Lisbon Disaster: Poeme Sur le Desastre de Lisbonne.
Lincoln:: Penmaen Press. Near Fine. 1977. Hardcover. Bilingual text: French and English. Translated from the French by Anthony Hecht. Illustrated with six wood engravings by Lynd Ward. Introduction by Arthur Wilson. Limited edition 100 copies. SIGNED by Hecht Ward and Wilson. Light mottling along front gutter else near fine in black cloth and decorated paper covered boards. No slipcase. . Penmaen Press, hardcover books
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VOLTAIRE Francois Marie Arouet de.
The Dog and the Horse.
NY:: Schocken Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1981. Hardcover. 0805237852 . Part of the Moonlight Editions series. Translated from the French by Anthea Bell. First printing thus. Very good in a very good minor edge wear with a few short closed edge tears dust jacket. . Schocken Books, hardcover books
Référence libraire : 91009 ISBN : 0805237852 9780805237856
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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
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Voltaire Francois Marie Arouet de; Aldington Richard; Morand Paul
Candide; or The Optimist
The Easton Press 1977. Reissue. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Sauvage Sylvain. Blank publisher's bookplate laid in. Spine bands and corners a bit scuffed. 1977 Full-Leather. xix 1 131 3 pp. Tall 8vo. Dark grey full leather gilt titles and decorations all edges gilt silk moire endpapers ribbon marker bound in. Translated from the French by Richard Aldington with an introduction by Paul Morand. Color frontispiece and color and black-and-white illustrations by Sylvain Sauvage. Candide The Easton Press hardcover books
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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
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Voltaire Francois Marie Arouet dit
RECUEIL NÉCESSAIRE. AVEC L'EVANGILE DE LA RAISON
Londres 1776. Hardcover. Octavo 280 pages; VG; bound in quarter red calf gilt lettering and tooling to paneled spine marbled boards marbled endpapers; half-title present verso of sfep has two early math equations; wide margins; scarce; shelved case 10. The imprint is false; probably printed in the Netherlands. Contrary to the title this edition does not contain "L'evangile de la raison" but does include "Dialogue du douteur & de l'adorateur". Signature marks include "Tome I" but no Vol. 2 is recorded; <br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> Preceeded by a second false imprint printed in Amsterdam by M. M. Rey in 1768;<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> ESTC Citation No. N12875. 1316353. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. hardcover books
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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
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Voltaire Francois Marie Arouet; Smollet Tobias
Candide; or The Optimist
The Franklin Library 1979. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Clave Antoni. A few scuffs to gilt on front boards and page ridge. 1979 Hard Cover. 154 4 pp. 8vo. Dark green leather spine green cloth boards gilt titles and decorations all edges gilt marbled endpapers green ribbon marker bound in. Candide The Franklin Library hardcover books
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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
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Voltaire Francois Maris Arouet
La pucelle d'Orleans. Poem divise en vingt-un chants. Nouvelle edition augmentee de cinq chants nouveaux et des notes.
Londres: aux depens de la compagnie 1764. 8vo pp. xvi 384; engraved frontispiece and 20 engraved plates; 20th-century full crimson straight-grain morocco by Zaehnsdorf decorative gilt border on covers gilt-paneled spine and preserving the original blue printed wrappers which are bound in. First published without plates at Louvain in 1755. This is likely a 'variorum' edition probably Dutch based on the first authorized edition of 1762 Geneva with variant readings from earlier piracies. Bengesco 491. <br/><br/> aux depens de la compagnie unknown books
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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
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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 1400 copies 8vo pp. xv 1 207 1; orange paper-covered boards backed in black cloth gilt title direct on spine corners rubbed spine spotted textblock clean and sound in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing to edges and a toned spine. Nine of the twelve stories included are presented here in English for the first time. <br/><br/> Scholartis Press hardcover books
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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
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Voltaire Jean Francois Marie Arouet De
CANDIDE
New York: Random House 1930. cloth. Kent Rockwell. small 4to. cloth. 1111 pages. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Reprint of the 1928 first edition illustrated by Kent. With designs and illustrations throughout by Kent. Spine faded. Small snag along back hinge. Inside hinges cracked. Random House unknown books
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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
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VOLTAIRE Jean Francois Marie Arouet de
CANDIDE
NY: Literary Guild 1929. Book club edition. Kent Rockwell. 4to pp. 111. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Cover somewhat soiled and worn o/w VG. Literary Guild unknown books
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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
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Voltaire Jean Francois Marie Arouet. John Lockman translator
The Age of Lewis XIV in 2 vols
Dublin: George Faulkner 1752. First Dublin edition. Full contemporary calf with gilt and morocco spine labels. Front joint of volume I cracked near the crown but holding. Internally a lovely copy much fresher than expected of an imprint from this era. Bookplates of William Paul to front pastedown of each; ownership stamp of Robert Paul to front endpapers and title of volume II. Small closed tear to margin of pages v-vi and paper loss to margin of pages 3-4 of volume I neither affecting text. Collating complete: viii 356; 258.68 20. A pleasing set of this important French history.<br/><br/>In the Introduction Voltaire declares that his aim is greater than merely writing the life of Louis XIV: "We would endeavour to describe to posterity not the actions only of one man but the genius of the age; that age which was the most enlightened of all others." Greater than the cultures of ancient Greece and Rome and that period "which followed the taking of Constantinople by Mahomet II" the age of Louis XIV comes the closest according to Voltaire to reaching perfection. He lays out his claims in two volumes celebrating the richness of Enlightenment thought in this grandiose history. George Faulkner unknown books
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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
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VOLTAIRE M. De Francois Marie Arouet
LE DROIT DU SEIGNEUR; comedie en vers. Represente pour le premiere fois sous le titre de l'Ecueil de Sage par le Comediens Francois Ordinaires de Roi le 18 Janvier 1762
Geneve: Chez Les Freres Associes 1763. First edn. 8vo pp. 119. Bound in contemporary calf with marble endpapers. A very good copy. BN Voltaire 859. A comedy in verse by the great satirist author of Candide 1759. Chez Les Freres Associes unknown books
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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
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VOLTAIRE Marie Arouet de
Candide ou L'Optimisme
Paris: Gibert Jeune 1952. paperback. near fine/near fine. 16 color plates 23 text decorations by Brunelleschi. 162pp. 12mo pictorial wrappers; uncut. Paris; Gibert Jeune 1952. Limited Edition.<br/><br/> Fine in original tissue dust wrapper with a closed tear on the spine.<br/><br/> Gibert Jeune unknown books
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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
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VOLTAIRE (Franois-Marie AROUET, dit).
Annales de l'Empire depuis Charlemagne.
1785. pages de titre absentes - Kehl de l'Imprimerie de la sociÂŽtÂŽ littÂŽraire typographique 1785. 2 vol. au format in-12 177 x 113 mm de 1 f. bl. 428 pp. et 1 f. bl. ; 1 f. bl. 399 pp. et 1 f. bl. Reliures uniformes de l'ÂŽpoque de plein veau glacÂŽ porphyre guirlande fleuronnÂŽ dorÂŽe encadrant les plats dos lisses richement ornÂŽs d'un filet d'encadrement dorÂŽs caissons d'encadrement dorÂŽs caissons dentelÂŽs dorÂŽs roulettes dorÂŽes larges fleurons dorÂŽs semis de pointillÂŽs dorÂŽs piÂces de titre de maroquin ÂŽbÂne piÂce de tomaison de maroquin fauve titre dorÂŽ tomaison dorÂŽe palette dorÂŽe en tÂte et queue jeu de petits filets obliques dorÂŽs sur les coupes tranches jaspÂŽes. Ensemble - sous reliures dÂŽcoratives du temps - complet des deux volumes constituant Les Annales de l'Empire ; ici proposÂŽs dans la cÂŽlÂbre ÂŽdition des Oeuvres complÂtes de Voltaire ÂŽtablie par les soins et aux frais Beaumarchais dite ÂŽdition de Kehl. ''Cette cÂŽlÂbre ÂŽdition ÂŽtait la plus complÂte la plus belle et la mieux ordonnÂŽe qui ežt paru jusqu'alors des Oeuvres de Voltaire. C'est sous le point de vue typographique que Beaumarchais mÂŽrite des ÂŽloges''. in Brunet. ''Cet ouvrage ne manque pas d'intÂŽrÂt pour ce qui concerne la conception de son auteur pour ce qui relÂve de l'ÂŽvolution des sociÂŽtÂŽs. L'ouvrage contient un vÂŽritable panorama des faits non seulement militaires politiques et religieux mais aussi sociaux.'' B. Bernard in Dictionnaire Voltaire p. 20. Graesse VII TrÂŽsor de livres rares et prÂŽcieux p. 390 - Brunet V Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres 1353 - Cioranescu III Bibliographie de la littÂŽrature franÂaise du XVIIIÂme siÂcle 63884 - Rahir La BibliothÂque de l'amateur p. 679. Angles ÂŽlimÂŽs. LÂŽgÂres altÂŽrations superficielles affectant les reliures. Pages de titre absentes. Quelques rousseurs ou t‰ches claires dans les corps d'ouvrages. Nonobstant bonne condition. b42961 unknown
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Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet)
Candide
New York: Illustrated Editions Company 1930 1930. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 5 8-144 pp. Quarter brown cloth over blue paper boards with a red and gold decoration on the front board gold lettering blocked in red on the spine with a gold decoration on the spine. Illustrated by a frontispiece and with five full-page illustrations by Mahlon Blaine. A name on the free front endpaper and heavy toning to the pastedowns; jacket shows significant foxing to the reverse and two chips. Illustrated Editions Company [1930] hardcover
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Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet)
Candide
New York: Williams Belasco and Meyers 1930 1930. Later edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. 4 7-144 pp. Navy cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine gold decoration on the front board. Price of $7.50 on the front panel of the dust jacket. With six full-page illustrations by Mahlon Blaine. With the glassine dustwrapper. Included is a publisher's announcement advertising Blaine's Candide and Aubrey Beardsley's Salome. A striking edition of Voltaire's masterful lampoon of Leibniz' "best of all possible worlds" theory. The jacket and the glassine wrapper have a few chips. Williams, Belasco, and Meyers [1930] hardcover
Référence libraire : 000011623
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Voltaire (Jean Francois Marie Arouet de)
Candide
<p>New York: Random House 1929. First thus. HC w DJ. MV Good/Fair. Magenta cloth gilt titling & decoration moisture stained light soiling to edges FO gift inscription to FFEP FO name to prelim shaken. Unclipped DJ no price edgeworn rubbed soiled moisture stain to front now in Brodart. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. The first of the Random House Reprints set by hand in Garamond type and printed on a specially made paper by the Pynson Printers. Contains all the illustrations made by Rockwell Kent for the Random House limited edition of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight. PLEASE NOTE: We are happy to provide photos. Please contact us for any specific requests. BUYING AND SELLING USED AND RARE BOOKS FROM HISTORIC EAST NASHVILLE SINCE 2012.</p> Random House hardcover
Référence libraire : 190846
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VOLTAIRE (Francois Marie Arouet)
Candide
New York: Random House 1975. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Reissue 1 of 10000 copies. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Fine in boards as issued in fine slip case. Random House hardcover
Référence libraire : 280735 ISBN : 0394499034 9780394499031
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Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet); Kent, Rockwell (illustrator)
Candide / Jean Francois Marie Arouet De Voltaire
Random House 1928. First Thus. Leather Binding. Fine. Copy #1353 of 1470 numbered copies the entire edition signed by artist. Housed in a beautiful custom leather binding in half blue morocco over matching cloth spine with raised bands and gilt tooling edges untrimmed spine a trifle faded with very slight traces of wear. Kent Rockwell illustrator; Over 100 Engraved Illustrations. 111 1 pages. Uncredited English translation; introductory bibliographical note by Charles Edmund Merrill Jr. Notable for being the first book ever to carry the Random House imprint. Printed on all rag French paper by the Pynson Printers April 1928; signed and numbered by Kent on limitation page. Random House unknown
Référence libraire : 645163
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Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arouet, 1694 - 1778), Clara Tice, illustrator
Candide All for the Best
Haarlem / New York: J. Enschedé en Zonen for the Bennett Libraries Inc 1927. Limited Edition. Near fine. Clara Tice 1888 - 1973. 8vo 9 x 5 3/4 inches 228 x 147 mm. 2 parts in 1 volume with continuous pagination: 10 182 pp. 7 index 10; 10 etched plates by CLARA TICE including hand-colored frontispiece each with tissue guard with legends printed in red. Copy 541 of the limited edition of 1000 copies set by hand in Didot type and printed on 'papier à la cuve' t.e.g. one page unopened. Etching at p.54 with loss in the lower corner not affecting the image paper somewhat toned at edges and occasional small tears to some sheets but copy is in near fine condition paper supple. Half cloth binding with marbled boards; gilt title on spine slightly rubbed some bumping and wear at corners and edges 2-inch crack to top of front hinge but binding tight and square.<br /> All for the Best. This edition enriched by Clara Tice's racy and whimsical illustrations is an "Exact reprint of the earliest English text" and was printed in Holland by the Johann Enschedé en Zonen of Haarlem founded in 1703. The verso of the title page states it was "set entirely by hand from type cast by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen from original Didot matrices." It bears amusing legends on the tissue guards printed in red: "Their hands strayed"; "Cut off only one of the buttocks"; "Their veils dropt".<br /> <br /> Clara Tice 1888 - 1973 drew racy illustrations at a time when ladies did not engage in such things and when Anthony Comstock's Society for the Suppression of Vice was very active. Tice attracted their unwanted attention for one of her early exhibitions at Polly's Restaurant in Greenwich Village in 1915 and it helped to jump-start her career. Vanity Fair dubbed Tice the "QUEEN OF GREENWICH VILLAGE". According to The New York Times 27 June 1920 she was the first woman in Greenwich village to bob her hair. Tice also created a cartoon strip and posters and she is included in the New York Dada Movement. J. Enschedé en Zonen for the Bennett Libraries Inc unknown
Référence libraire : 573
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Voltaire (Arouet), Francois-Marie
Candide oder Die beste Welt
DESCH 1969. 1. softcover. DESCH paperback
Référence libraire : 12611
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VOLTAIRE (Francois Marie Arouet)
Candide Ou L'Optimisme
Paris: Gibert Jeune Librairie d'Amateurs 1952. Softcover. Near Fine. Limited edition. Small octavo. Illustrations by Umberto Brunelleschi. Some toning with wear to the spine ends near fine in pictorial wrappers with very good chipped and torn original glassine dustwrapper. One of 3000 numbered copies. Includes titillating illustrations throughout: 16 color and 23 black and white. Gibert Jeune Librairie d'Amateurs unknown
Référence libraire : 316680
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VOLTAIRE (Franois-Marie AROUET, dit) - PRUVOST (Jack ou Paul, ill de).
Candide.
1928. S.l. Kra / Coll. ''Poivre et sel'' 1928. Un vol. au format gd in-8 213 x 164 mm de 225 pp. brochÂŽ sous couverture ˆ rabats rempliÂŽs. Un des exemplaires numÂŽrotÂŽs du tirage sur vÂŽlin de Rives seul papier. Il s'agrÂŽmente - ici en premier tirage - de savoureuses compositions en couleurs de Jack Pruvost. ''Natif de Merville il a illustrÂŽ Candide de Voltaire''. in BÂŽnÂŽzit. Oeuvre ironique dÂs les premiÂres lignes volontiers sarcastique ˆ l'ÂŽgard le conservatisme social de la noblesse arrogante elle s'avÂre annonciatrice du Figaro de Beaumarchais. Mais Candide est ÂŽgalement un rÂŽcit de formation narrant le voyage qui transformera son hÂŽros ÂŽponyme en philosophe. En somme un TÂŽlÂŽmaque d'un genre nouveau. MahÂŽ RÂŽpertoire des ÂŽditions de luxe p. 199 - BÂŽnÂŽzit VIII Dictionnaire des peintres p. 514. Plats prÂŽsentant un ÂŽclat lÂŽgÂrement altÂŽrÂŽ. Marques brunes en tÂte et queue du dos ; lequel est en outre lÂŽgÂrement ridÂŽ. Rares et discrÂtes rousseurs dans le texte. Un feuillet lÂŽgÂrement effrangÂŽ. Du reste belle condition. Exemplaire non coupÂŽ. b42961 unknown
Référence libraire : 21966
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VOLTAIRE (eig Francois-Marie Arouet).
Collection complètte des oeuvres de Mr de Voltaire derniére édition. Tome Dixiéme. Ouvrages dramatiques avec les pieces relatives a chacun. Tome quatrieme.
Genève : Cramer 1764. 440 S. 1 Bl. Pergamentband d. Zt. sehr gut erhalten im Text frisch u. nahezu fleckenfrei [Genève] : [Cramer], 1764. unknown
Référence libraire : FLFR0349
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VOLTAIRE (eig Francois-Marie Arouet).
Collection complètte des oeuvres de Mr de Voltaire derniére édition. Tome septieme.
Genève : Cramer 1764. 405 S. Pergamentband d. Zt. sehr gut erhalten im Text frisch u. nahezu fleckenfrei [Genève] : [Cramer], 1764. unknown
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VOLTAIRE (Francois-Marie Arouet)
DICTIONNAIRE PHILOSOPHIQUE. 5 VOLS.
<p>Tome I Tome II III IV e V Réimprimées D'Après Les Meilleurs Textes. Sous la direction de Louis Barré. Illustrées par Charles Mettais et Eugéne Bocourt. Oeuvres Complètes de Voltaire. Philosophie edition J. Bry. J. Bry Ainé Libraire Éditeur. Paris. 1856.</p>_x000d_<p>5 Volumes de 235x14 cm. Com iii 300; iii 300; iii 298; iii 316; iii 315 págs. Encadernações com as lombadas em pele com ferros a ouro. Ilustrados no texto com gravuras a preto e branco.</p>_x000d_<p>Exemplar com danos e desgaste na encadernação e manchas de oxidação e humidade nas folhas em todos os volumes etiqueta da 'Livraria Académica' nos verso da pasta anterior danos nas folhas preliminares e rasgo sem perda de papel afetando a leitura na pág. 187 do primeiro volume; carimbo oleográfico na pág. 99 do terceiro e quarto volume e danos com perda de papel à cabeça da lombada e das folhas preliminares do quinto volume.</p> I-129-A-33 hardcover
Référence libraire : 2309MA102
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Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arouet)
Essai sur les Moeurs et l'Esprit des Nations; et sur Les Principaux Faits de l'Histoire depuis Charlemagne jusqu' à Louis XIII. Tome Troisième.
Genève Cramer et Bardin 1775. Leder gebunden; Rückengoldprägung je 1 rotes und schwarzes Rückenschild / Anz. Seiten: 452 / 13 x 205 cm / Zustand: gut leichte bis mässige Gebrauchsspuren; Ecken bestossen Einband berieben mit leicht Kratzspuren Papier durchwegs leicht stock- fleckig 1 Seite mit kleinen Fehlstellen vorderer Vorsatz und Titelblatt fehlt Vorsätze und Innendeckel verkritzelt Genève, (Cramer et Bardin), 1775 unknown
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VOLTAIRE (Francois Marie Arouet)
HENRIADA.
<p>POEMA EPICO Composto na Lingua Franceza por Mr. DE VOLTAIRE Traduzido e illustrado com varias notas na Lingua Portuguesa por THOMAZ DE AQUINO BELLO E FREITAS Medico Formado pela Universidade de Coimbra. Tomo I Tomo II. Nova Edição. RIO DE JANEIRO. Na impressão Regia. Anno M. DCCC. XII 1812. Com licença.</p>_x000d_<p>2 Volumes in 16.º de 14x105 cm. Com xix i em br 193; ii 179 págs.</p>_x000d_<p>Encadernações da época inteiras de pele com ferros a ouro em esquadrias com três filetes nas pastas e ferros a ouro e rótulos nas lombadas. Cortes das folhas marmoreados e folhas de guarda decorativos. Incluem uma fita em cetim verde-claro.</p>_x000d_<p>Exemplar assinatura de posse coeva acompanhada da rubrica de António Justiniano Baptista Botelho em Escalos de Cima Comarca de Castelo Branco e notas a lápis na folha de guarda anterior dos volumes. Com nota a tinta coeva na página 32 dos dois volumes a explicar o erro na encadernação. Por erro de encadernação as páginas do segundo volume a partir da página 33 encontra-se no primeiro volume depois da página 32 e vice-versa.</p>_x000d_<p>Nova edição muito rara com notas de rodapé por Tomás de Aquino e Freitas prefacio do editor e história abreviada dos acontecimentos que deram origem ao poema. A primeira edição foi impressa no Porto 1789 na Officina de Antonio Alvares Ribeiro.</p>_x000d_<p>François-Marie Arouet Paris Reino da França 1694 - Paris Reino da França 1778 foi um escritor filósofo e historiador do Iluminismo francês conhecido por seu pseudónimo M. de Voltaire foi defensor da liberdade de expressão da liberdade de religião e da separação entre a igreja e estado. Estudou no Colégio Louis-le-Grand em 1713 seu pai conseguiu-lhe um emprego como secretário do novo embaixador francês na Holanda o marquês de Châteauneuf.</p>_x000d_<p>Escritor versátil e prolífico produzindo obras em quase todas as formas literárias incluindo peças de teatro com mais de 50 peças incluindo inacabadas entre elas: <em>Édipo</em> 1717<em> Irène</em> 1778; poemas como: <em>Henriade</em> 1723 <em>Le Mondain</em> 1736; romances ensaios histórias exposições científicas escreveu também mais de 20 mil cartas e 2 mil livros e panfletos.</p>_x000d_<p>Tomás de Aquino Bello e Freitas Ribeirão do Carmo Minas Gerais 1744 - Coimbra 1835 foi tradutor bacharelou-se em Artes em Coimbra em 1744 graduou-se em Filosofia no mesmo ano e em medicina em 1746. Foi médico do Hospital Militar de Vila Rica. Seu nome é mencionado nas Cartas Chilenas: Frondélio bom médico.</p>_x000d_<p>EN 2 Volumes in Sextodecimo sixteenmo. 14x105 cm. xix i bl. 193; ii 179 pp.</p>_x000d_<p>Contemporary full leather bindings with gilt frames with three fillets on the boards and gilt tools and labels on the spines. Marbled edges and decorative endpapers. Includes a light green satin ribbon marker.</p>_x000d_<p>Copy with handwritten coeval ownership title accompanied by the rubric of António Justiniano Baptista Botelho in Escalos de Cima district of Castelo Branco and notes in pencil on the front flyleaf of the volumes. With a note in ink on page 32 of both volumes explaining the error in the binding. Due to a binding error the pages of the second volume from page 33 onwards are in the first volume after page 32 and vice versa.</p>_x000d_<p>Very rare new edition with footnotes by Tomás de Aquino e Freitas a preface by the editor and an abbreviated history of the events that gave rise to the poem. The first edition was printed in Porto 1789 at the Officina de Antonio Alvares Ribeiro.</p>_x000d_<p>François-Marie Arouet Paris Kingdom of France 1694 - Paris Kingdom of France 1778 was a writer philosopher and historian of the French Enlightenment known by his pseudonym M. de Voltaire. He was a defender of freedom of expression freedom of religion and the separation of church and state. He studied at the Collège Louis-le-Grand and in 1713 his father got him a job as secretary to the new French ambassador to Holland the Marquis de Châteauneuf.</p>_x000d_<p>Versatile and prolific writer producing works in almost all literary forms including theatre plays with more than 50 plays including unfinished ones among them: <em>Édipo</em> 1717<em> Irène</em> 1778; poems such as: <em>Henriade</em> 1723 <em>Le Mondain</em> 1736; novels essays histories scientific expositions he also wrote more than 20000 letters and 2000 books and pamphlets.</p>_x000d_<p>Tomás de Aquino Bello e Freitas Ribeirão do Carmo Minas Gerais 1744 - Coimbra 1835 was a translator who graduated in Arts from Coimbra in 1744 in Philosophy in the same year and in Medicine in 1746. He was a doctor at the Vila Rica Military Hospital. His name is mentioned in the Cartas Chilenas: Frondélio good doctor.</p>_x000d_<p>Referências/References:</p>_x000d_<p>Inocêncio VII p. 336.</p>_x000d_<p>Ana Maria Camargo 303 e 304.</p>_x000d_<p>Borba de Morais Vol II 327.</p> M-7-E-20 hardcover
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VOLTAIRE (Franois-Marie AROUET de).
Histoire de Charles XII Roi de SuÂde.
1732. A GenÂve chez les FrÂres Kramer 1776. 2 tomes reliÂŽs en un volume au format in-12 168 x 103 mm de 2 ff. n.fol. 1 frontispice gravÂŽ n.fol. xxiv - 182 pp. et 1 f. bl. ; 2 ff. n.fol. 192 pp. et 1 f. bl. Reliure de l'ÂŽpoque de plein veau glacÂŽ et marbrÂŽ havane filet ˆ froid encadrant les plats lesquels s'ornent en leur centre des armes dorÂŽes de Morand de la Perelle dos ˆ nerfs ornÂŽ de filets gras ˆ froid caissons d'encadrement dorÂŽs fleurons dorÂŽs semis de pointillÂŽs dorÂŽs piÂce de titre de maroquin vieux-rouge titre dorÂŽ palette dorÂŽe en queue. Ensemble complet de ses deux tomes ; ici reliÂŽs en un volume. Le premier s'ouvre sur un joli frontispice gravÂŽ figurant le souverain Exemplaire sous reliure aux armes de Morand de La Perelle. ''Cet ouvrage est d'un tel intÂŽrÂt la narration en est si simple et si rapide le style si colorÂŽ et attachant qu'on le lut pendant longtemps comme une oeuvre romanesque. Ce que narre ici Voltaire para”t tenir autant de la fiction que de la rÂŽalitÂŽ. Le gÂŽnie du poÂte de La Henriade se retrouve dans les principaux passages de cette prose ÂŽlÂŽgante et chaude qui semble aussi bien Âtre un poÂme hÂŽro•que qu'une belle page d'histoire''. in Le Petit Bibliographie des principales ÂŽditions originales p. 538. L'histoire de Charles XII constitue un tournant important dans la carriÂre de Voltaire puisqu'elle est le premier ouvrage historique de l'auteur. L'idÂŽe lui vint pendant son exil anglais aprÂs sa rencontre avec le baron Fabrice un familier du roi suÂŽdois. Charles XII exerÂant alors une vÂŽritable sÂŽduction sur Voltaire ''Homme unique plut™t que grand homme dira-t-il de lui admirable plut™t qu'ˆ imiterÈ et fascinÂŽ par la personnalitÂŽ ÂŽtonnante de cette figure historique et contemporaine c'est alors que Voltaire dÂŽcide d'en esquisser le portrait. DÂŽbarrassÂŽe de la versification contraignante de l'ÂŽpopÂŽe la ÇgesteÈ de Charles XII tient ˆ la fois de la dramaturgie et du reportage fait de tÂŽmoignages et de Çchoses vuesÈ. AprÂs avoir obtenu le privilÂge autorisant son impression le manuscrit est aussit™t confiÂŽ aux soins d'un ÂŽditeur. Revenant sur leur dÂŽcision les autoritÂŽs le firent pourtant retirer de la vente craignant un incident diplomatique avec la Pologne o rÂŽgnait encore Auguste II jadis fort malmenÂŽ par son voisin du Nord. Voltaire laisse ici entrevoir en son admiration pour les Çsouverains civilisateursÈ ˆ travers le portrait qu'il fait de Pierre le Grand il y reviendra longuement dans son Histoire de l'Empire de Russie sous Pierre le Grand mais s'indigne aussi et surtout devant les atrocitÂŽs dont sont capables les hommes fussent-ils de grands rois." Bengesco I Bibliographie des oeuvres de Voltaire 1280 - L'oeuvre imprimÂŽ de Voltaire ˆ la BibliothÂque nationale 3155 - Pour des ÂŽditions antÂŽrieures : QuÂŽrard IV La France littÂŽraire p. 510 Cioranescu III Bibliographie de la littÂŽrature franÂaise du XVIIIÂme 64391 - Brunet V Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres 1364. Restaurations anciennes en marge des plats ainsi qu'en queue du dos. LÂŽgers frottements affectant la reliure. Quelques feuillets brunis. Claires rousseurs dans le corps d'ouvrage. Quoique parfois prononcÂŽes celles ci n'entravent cependant pas la lecture. Petite dÂŽchirure en marge d'un feuillet. Nonobstant bonne condition. b42961 unknown
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Voltaire (d i Francois-Marie Arouet)
L'Ingénu. Histoire véritable tirée des manuscrits du Père Quesnel.
Paris: Blaizot; 1927. 225 x 27 cm. 6 Bll. 176 S. 3 Bll. Halbfranzband in Maroquin. Pergamentüberzug mit goldener Spiralmusterprägung. Meistereinband von und gestempelt mit "René & Michel Kieffer". Sehr guter Zustand. Kurzroman von Voltaire in dem ein Nordamerikaner an der Küste der Bretagne landet und durch eine Verwechslung bei einem Prior und dessen Schwester aufgenommen wird. Durch seine Ehrlichkeit weil er "ganz naiv stets sagt was er denkt und tut was er will" nennt man ihn den Harmlosen; und da ihm die Kunst der Heuchelei fremd ist stehen ihm viele Enttäuschungen in der Adelsgesellschaft des franz. 18. Jhdts bevor. Voltaire erreicht es so die europäische Kultur in ihrem Zusammenstoß mit der unverbildeten Person des Harmlosen lächerlich und fragwürdig zu machen. siehe auch KLL. Eines von 350 num. Exemplaren auf Vélin-de-Rives-Bütten. Die Zeichungen und der Buchschmuck in diesem Band von Bernard Naudin 1876-1946 zählen zu seinen schönsten Arbeiten. 1927 unknown
Référence libraire : 115135AB
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