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2010Best.-Nr. DADAX1161400982Kessinger Publishing 2010-05-23. hardcover. New. 7.00x1.25x10.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Kessinger Publishing hardcover
1977Best.-Nr. 33147Norwalk: Easton Press 1977. First Limited Collector's Easton Press Edition Illustrated by Sylvain Sauvage with full page colour watercolours and black and white throughout the text. The colour frontispiece of Voltaie by Charles Alleberry. 8vo publisher's original gray morocco lettered in gilt on the spine and decorated in gilt on the spine and covers silk endpapers a.e.g. xix 131 pp. A pristine copy as mint. A PRISTINE EXAMPLE OF THE LIMITED ILLUSTRATED EASTON EDITION. Translated from the French by Richard Aldington. With an Introduction by Paul Morand. Candide was first published by Caron de Beaumarchais in 1759. Since that time it has been published in over a dozen languages. This collector's edition was published by advance reservation exclusively for subscribers to The Easton Press collection of "The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written". The frontispiece portrait was specially commissioned for this edition. Easton Press unknown
1820Best.-Nr. 801014Paris: E.A. Lequien 1820-1826. leather_bound. stark abgenutzt. Zusammen ca. 35000 Seiten. Ganzleder der Zeit mit Gold- und Blindprägung auf Rücken und Deckeln Stehkanten mit Goldprägung Innenkanten mit Blindprägung marmoriertem Schnitt und Vorsätzen aus Marmorpapier nur wenig berieben und bestoßen Bände 18 23 35 39 40 42 50 54 68 mit kleinen Fehlstellen im Leder nur wenig störend Gelenke vereinzelt mit kleinen Einrissen bzw. restaurierten Einrissen innen nur wenig gebräunt bzw. stockfleckig im Ganzen gute wohlerhaltene Exemplare. - Schönes dekoratives Exemplar der bei P. Didot L'Aisne gedruckten Ausgabe die aufgestellt eine Länge von 220 cm beansprucht. Inhalt der Bände: Bd. 1: Elogen u.a. von Friedrich II. König von Preussen "Vie de Voltaire" von Condorcet; Bd. 2-9: Theatre; Bd. 10: La Henriade; Bd. 11: La Pucelle d'Orleans; Bd. 12-14: Poesies; Bd. 15-18: Essai sur les Moeurs; Bd. 19-20: Siècle de Louis XIV; Bd. 21: Siècle de Louis XV; Bd. 22: Histoire de Charles XII; Bd. 23: Histoire de Russie; Bd. 24: Annales de L'Empire; Bd. 25: Histoire du Parlement; Bd. 26-27: Melanges Historiques; Bd. 28-29: Politique et Législation; Bd. 30: Physique; Bd. 31-34: Philosophie; Bd. 35: Dialogues et Entretiens Philosophiques; Bd. 36-42: Dictionaire Philosophique; Bd. 43-44: Romans; Bd. 45: Facéties; Bd. 46-47: Mélanges Littéraires; Bd. 48-49: Commentaires sur Corneille; Bd. 50-52: Correspondance avec le Roi de Prusse; Bd. 53: Correspondance avec l'Imperatrice de Russie etc.; Bd. 54-55: Correspondance avec d'Alembert; Bd. 56-69: Correspondance générale; Bd. 70: Table analytique des Oeuvres de Voltaire composée par J.B.J. Champagnac. Orientiert sich hinsichtlich der Bandeinteilung nicht aber hinsichtlioch der Numerierung und der Reihenfolge der Werkgruppen an der Ausgabe Kehl. - Bengesco IV 2153 - Vicaire VII Sp. 1137. - Weitere Bilder auf Anfrage oder auf unserer Homepage. Wegen Urlaub kann Ihre Bestellung / Anfrage erst nach dem 12.10.2026 bearbeitet werden. - Because of holidays your order / question can be handled only after 10/12/2026. E.A. Lequien hardcover
Best.-Nr. 28302Paris: The Limited Editions Club 1952. Limited edition of 1500 numbered copies. 8vo. Clothbound in slipcase. Limited edition of 1500 numbered copies. Illustrations by Sylvain Sauvage. Foil material on slipcase showing wear spine a bit soiled else in good condition. Pencil scribbles on limitation page. Paris: The Limited Editions Club 1952. hardcover
1784Best.-Nr. 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
1811Best.-Nr. 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
1827Best.-Nr. 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
1929Best.-Nr. 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
1771Best.-Nr. 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
1927Best.-Nr. 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
1764Best.-Nr. 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
1732Best.-Nr. 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
1784Best.-Nr. 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
1834Best.-Nr. vlt21Paris: Chez Lefèvre & Firmon Didot Frères. G: in good condition. Covers rubbed and scuffed. Edge-wear. Spine missing on volume 4; loss to spines on volumes 57 & 69. Some splitting to outer hinges. Sporadic foxing and browning; sometimes heavy. Some staining at page edges. 1834. Reprint. Brown hardback half-leather cover with marbled boards. 210mm x 130mm 8" x 5". 40000pp. Published 1834 - 1840. Comprises: Biographie; Theatre; La Henriade; La Pucelle; Poesies; Essais sur les Moeurs; Siecle de Louis XIV; Histoire du Parlement; Annals de l'Empire; Histoire de Charles XII; Histoire de Russie; Dictionaire Philosophique; Romans; Commentaires sur Corneille; Melanges; Correspondance; Table de Matieres A - K; Table de Matieres L - Z. French text throughout. Very heavy set - significat extra shipping needed for overseas. . Chez Lefèvre & Firmon Didot Frères hardcover
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1759Best.-Nr. 023043London: J. Scott and J. Gretton. Rebound in full new leather. Scholars have differed about whether this edition or the Nourse edition published in the same year was the First Edition in English. At the very least the First Edition of This Translation. One of the greatest works in all literature. According to PMM 204: The folly of philosophic and religious optimism is displayed with a vigor and wit that carries the reader away. Near Fine. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1759. J. Scott and J. Gretton hardcover
1732Best.-Nr. 023044London: Alexander Lyon. Full contemporary calf. First Edition in English. Voltaires favorable biography of Charles XII a friend reads like a novel. Title plate on spine missing gift notations in ink on front free endpaper few brief notations in red ink Good. . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1732. Alexander Lyon hardcover
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Best.-Nr. 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
1899Best.-Nr. 007638London: The Lutetian Society 1899. Book. Near Fine. Buckram. Limited and Numbered First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. One of an edition of 500 numbered copies this copy unnumbered. A new and complete translation into English verse revised corrected and augmented from the earlier English translation of W.H. Ireland and the one attributed to Lady Charleville with the variants now for the first time translated by Ernest Dowson. Near Fine in quarter blue buckram over white buckram gilt lettering and rules Near Fine slight soiling to the white buckram. A handsome copy of this rather uncommon edition. The Lutetian Society Hardcover
1732Best.-Nr. 004060London: C. Davis 1732. Voltaire 1694-1778 wrote here the first recognized epic poem in French intended to imitate Virgil. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition in English. Full leather binding; red label with gilt lettering and ruling on the spine. Clean text; 308 pages with extensive Notes beginning at page 233. Previous-owner signature on the Title Page; two other faint signatures on Page One of the text. Generally bright and unfoxed. Rubbed margins bumped and with some chipping to the leather; there is some minor loss at the top of the Title Page. The covers are rather stiff to turn. Although far from a Binding Copy Quercus is of the opinion that rebacking would be in order here to maximize enjoyment. First Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. C. Davis Hardcover
1929Best.-Nr. 23833New York: Rimington & Hooper 1929. Number One of "The Savoy Editions" limited to 999 copies. Fine in slipcase with edge wear. Number One of "The Savoy Editions" limited to 999 copies. Small quarto x iv 131p colophon. Introduction by David Garnett. Illustrated by Valenti Angelo. Quite beautifully bound by Joseph Zuffante Jr. at The Monastery Hill Bindery in full royal blue crushed morocco with watered silk doublures and flyleaves t.e.g. the spine in six panels with gilt title and frames with floriate corners the covers with very large corner pieces in densely built up dots and leaves with small fleur-de-lys in cream onlays the upper cover with large central device of a fleur-de-ly formed of cream onlays with gilt outlines and dense gilt areas the dentelles designs repliate the covers. A stunning binding. Rimington & Hooper unknown
