‎Arouet‎

‎Voltaire Francois Marie Arouet; Block Haskell M‎

‎Candide and Other Writings The Modern Library of the World's Best Books ML-47‎

‎New York: The Modern Library 1967. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 1956-1970 printing in the first jacket design used for the version edited by Haskell Block Toledano 047.3. Front hinge just beginning to weaken jacket edges rubbed bottom corner of front jacket flap clipped with small ink number above the corner and on the corner of the rear panel. 1967 Hard Cover. xxii 576 8 pp. 8vo. "Candide is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. 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. Candide parodies many adventure and romance clich The Modern Library hardcover books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 2312569

‎Voltaire pseudonym of Francois-Marie Arouet‎

‎Micromegas First Dedalus Edition‎

‎Dedalus 1989. Soft cover. Fine. Tim Gray. First Dedalus edition/printing small trade paperback. As New unread condition. Translated by W. Fleming. Intro by Ben Barkow. Collection of stories. ". as Proto SF is "Micromégas" the title story contained in Le Micromégas de Mr. de Voltaire avec une Histoire des Croisades & un nouveau plan de l'Histoire de l'esprit humain coll 1752; trans Tobias Smollett as Micromegas a Comic Romance for full subtitle see Checklist 1753 in which two Alien giants see Great and Small the larger from a planet circling Sirius and a smaller giant from Saturn visit Earth where their responses to human life make some satirical points not least that our species may not be so very important in the context of the much larger physical Universe that was coming to be accepted at the time Voltaire was writing. " JC/PN Encyclopedia of SF Internet 4th Ed. <br/> <br/> Dedalus paperback‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 006340

‎Voltaire, Francois-Marie Arouet‎

‎A Philosophical Dictionary V2‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 1169792022.G ISBN : 1169792022 9781169792029

‎Voltaire, Francois-Marie Arouet‎

‎A Philosophical Dictionary V2‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 1498085725.G ISBN : 1498085725 9781498085724

‎Voltaire, Francois-Marie Arouet‎

‎A Philosophical Dictionary V1‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 1162602341.G ISBN : 1162602341 9781162602349

‎VOLTAIRE, [Francois Marie Arouet de].‎

‎Abrege de l'Histoire Universelle Depuis Charlemagne Jusques a Charlequint.‎

‎Londres:: Chez Jean Nourse 1754. Originally published in The Hague in 1753. contemporary full mottled calf; gilt panelled spines. Armorial bookplates; some scatterred foxing. A very attractive set. 12mo. Half-titles present. Chez Jean Nourse, unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 46288

‎VOLTAIRE, [Francois Marie Arouet] De [1694-1778]‎

‎Alzire Ou Les Américains. Tragédie…Représentée à Paris pour la première fois le 27 Janvier 1736‎

‎Paris: Jean Baptiste Claude Bauche 1736. 1736. 8vo. pp. 5 p.l. vii 1 80. woodcut ornaments initials & title vignette. 5 inserted engraved plates after Eisen Moreau Gravelot & Desene illustrating various scenes from the play taken from various editions of the work. modern bds. Second Edition published same year as the first by the same publisher with errata corrected. This tragedy revolving around a wicked Spanish governor of Peru who is in love with the virtuous American princess who in turn loves the long believed dead heroic American prince is one of the first French plays to be set in America. It was one of the most well received of Voltaire’s theatrical works. Bengesco 107. Cioranescu 64168. European Americana 736/253. Sabin 100698. cfQuérard X 313. Paris: Jean Baptiste Claude Bauche, 1736. unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : elala1494

‎Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet de‎

‎Candide‎

‎Oxford University Press/The Franklin Press 1981. Fine. Antoni Clave. octavo 154 pages; publisher's full maroon leather decorated in gilt; all edges gilt silkmoire endpapers silk bookmark. From the translation of Tobias Smollet. As New. Oxford University Press/The Franklin Press unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 09742

‎VOLTAIRE, Jean Francois Marie Arouet de‎

‎Candide‎

‎1929. KENT Rockwell. VOLTAIRE Jean Francois Marie Arouet de. Candide. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Orig. cloth non-priceclipped dust jacket. New York: Random House 1929. First trade edition. This edition has an additional three page Bibliographical Note by Charles Edmund Merrill Jr. in 1929 explaining that this reprint edition contains all of Kent's illustrations as found in the first limited edition with some minor changes in the translation from the French. Jacket lightly toned else very good or better. unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 85355

‎Voltaire, Jean Francois Marie Arouet de‎

‎Candide‎

‎New York: Random House 1928. Book. Illus. by Kent Rockwell. Fine. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. A fine copy in a clean slipcase with bumped corners and slightly torn at the bottom. There is no dustjacket. This is a special edition of Voltaire's Candide with 110 illustrations in all including some specially designed chapter heads. Every page has an original illustration by Rockwell Kent. Random House Hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 001057

‎Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet de‎

‎Candide‎

‎Inky Parrot Press 1985. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good ; Very Good Slipcase. 1985 Inky Parrot Press Oxford UK. Limited Edition of 360 numbered copies of which this is number 59. Signed by illustrator on limitation page. Illustrated by Wilton Priestner. Oversize hardcover has mustard paper-covered boards with black spine lettering and cover decorations. Illustrated endpapers. Black and white illustrations. 141 pages. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Spine slightly darkened. Imprinted bookplate on blank page opposite half-title page. Pages clean and unmarked. Illustrated paper-covered slipcase has lightly bumped bottom corners and a faint smudge. Translated by Richard Aldington. Carefully packed shipped in a box. This item will be shipped with signature confirmation required. Inky Parrot Press hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 11242 ISBN : 0948415010 9780948415012

‎VOLTAIRE, Jean Francois Marie Arouet de; Rockwell Kent‎

‎CANDIDE‎

‎New York: Random House 1930. Second edition. Hardcover. very good . ROCKWELL KENT. Quarto 111 pages violet cloth some sunning tender front hinge; ex libris Chicagoan Louis Edward Tilden with a bookplate designed by Ralph Fletcher Seymour. <br/><br/>Signed by Rockwell Kent on the free endpaper Rare thus ! . This was the first book published by Random House whose logo was designed by Kent. This edition has an additional 3-page Bibliographical Note by Charles Edmund Merrill Jr. in 1929 explaining that this reprint edition has all of Kent's illustrations in the RH edition with some minor changes in the translation from the French. "For the optimistic innocent Candide and his equally guileless if more worldly-wise mentor Dr. Pangloss and their delicious adventures still command our attention. The folly of philosophic and religious optimism is displayed with a vigour and wit that carries the reader away. Irony without exaggeration a perfect restraint in its admirable humour a gift for the 'throwaway line' 'pour encourager les autres' is a classic example; all these show Voltaire's style and originality at their incomparable best --PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN 204." Random House hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0009107

‎Voltaire, Fracois Marie Arouet de‎

‎Candide‎

‎The Franklin Library Pennsylvania 1980. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Fine limited edition from The Franklin Library. Part of "The World's Best-Loved Books" series. Bound in full leather with all edges gilt and a ribbon marker. The Franklin Library, Pennsylvania hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 109146

‎Voltaire, [Francois Marie Arouet] (1694 - 1778) ,Intro by Philip Littell, frontispiece of Voltaire‎

‎Candide in Blue B/W DJ of Naked man Tied to Post & another Standing holding Rope ML#47 Copyright states it was first publ. in 1920 in ML and the plates Soondestroyed‎

‎MODERN LIBRARY 1920 This COPY is a first edition from new plates with Parts I and II printed June 1930 with 268 Titles Mentioned on Dustjacket Back. HBDJ BK VG- / GOOD DJ SMALL Chip top front edge in Blue Margin Copyright states it was first publ. in 1920 in ML and the plates soon Destroyed. This COPY is a first edition from new plates with Parts I and II printed June 1930. . sunned chipped and scuffed spine 1st edn thus 268 book titles mentioned on Back DJ limp green covers. Small Octavo.16mo Upper page ends are dyed green in color OR TOPSTAIN light FADE Dimensions: 4.50" x 6 3/4 in 236 pgs 5 pgs ADS Small Octavo GREEN Flexible Cloth The publisher's logo is embossed into the front cover in lightly worn gilt. The Title is embossed into the spine in Faded Gold Gilt light wear rub.Order coupon on rear panel of DJ with 95 Cents Tiny chips tears wear Extremities DJ Toledano #2 in green CLOTH. The classic attack on "Optimism" in which we meet Dr. Pangloss and Cunegonde in addition to Candide. Voltaire spent 3 days composing his Satanic Masterpiece in 1759 Satire . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. MODERN LIBRARY hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 27654

‎Voltaire, Jean Francois Marie Arouet De; Bibliographical Note By Charles Edmund Merrill Jr, Illustrated By Rockwell Kent‎

‎Candide 1928 Limited Edition Signed By Rockwell Kent‎

‎New York: Random House 1928. 1st Edition Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good . 111 Pp. #1057 Of 1450 Copies The First Book Published By Random House Illustrated Throughout By Rockwell Kent And Signed By Him On The Limitation Page. Tan Cloth Beveled Edges Gilt. Binding With Only Slight Wear To Gilt Contents Fine. With The Original Sales Receipt Dated Sept. 13 1928 From E. Weyhe / Prints And Books On The Fine Arts. <br/> <br/> Random House hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 059795

‎Voltaire, Jean Francois Marie Arouet De; Bibliographical Note By Charles Edmund Merrill Jr, Illustrated By Rockwell Kent‎

‎Candide 1928 Limited Edition Signed By Rockwell Kent In Dust Jacket‎

‎New York: Random House 1928. 1st Edition Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fair. 111 Pp. #423 Of 1450 Copies The First Book Published By Random House Illustrated Throughout By Rockwell Kent And Signed By Him On The Limitation Page. Tan Cloth Beveled Edges Gilt. Binding With Only Slight Wear To Gilt Contents Fine. With The Original Plain Opaque Dust Jacket Browned Small Losses 3/4" Water Spot On Front Panel. <br/> <br/> Random House hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 059808

‎Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet de und Michael Mathias Prechtl‎

‎Candide oder der Optimismus : aus dem Deutschen übersetzt von Herrn Doktor Ralph samt den Bemerkungen die man in der Tasche des Doktors fand als er zu Minden im Jahre des Heils 1759 starb. Ins Dt. übers. von Stephan Hermlin Voltaire Francois Marie Arouet de und Michael Mathias Prechtl‎

‎Frankfurt am Main ; Wien : Büchergilde Gutenberg 1989. 1989. Candide oder der Optimismus : aus dem Deutschen übersetzt von Herrn Doktor Ralph samt den Bemerkungen die man in der Tasche des Doktors fand als er zu Minden im Jahre des Heils 1759 starb. Ins Dt. übers. von Stephan Hermlin <br/><br/>Candide oder der Optimismus : aus dem Deutschen übersetzt von Herrn Doktor Ralph samt den Bemerkungen die man in der Tasche des Doktors fand als er zu Minden im Jahre des Heils 1759 starb. Ins Dt. übers. von Stephan Hermlin Voltaire Francois Marie Arouet de und Michael Mathias Prechtl Frankfurt am Main ; Wien : Büchergilde Gutenberg unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : BN151566 ISBN : 376323618X 9783763236183

‎Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet De‎

‎CANDIDE OR OPTIMISM‎

‎The Easton Press 1977. hardcover. Like New. 11x8x1. Unread mint condition collectible copy that was prominently displayed in a private collection. Part of the 100 Greatest Books Ever Written collection. Beautifully bound in genuine top-grain dark leather with deluxe 22kt gold inlaid accents on spine and front and back covers and raised bands on the spine. Pages are sewn in between heavy-duty binding boards and have gilt edges on all three sides. Frontispiece full color portrait of author by Charles Attebery. Numerous illustrations by Sylvain Sauvage throughout. Printed on sturdy acid-neutral archival quality paper specially milled for this collection that conforms to all guidelines established for permanence and durability by the Council of Library Resources and the American National Standards Institute that will resist yellowing aging and tearing. Gorgeous gold silk moire end pages and a satin-ribbon page marker. Unconditional money back guarantee. The Easton Press hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 129336

‎Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet de; Aldington, R‎

‎Candide or Optimism‎

‎The Easton Press. Used - Very Good. Illustrated by Sylvain Sauvage. Translated by Richard Aldington. Fully-bound in richly coloured leather. Raised bands and gilt lettering on spine; Gold decoration on spine and boards. Silk moire endpapers silk sewn-in bookmark and all edges gilt. The Easton Press hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : FORT177575

‎VOLTAIRE, Francois-Marie Arouet de Sylvain SAUVAGE, illustrator.‎

‎Candide ou l’Optimisme.‎

‎<p>One of 237 copies number 211 one of 185 on Vélin de Montval. Sylvain Sauvage ws the pseudonym of the artist Félix Roy 1888-1948. He later illustrated the Nonesuch edition of Candide.</p><p>4to 280 × 220 mm pp. 6 157 7 including frontispiece and title 54 etched illustrations and vignettes by Sauvage including the cover hand-coloured numerous decorative initials printed in red and black. Uncut in original pictorial wrappers chemise and slipcase. An excellent copy.</p> [Frazier-Soye and Paul Haasen for] the artist and A. Maillart.‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 8733

‎Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet‎

‎Candide ou l’Optimisme traduit de l’allemand de Mr. le Docteur Ralph bound with Candide ou l’Otimisme Seconde Partie and Remercîment de Candide à Mr. de Voltaire‎

‎Genève Geneva: Cramer 1759. First Edition. 3 vols. in one 12mo 164 x 100mm pp. 2 291 1; 133 1 35 1. First printing of the great 18th century philosophical narrative with all the points correct. Including the 3 usual cancels the right title page ornament repeated pages 193 and 266 the misprints of “que ce ce fut†page 103 line 4 and “précisément†page 125 line 4 the correction removing a paragraph break page 31 the rewritten lines about the Lisbon earthquake page 41 etc. Contemporary full calf red calf label rebacked with the original spine saved and laid down recornered marbled endpapers gilt rubbed inner paper hinges strengthened old ink signatures on the endpaper and front blank tiny signature on the title page one tissue strengthened tear at the bottom of A2 touching the last 3 lines of text without any loss otherwise internally quite nice clean and very good. Bound without N7 a blank and N8 a notice to the binder as is usual agreeing in all respects to what you would have received if you had purchased a copy in sheets on publication day then bought the sequels and then handed them over to the most local Swiss bindery. Ref: PMM 204. There were 18 editions of Candide in 1759. It took 221 years for a clear and convincing bibliography to first sort them out and then got accepted and once accepted our real 1st edition was confirmed as rare. In the last 15 years however that bibliographical data has been more widely circulated and several 1st editions that weren’t on the original 22–copy census have come into market. It is still scarce more so in a contemporary binding.<br /> <br /> Candide bides as the epitomic philosophical fable of the French Enlightenment and the genotype of irony without exaggeration and though it’s laced with more salt than the postwar streets of Carthage it repeatedly tolls a reminder that light hearts live long. Most importantly Candide remains remarkably relevant when examined through contemporary frameworks functioning as an incisive proto-postcolonial text that anticipates modern discourse on global inequality systems of oppression and the limitations of Enlightenment rationality. The novel's scathing portrayal of slavery conquest and religious persecution resonates with intersectional analyses that recognize how power structures interlock across racial gender and economic dimensions. The savage irony throughout the text dismantles not just philosophical optimism but also European exceptionalism exposing the hypocrisy of colonial enterprises and religious institutions alike. The narrative's episodic structure—with its global movements between Europe South America and the Ottoman Empire—invites discussions of transnationalism and diasporic experience while Candide's concluding retreat to cultivate his garden has been reinterpreted by ecocritical scholars as both an acknowledgment of environmental interdependence and a potentially problematic withdrawal from systems-level political engagement.<br /> <br /> “Do you believe†said Candide “that men have always massacred each other as they do to-day that they have always been liars cheats traitors ingrates brigands idiots thieves scoundrels gluttons drunkards misers envious ambitious bloody–minded calumniators debauchees fanatics hypocrites and fools†“Do you believe†said Martin “that hawks have always eaten pigeons when they have found them†<br /> –Voltaire Candide. Cramer unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 752

‎Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet‎

‎Candide. Deluxe binding.‎

‎Franklin Center.: Franklin Library. 1979. First edition thus. Gilt decorated hardcover. Green leather. Gilt edges. Fine copy. 4to. Illustrated by Antoni Clave. Very scarce in this condition. Franklin Library. hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 230650

‎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

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : WB17070

‎VOLTAIRE, [Francois Marie Arouet] de [1694-1778]‎

‎Contes De Guillaume Vadé‎

‎Geneva: Cramer 1764. 1764. 8vo. pp. xvi 386 2. complete with half-title. woodcut title vignette. A fine copy in contemporary mottled calf gilt back. First Edition. Bengesco I 660. Cioranescu 63982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. [Geneva: Cramer], 1764. Hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : elala166

‎VOLTAIRE, [Francois Marie Arouet] de [1694-1778]‎

‎Dictionnaire Portatif Et Philosophique‎

‎Paris: Henri Babou 1928. 1928. 4to. pp. 132 3. numerous text illus. with pochoir hand-colouring. original coloured pictorial wrs. short tears in upper & lower spine slight discolouration from bookmark on title & half-title. First Edition Illustrated by Jacques Touchet Limited to 350 copies this one of 330 on Arches. "No one of Voltaire’s works shows his anti-religious or at least anti-ecclesiastical animus more strongly. The various title-words of the several articles are often the merest stalking-horses under cover of which to shoot at the Bible or the Church the target being now and then shifted to the political institutions of the writer’s country his personal foes &c….". Encyc. Brit. 11th Edn. The book was officially condemned and ordered to be burned. Carteret IV 406. 1st Edition. Paris: Henri Babou, [1928]. unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : elala167