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VOLTAIRE Francois Marie Arouet de
Candide or Optimism
Norwalk:: Heritage Press. Near Fine. N.D. Hardcover. Translated from the French by Richard Aldington. Introduction by Paul Morand. "Sandglass" laid in. A reprint edition. Near fine in a near fine some sun fading slipcase. . Heritage Press, hardcover books
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Voltaire Francois Marie Arouet De
Candide Ou L'optimisme Traduit De L'allemand De Mr. Le Docteur Ralph
Geneva: Gabriel Cramer 1759. First Edition. Full Leather. Fine. The third of the first four editions according to Bengesco 1436 and the fourth edition according to Wade see Voltaire and Candide 1959 p. 201 dated 1759 with 299 pages clandestinely printed and published by Cramer in Geneva and preceeding the other 16 different editions published throughout Europe in 1759. The present copy conforms to Bengesco 1436 in every respect which is "page by page line for line like the first edition" except for the "que ce ce fut" error on page 103 an error which was introduced by Cramer into the early printings then doubtless not "fixed" as it was correct in the first place. Note that the fleurons agree exactly with Bengesco 1436 as follows: p. 134 is a basket of fruits; p. 228 shows two horns 'a plenty; the fleuron at p. 115 is repeated on pages 179 and 193; fleuron on page 213 is signed N. C. and is repeated on page 279; page 277 is paginated 177. The present copy also agrees with Wade see Voltaire and Candide 1959 p. 201 in every respect including that page 17 is numbered 15. Both the above references to Bengesco and Wade show signatures A-N3 meaning they are bound without the Table of Chapters; the present copy like 7 of the 10 known copies of the first edition shows signatures A-N6 without the final leaves N7 a blank and without N8 instructions to the binder concerning the cancellation of two pairs of leaves B4 B9 and D6 D7. In addition to the above let us state the textual points in the present copy: page 31 B4 an unnecessary paragraph break was eliminated. The words "mais il y a une raison." do NOT start a new paragraph; page 41 B9 several short sentences about the Lisbon earthquake were rewritten as "car dit-il tout ceci est."; page 84 D6 D7 reads "Nos filles se trouverent."; page 103 reads "que ce fut." as explained above was correct to begin with then discovered by Cramer and was not "fixed"; page 125 reads "mais ils se leverent precisement."; page 242 the paragraph beginning "Candide etait afflige."; has been removed by Voltaire while the book was being printed as it was critical of German poets. Pages 121 - 168 signatures F and G are a larger type than the rest of the book. In summation the present copy agrees with the first edition except that the "que ce ce fut." error was discovered and not inserted and the fleurons differ but are by Cramer who printed the first four editions. This a wide margined copy is larger than other copies we have seen at 165 mm x 95 mm; beautifully bound in late 19th Century full tan leather with raised bands and gilt decoration on spine with a brown leather lettering piece marbled end papers all edges gilt; printed on laid paper. The text is remarkably clean and bright; a fine copy. PMM204. <br/><br/> Gabriel Cramer hardcover books
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VOLTAIRE Francois Marie Arouet de
Candide; or Optimism
Norwalk: Easton 1977. hardcover. fine. Sauvage Sylvain. Illustrated by Sylvain Sauvage. 131pp. Tall slim 8vo gilt-stamped grey leather all edges gilt. Norwalk: Easton Press 1977. Fine.<br/><br/> 100 Greatest Books Ever Written series.<br/><br/> Easton unknown books
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Voltaire Francois Marie Arouet de
EPIGRAMS
Skokie IL: Black Cat Press 1975. polished paper covered boards title and author gilt-stamped on spine and front cover decorated endpapers. Miniature Books. miniature book 6.9 x 5.3 cm. polished paper covered boards title and author gilt-stamped on spine and front cover decorated endpapers. x 34 2 pages. Limited to 249 copies. Bradbury Black Cat Press 38. Epigrams attributed to the famous French Enlightenment philosophe. Frontispiece illustration of Voltaire. Introductory biographical sketch. Printed French-fold. Black Cat Press unknown books
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VOLTAIRE Francois Marie Arouet de
L'Ingenu Histoire Veritable
1922. hardcover. near fine. Tirée du manuscrit du Père Quesnel. 39 charming color illustrations by Sylvain Sauvage. 186 pages tall square 12mo bound in 3/4 burgundy morocco original wrappers bound in. Paris: René Kieffer 1922. Near fine. Limited to 500 numbered copies.<br/><br/> unknown books
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Voltaire Francois Marie Arouet de
La Pucelle d'Orleans Poeme Divise En Vingt Chants Avec Des Notes
Geneva: Cramer 1762. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Octavo. 358 pages. The first authorized edition with a number of piracies appearing before this epic based upon the life of Joan of Arc. Twenty plates by Gravelot. The ornament on the title page is the same as the one on the 1759 first edition of Candide. Contemporary 3/4 brown leather all edges stained red; a few letters lost on red label on spine; some scuffing and edge wear; light marginal stain not affecting text on about 50 leaves; overall a very good copy. <br/><br/> Cramer hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 7601
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VOLTAIRE Francois Marie Arouet de
Le Brutus de Monsieur de Voltaire avec un Discours sur la Tragedie
Paris: Josse 1731. First. hardcover. very good. Slim 8vo pp. xxix 3. 110 3 approbation and errata. Decorative copper engraved head-pieces a few contemporary ink annotations full gilt brown calf covers lightly warped and rubbed with a bright gilt heraldic crest on front and back red edges. Paris: J.F. Josse 1731. First Edition. Scarce. Very good.<br/><br/> Josse unknown books
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VOLTAIRE FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET DE
Letters Concerning the English Nation
London: Printed for C. Davis and A. Lyon 1733 1733. First edition. Cf. Bengeso 1558; Sabin 100751 noting Voltaire's letters on William Penn and the Pennsylvania Quakers. Fine copy. 8vo contemporary paneled calf rebacked with a new spine and raised bands. The first appearance of an early and important prose work by Voltaire a series of epistolary observations comparing British and French society culture science and philosophy. Written when he was living in England 1727-28 Voltaire's opinions shed a favorable light on British institutions and individuals including Sir Isaac Newton. Voltaire tells an early version of the apple falling from the tree story that inspired Newton's theory of gravity. When Letters was published on the continent as Lettres Philosophiques 1734 it was condemned by French authorities and precipitated one of Voltaire's many conflicts with the crown. <br/><br/> London: Printed for C. Davis and A. Lyon, 1733 unknown books
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Voltaire Francois Marie Arouet de
MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF VOLTAIRE. WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH
London: Printed for G. Robinson 1784. 2ii2251pp. Octavo. Modern quarter gilt morocco and marbled boards gilt label. Bound without the half-title otherwise a very good fresh copy. First edition in English published the same year as the original French edition. An edition appeared from Dublin as well. The two page introduction quotes from a letter from Paris dated 2 May indicating that two or three editions "have already been seized and seven Booksellers imprisoned . The Memoirs are really written by Voltaire and must soon or late become public. This Voltaire is sort of a malignant spirit who came upon earth only to embitter the cup of life and afterwards laugh at our wry faces." ESTC T1128. Printed for G. Robinson hardcover books
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Voltaire Francois Marie Arouet de
Micromegas Histoire Philosophique
Paris: Rene Kieffer 1923. leather_bound. Orig. full two-toned brown leather covers decorated in blind backstrip lettered in gilt marbled endpapers. Teg. Fine. 54 pages. 24 x 19 cm. Limited edition copy 95 of 500 on velin la forme with 45 vignettes in pochoir by Joseph Hemard. An exquisite copy bound by Kieffer with his label on verso of front cover paste-down. Hémard's lasting fame however lies in his book illustrations - always with a distinctly French character usually comic and often mildly erotic. He was probably the most prolific book illustrator in the first half of the twentieth century in France. Rene Kieffer unknown books
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Voltaire Francois Marie Arouet De
Oeuvres Completes De Voltaire with Rare supplements
Np: De L'Imprimerie De La Societe Litteraire-Typographique; 1785 & 1789. Octavo. In 72 volumes with the scarce two supplemental volumes form an index: Chantreau Cen. Table Analytique Et Raisonnee des Matieres contenues dans les soixante-dix volumes des oeuvres de Voltaire. Paris Chez Deterville Libraire rue du Battoir; 1801. 117 full-page plates which include frontispieces and map. All bound in publishers full calf flat spines fully decorated in gilt red and green contrasting morocco labels gilt marble endpapers all edges red two volumes rebound nearly identical to the set at an earlier date. General shelf wear with a few nicks some chipping to spine ends of a few volumes. From the library of J. Japhet who was a very wealthy London businessman and banker. His firm was instrumental in arbitrage increasing the trading of railroad stock and other noted securities in the latter part of the nineteenth to the early twentieth century in London. Britain soon became the global financial center of the world at that time. His bookplate is within each volume. Overall a very handsome set. A full collation of this particular set can be sent upon inquiry. De L'Imprimerie De La Societe Litteraire-Typographique; 1785 & 1789 unknown books
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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
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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
Bookseller reference : 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 Jacques Van Den Heuvel
Micromégas : L'Ingénu
Gallimard 2002 poche. 2002. broché. 165 pages. Bon Etat
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Voltaire Jean Francois
Zadig Oder Das Geshick: Eine Morgenlandische Geschicte
Berlin: Pan-Presse 1912. Berlin: Pan-Presse Verlag Paul Cassirer l1912. Small folio original mustard cloth with lettering and design in black. Slightly bowed else fine and fresh. Of 250 numbered copies this is one of 170 on Holland paper printed in Tiemann-Antiqua type. Forty original tipped-in jewel-like etchings some full page by Marcus Behmer: his magnum opus. The eleventh work of the Pan-Presse started by Paul Cassirer and specializing in luxury editions of books and graphics. His gallery represented leading members of the Berlin Secession of which Behmer was a member. Rodenberg page 453. Cloth. Fine. Illus. by Marcus Behmer. Small Folio. Pan-Presse Hardcover 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
Bookseller reference : 93798
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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
Bookseller reference : 63653
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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
Bookseller reference : 40911
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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
Bookseller reference : 143628
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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
Bookseller reference : 3549
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Voltaire Jean Goulemot
Micromégas
Le Livre de Poche 2000 95 pages 11x18x1cm. 2000. Poche. 95 pages.
Bookseller reference : 500064167
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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
Bookseller reference : WB17070
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Voltaire John Lockman Translator
LETTERS CONCERNING THE ENGLISH NATION
London: Printed for C. Davis and A. Lyon 1733. First Edition. Half Leather. Very Good binding. Sabin states that "this English translation is the earliest publication of Voltaire;s 'Lettres philosophiques' the first French edition appearing under the latter title at Amsterdam." Based on Voltaire's experiences living in England between 1726 and 1729 favorably comparing it to France and its equivalents. Dampstaining to the final two gatherings and the last two leaves stubbed in. Loss to the bottom of M3 pp. 165/166 affecting the text. Collates complete. 8o: A-S8 /- A4 $4 signed; 144 leaves; 16 253 19 pp. Modern rebinding. Three quarters maroon leather over marbled paper. ESTC T137614. Sabin 100751. Very Good binding. Printed for C. Davis and A. Lyon unknown books
Bookseller reference : 288703
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Voltaire Loïc Marcou
Zadig
Flammarion 1996 168 pages 17x10 6x1 4cm. 1996. Poche. 168 pages. Chaque maison cache un secret les murs ont des oreilles mais la bouche cousue. Il faut poser longtemps la joue contre leur sein comme un docteur fiévreux pour les entendre respirer. A Dun-le-Palestel dans la Creuse la maison de famille du narrateur en a si gros sur le c?ur et tant à dire qu'on va la confesser pièce après pièce l'écouter se raconter souvenirs dérangés vérités arrangées les choses et les gens tels qu'ils furent les échos et les ombres qu'il en reste. Elle finira bien par lâcher cequ'elle sait. Elle sait l'histoire d'un père qui lui avait choisi de se taire
Bookseller reference : 68315
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Voltaire M de
L'ingenu; or The Sincere Huron: A True History
London: Printed for S. Bladon 1768. Hardcover. Very good. Bound in full brown tree calf with the covers spine label and inner dentelles stamped and decorated in gilt. Rubbed at the edges and extremities corners worn through boards are loose at the hinges but holding. Marbled endpapers. <br/><br/> Printed for S. Bladon hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 9022099
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VOLTAIRE M. de
PRINCESS OF BABYLON
1927. VOLTAIRE M. de. THE PRINCESS OF BABYLON. London: Nonesuch Press 1927. Limited edition of 1500 numbered copies on handmade paper translation that of the Glasgow edition of 1769. Illustrated with drawings by Thomas Lowinsky. 156 pp. 12mo. marbled paper-covered boards with white paper corners and spine printed in gilt to spine top edge gilt. Very good plus with light rubbing to boards and spine. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 57373
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VOLTAIRE M. DE
The history of Charles the Twelfth king of Sweden. A new translation from the last Paris edition
Hartford: Judd Loomis & Co 1836. Small 8vo pp. 276; frontispiece portrait; ex-Hendrick Hudson Chapter Free Library with bookplate on front pastedown and rubber stamp on content page; front free endpaper torn horizontally moderate foxing throughout; contemporary rainbow calf edges scuffed; a good copy. <br/><br/> Judd, Loomis & Co unknown books
Bookseller reference : 27256
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Voltaire M. De
The Princess of Babylon
London. The Nonesuch Press. MCMXXVII Bound in gilt titled 3/4 vellum and marbled boards. t.e.g. 8vo. This edition limited to 1500 copies of which this is number 261. Beautifully illustrated with full page monochrome plates by Thomas Lowinsky. A Fine copy in original publisher's slipcase. The Nonesuch Press. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 6435
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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
Bookseller reference : 14066
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