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1956rif. 128051Zürich: Manesse Verlag (Bibliothek der Weltliteratur), 1956. 403 S. ; 15,5 x 10 cm ; Leinen.
1954Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper, with a portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present); marbled boards, blue cloth back lettered and tooled in gilt, boards lightly faded else a very good, bright, clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 400 COPIES.
1988cm. 17 x 24, viii-188 pp. Biblioteca di ?Lettere italiane? - Studi e testi 380 gr. viii-188 p.
1977rif. 020413Lincoln: Penmaen Press 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Light marking to cloth along spine. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Lynd Ward. Quarto in cloth-backed boards. Of 200 numbered copies of this special edition this copy not numbered but marked "O.S." out-of-series. Illustrated with six wood engravings by Lynd Ward. SIGNED by artist Lynd Ward Anthony Hecht the translator and Arthur Wilson who wrote the introduction. Hand-printed by Michael McCurdy and Evelyn Clarke with Ward's engravings struck from the blocks. There were also 100 deluxe copies and 200 trade copies. Prospectus laid in. Penmaen Press hardcover books
1979rif. UVOLCAN07drpFranklin Library 1979. Very Good. Voltaire Francois Marie Arouet. Candide. Smollet Tobias; Clave Antoni. Franklin Center: Franklin Library 1979. 154pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Book condition: Very good with bookplate and previous owner's name on front pastedown. Franklin Library unknown books
rif. UVOLCAN06acmfNonesuch Press. Very Good. Voltaire Francois Marie Arouet de. Candide: or Optimism. London: Nonesuch Press ND. 147pp. 8vo. Hardcover in slipcase. Book condition: Very good with yellowed edges. Nonesuch Press hardcover books
1930rif. 17483New York: Random House 1930. First Trade Edition. Cloth. Very good/near fine. The first trade edition of Candide by Voltaire from Random House inscribed and hand-numbered by the illustrator Rockwell Kent. Octavo 2 111pp 1. Publisher's red cloth title stamped in gilt on the front cover and spine. Both hinges showing wear with archival reinforcement to both as is common with this book. Solid text block internally clean. In the publisher's first state dust jacket advertisements for other Random House imprints on the rear panel a few scuff marks closed tears at heel of the spine a bright near fine example. This copy is inscribed by Rockwell Kent on the title page: ".especially for Marjorie Wallace! no - 15!! / Rockwell Kent / Montreal / October 1930." Candide was illustrated by Rockwell Kent beginning in the fall of 1927. It was the first book published by Random House. The book was produced by Pynson Printers. The book first appeared as a limited edition of 1470 numbered and signed copies in 1928. It sold out almost immediately. The following year it was released in trade editions by the Literary Guild in 1929 and this copy from Random House in 1930. Johnson p. 44-46. Random House unknown books
1907rif. 610304New York: Review of Reviews 1907. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. One volume of a six volume set. Translated into English by numerous contributors. 12mo. Black-and-white frontispiece. Tan clothcovered boards stamped in brown with gilt on the spine. About fine. Review of Reviews hardcover books
1908rif. 554398New York: Review of Reviews 1908. Hardcover. Near Fine. Later printing. One volume of a six volume set. Translated into English by numerous contributors. 12mo. Black-and-white frontispiece. Tan clothcovered boards stamped in brown with gilt on the spine. Near fine with foxing to the endpapers and the edges lacking the dust jacket if issued. Review of Reviews hardcover books
rif. 16958Voltaire. Candide. Franklin Library. Pennsylvania: Franklin Library 1979. Hardcover. A Limited Edition. Original binding. Bound in one quarter premium full leather. Covers Accented in Gilt motifs. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges with silk ribbon page marker and decorated endsheets. Translation of Tobias Smollet This version also includes many with illustrations of Antoni Clave. Candide is a satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. A beautiful book in pristine condition. Candide is living a sheltered life with his mentor Professor Pangloss who's mantra is "all is for the best" in the "best of all possible worlds" but as the fantastical and fast-moving plot continues Candide slowly and painfully is disillusioned as he witnesses and experiences great hardships. Voltaire concludes Candide with a practical precept "we must cultivate our garden" in lieu of the "all is for the best" in the "best of all possible worlds". Candide has enjoyed both great success and great scandal. Immediately after its secretive publication the book was widely banned to the public because it contained religious blasphemy political sedition and intellectual hostility hidden under a thin veil of naïveté. Today Candide is recognized as Voltaire's magnum opus and is often listed as part of the Western canon. unknown books
1736rif. 50575bdParis: 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
1977rif. 327195Lincoln: Penmaen Press 1977. First edition of this translation deluxe handbound issue limited to 100 roman numeralled copies signed by Anthony Hecht Lynd Ward and Arthur Wilson this copy is one of a few copies for the translator Anthony Hecht as it is designated copy: "AH" by Hecht in place of a roman numeral. 35 pp. 4to. Quarter-cloth decorated paper covered boardsA fine copy in near fine publisher's cloth slipcase box; nicely printed and illustrated. First edition of this translation deluxe handbound issue limited to 100 roman numeralled copies signed by Anthony Hecht Lynd Ward and Arthur Wilson this copy is one of a few copies for the translator Anthony Hecht as it is designated copy: "AH" by Hecht in place of a roman numeral. 35 pp. 4to. Penmaen Press unknown books
1796rif. 65253Catskill: 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. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary sheep morocco label; front joint cracked. 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. 1 vols. 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." There was strong interest in the French writers of "free thought" and "intellectual liberalism" in America in the eighteenth-early 19th century especially Voltaire and Condillac. The Enlightenment in France greatly influenced the American enlightenment. 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
1792rif. 31870Paris: 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
1977rif. 015002Norwalk Connecticut: The Easton Press 1977. All edges gilt. Covers and spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Silk sewn-in bookmark. From the Easton series "The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written". Illustrations by Sylvain Sauvage. Color frontispiece portrait of the author. This novella was first published in 1759. Voltaire 1694-1778 was a French writer poet historian social and religious critic. 131pp. Collector's Edition. Full Gray-blue Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Demy Octavo. The Easton Press Hardcover books
1784rif. 67131Londres: chez Robinson No 25 Pater-Noster-Row 1784. First British edition 8vo pp. 2 ii 208; vignette title page; original blue paper wrappers; edges curled small cracks at spine ends; all else very good. Unpublished during the author's lifetime these Memoires are generally seen as an outright attack on Frederick of Prussia after Voltaire had suffered humiliation on Frederick's orders in Frankfurt. chez Robinson, No 25, Pater-Noster-Row unknown books
1811rif. 57786Otsego 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. printed and sold by H. & E. Phinney, Jun unknown books
1827rif. 55591New 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. [G. H. Evans?] unknown books
1929rif. 50556London: 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. Scholartis Press unknown books
1771rif. 24235London: T. Carnan 1771. First edition in English of his famous philosophical tale L'Ingénu first published in 1767; 12mo pp. 4 210; contemporary calf-backed marbled boards neatly rebacked black morocco label on spine; two short tears entering the top margin of the title 1 internal page stained else generally very good and sound. An edition was published in Philadelphia in 1778. L'Ingénu is a young man born in Canada of French parents but brought up for twenty years among the Hurons. "He then comes to France and is recognized as the lost nephew of an old French prior and his sister . L'Ingénu's simplicity frankness and good sense produce some comical situations . The story . is both a protest against abuses of power . and an exposure of some of the absurdities of our conventions" Ox. Comp. to French Literature. T. Carnan unknown books
1927rif. 30578London: Nonesuch Press 1927. Edition limited to 1500 copies 12mo pp. 6 156 2; original parchment-backed marbled paper-covered boards lettered in gilt on spine t.e.g. publisher's slipcase with copy number '854' and stamped with the title; generally fine. Dreyfus 48. Nonesuch Press unknown books
1764rif. 24563Londres: 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. aux depens de la compagnie unknown books
1732rif. 23422London: C. Davis and A. Lyon 1732. 8vo pp. 12 371 1; engraved frontis portrait and a folding map; contemporary paneled calf gilt-decorated spine red morocco label; some rubbing but generally good and sound or better. C. Davis and A. Lyon unknown books
1784rif. 10731Paris: De l'Imprimerie de la Société littéraire-typographique 1784. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-. First Edition. Hardcover. Richly illustrated with beautifully executed plates 13 full page plates plus laid in unrelated plate. Light shelf/edge wear tips through wear at head and tail unusual wear at top tips light rubbing at hinges else tight bright and unmarred. Halfbound red leather spine and tips marbled paper boards and endpages gilt lettering teg ribbon bound in frontispiece. 8vo. 416pp. Illus. b/w plates. De l'Imprimerie de la Société littéraire-typographique hardcover books
rif. 009946Paris An VII 1799: Crapelet Book. Very Good Plus. Hardcover. Later Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. With an engraved portrait and 21 copperplates.xiii 1 223; 4 243 pp. Two volumes bound in half green morocco over marbled boards gilt back with crown and sword in four compartments marbled end papersall edges gilt. Very Good Plus light edge wear extensive light pencil bookseller notations in both French and English verso front marbled end paper giving references for this work. With the armorial bookplates of Victor Duc de Saint-Simon Vermandois second Spanish Duke of Saint-Simon and confirmed as a peer of France by Louis XVIII in 1819 though with the rank of marquis not duke. He served as ambassador first in Lisbon then in Copenhagen before being named Governor-General of the French colonial possessions in India based in Pondichéry in 1834. He did not start using the ducal title until the 1840s. which dates this binding from 1840 to 1865 when he died. A Scarce edition which incorporates the plates of the Didot edition of 1795 but without the frames. Voltaire's notorious bawdy parody of the life of French national heroine Joan of Arc with the risque and erotic illustrations all present. Cohen-Ricci II 1034. Crapelet Hardcover books