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1789réf. 000012023Paris: La Société Littéraire-Typographique 1789. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 70 vol. 8vo. Please inquire if you require any pagination information. Contemporary full calf spines in six and a half compartments each with a red and a green morocco label lettered in gilt; several edges decoratively stained yellow. With 104 of the 122 recorded plates Cohen-DeRicci calls for 122 plates volume one is missing the tableau the folding plate and the dedication plate. Due to the vagaries of hand-press-era binding and to the large size of the set it is difficult to determine which of the other 16 plates are the ones missing. The plates present depict Voltaire scenes from his plays and several fascinating figures from European History including of course Enlightenment-era figures. All other half-titles present see condition statement. Bengesco 2142. Brunet 681. Cohen-DeRicci 1042-1047. This edition is the set most lauded for its completeness and beautiful typography. Baskerville's type was purchased to produce this sizeable set of Voltaire's writings. The later editions of Voltaire's works are said to be based on this edition. Voltaire's career was nothing short of prolific as demonstrated by these 70 volumes. With a biting wit and a clever pen the philosophe lampooned Leibniz wrote countless plays and historical dramas and corresponded with his fellow Enlightenment-era intellectuals. He walked the line of philosopher and literary figure and made great contributions to science in his translation of Newton's writings into French. He was a champion not only of the natural sciences but of liberty and of personal pleasure. Voltaire dreamed that European society would and could move forward away from tyrannical monarchies towards a more sophisticated and benevolent system of governance. He stands out as one of the most popular and influential figures of the Enlightenment era. Volume 37 lacks its free front endpaper a few leaves in the volumes have an occasional dampspot volume 43 lacks leaf CC8 and its half-title. La Société Littéraire-Typographique hardcover
1930réf. 000011623New 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
1930réf. 000010961New 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
1760réf. 18114Amsterdam 1760. Comedie en trois actes en vers. Donnée sur le Théatre de Carouge Pres Genève en 1758 Einbd. Wenig berieb. EA 8°. Hldr. Frankreich unknown
1817réf. 3218Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Complete with 13 volumes. Full calf. Marbled text block edges. Text in French. Some edge wear to boards tips and spine. Volume 5 has 1/8" loss at the spine crown. Decorative pastedowns and endpapers. Browning to flyleaves and some foxing to text. Multi-volume set. Additional postage may be necessary. Th. Desoer hardcover
réf. 1168994810.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1981réf. 123982Berkeley CA: The Arif Press 1981. cloth label on spine. Arif Press. 12mo. cloth label on spine. 16 2 pages. Limited to 150 copies. Translated from the French by P.H. Hanson. Frontispiece facsimile of 1784 engraving. The Arif Press unknown
1926réf. 79331London and New York: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited and Dodd Mead and Company 1926. Hardcover. Very good. This satirical novella tells the story of a Zoroastrian philosopher in ancient Babylonia. The singular narrative and unique journey of Zadig still stands as a philosophical reference to “nothing is either good or bad without the comparison of one with the other.” Illustrated by Harry Keen. Octavo: xxvi 316 pp. In a one-half blue morocco over blue cloth binding by Maurin with gilt-stamped titling ornaments and borders five raised bands and marbled endpapers. The spine is sun faded; otherwise very good. John Lane The Bodley Head Limited [and] Dodd, Mead and Company hardcover
1785réf. 355899De l'imprimerie de la Societe Litteraire-Typographique. 1785. Contemporary mottled calf raised bands gilt spine decorations marbled edges marbled endpapers. Good plus moderate wear to covers spine decorations faded contents clean and tight. 8vo. 20.8x12.3 cm. French text. Volume 20 only. weight: 1.2 lb. De l'imprimerie de la Societe Litteraire-Typographique. hardcover
1785réf. 355892De l'imprimerie de la Societe Litteraire-Typographique. 1785. Contemporary mottled calf raised bands gilt spine decorations marbled edges marbled endpapers. Good plus moderate wear to covers spine decorations faded contents clean and tight. 8vo. 20.8x12.3 cm. French text. Volume 46 only. weight: 1.3 lb. De l'imprimerie de la Societe Litteraire-Typographique. hardcover
1785réf. 355900De l'imprimerie de la Societe Litteraire-Typographique. 1785. Contemporary mottled calf raised bands gilt spine decorations marbled edges marbled endpapers. Good plus moderate wear to covers spine decorations faded contents clean and tight. 8vo. 20.8x12.3 cm. French text. Volume 21 only. weight: 1.2 lb. De l'imprimerie de la Societe Litteraire-Typographique. hardcover
1785réf. 355890De l'imprimerie de la Societe Litteraire-Typographique. 1785. Contemporary mottled calf raised bands gilt spine decorations marbled edges marbled endpapers. Good plus moderate wear to covers spine decorations faded front joint weakcontents clean and tight. 8vo. 20.8x12.3 cm. French text. Volume 43 only. weight: 1.2 lb. De l'imprimerie de la Societe Litteraire-Typographique. hardcover
1785réf. 355891De l'imprimerie de la Societe Litteraire-Typographique. 1785. Contemporary mottled calf raised bands gilt spine decorations marbled edges marbled endpapers. Good moderate wear to covers spine decorations faded front board detached contents clean and tight. 8vo. 20.8x12.3 cm. French text. Volume 41 only. weight: 1.2 lb. De l'imprimerie de la Societe Litteraire-Typographique. hardcover
1785réf. 355894De l'imprimerie de la Societe Litteraire-Typographique. 1785. Contemporary mottled calf raised bands gilt spine decorations marbled edges marbled endpapers. Good plus moderate wear to covers spine decorations faded spine heel chipped contents clean and tight. 8vo. 20.8x12.3 cm. French text. Volume 22 only. weight: 1.4 lb. De l'imprimerie de la Societe Litteraire-Typographique. hardcover
1777réf. ST20535-04La Haye The Hague but Geneva: Aux dépens des Libraries 1777. FIRST EDITION. 215 x 140 mm. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2". 1 p.l. 303 3 pp. Publisher's marbled paper wrappers flat spine edges untrimmed. A Large Paper Copy. Benesco 1860. Andrew R. Morehouse "The Voltaire Collection in the Rare Book Room" The Yale Library Gazette 17 no. 4 1943 p. 75. Paper wrappers a bit faded as expected slightly defective at corners and a little curled otherwise and perhaps even so A VERY FINE COPY--the text within immense margins entirely clean fresh and bright. This is a remarkable survival in its original wrappers of a work related to one of the most resonating controversies of Voltaire's life and writings--the question of his anti-Semitism. A giant of the Enlightenment and one of the greatest of French writers and philosophers Voltaire real name François-Marie Arouet 1694-1778 writes here in response to "Lettres de quelques Juifs portugais allemands et polonais à M. de Voltaire" a 1776 critique by Antoine Guénée objecting to the anti-Semitism especially as expressed within a commercial context in our author's "Dictionnaire Philosophique." Deeply philosophical and leavened with satire the 120 chapters of the seminal "Dictionnaire" were widely read much condemned and not infrequently burned as they challenged religious authority advocated for toleration and dealt with many social and political issues from an uncomfortable Enlightenment perspective. And there can be no doubt that Voltaire's "Dictionnaire" does in fact contain critical remarks about the Jews; at the same time the author's criticism is extended with equal warmth to organized religion in other forms. In the present response to Guénée Voltaire is nothing if not scathing which in the end works against him. As Voltaire scholar Andrew R. Morehouse wryly puts it the text here expands upon Voltaire's previous points in such a way as to "justify the accusation that he is cruelly anti-Semitic." This work is not exactly rare but it is very unusual to find it in original wrappers as here particularly in such fine condition. Aux dépens des Libraries unknown
1976réf. 52707Place_Pub: London: The Folio Society 1976. very good in very good box. 285 illus. endpaper maps appendix index slight soiling and wear to box. Introduction by R. M. Hatton. This biography of Charles XII was first published in 1731. Voltaire broke with the tradition of the biography genre of the period to focus dramatically on one main character cutting ruthlessly all information which he judged irrelevant tedious or not fitting his conception of the central figure. The Folio Society unknown
réf. 141795227X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1930réf. 0009107New 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. 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
1775réf. 5953Geneva: Cramer et Bardin 1775. Edition encadré" volume 11. 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 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. [Cramer et Bardin] hardcover
1802réf. mon0000032325Paris Pierre Didot l'A�ne et d 1802. Half Leather. Very Good. in x in x in. Unread. Foxing to end pages. No markings in book. Binding is fine. Leather wrapped spine and corner corner tips all of which are rubbed. Paris, Pierre Didot l'A�ne, et d hardcover
1977réf. 21835Lincoln Massachusetts: Penmaen Press 1977. First English language edition. Hardcover. vg. 4to. 34pp. Black half clothed binding over b/w illustrated boards in black cloth covered slipcase. Some wear and rubbing to slipcase. Half Title. Frontispiece. Pages uncut. "Translated into English by Anthony Hecht with six wood engravings by Lynd Ward and an introduction by Arthur Wilson". A poem by Voltaire about the devastating earthquake that struck Lisbon on Nov. 1st 1755. A special edition of 200 signed by Hecht Ward and Wilson. In French and English. In very good condition. Penmaen Press hardcover
1977réf. 63279Lincoln MA: Penmaen Press 1977. Deluxe Limited Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 33pp. Quarto 28.5 cm 1/2 black cloth over red marbled boards. Black endleaves. Pages bound in French-fold fashion. Very good plus with bumping to the foot of the spine. Housed in a black cloth slipcase that is in very good condition with light surface and edge wear. Dance 225. Illustrated with six Lynd Ward engravings. Translated by Anthony Hecht. Introduction by Arthur Wilson. Signed by Ward Wilson and Hecht on the limitation page. This Deluxe edition was limited to a 100 roman numeral copies this is copy LI 51. Penmaen Press hardcover
1751réf. 16247Berlin: C F Henning. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1751. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Vellum darkened and with some surface cracking light extremity wear; light foxing. No half-title pages. Errata page for both volumes bound at end of Vol I. Two custom owners' bookplates in first volume. Solid hardcovers. ; French language. Half vellum binding with marbled boards. Two of two volumes complete. Bengesco I 1178. This work was the most researched and carefully prepared of Voltaire's works. He began work on this project in 1734 while at the Chateau Cirey put it aside in 1738 and resumed work on it in 1750. First Edition First Printing of Voltaire's pioneering historical study of the age of King Louis XIV published while Voltaire was resident at the court of King Frederick II of Prussia.; xii 488 2 errata; ii 466 in 2v pages . C F Henning hardcover
réf. 136860London: Lutetian Society 1899 a numbered copy from a limited edition of 500. Hardcover 406pp. Very good. The two volumes bound as one in 3 / 4 leather with raised bands and marbled boards. Extra-illustrated with 20 engraved plates removed from a smaller and quite earlier volume tipped-in. The spine is a bit scuffed and the covers are worn around the edges. Also known as Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire. Identified on spine as Voltaire The Maid of Orleans. Translated by Ernest Dowson. Revised and enlarged by W.H. Ireland. Poetry. Lutetian Society Hardcover
réf. 30998London: Printed for T. Carnan 1781. First edition under this title 12mo 180 x 115 mm 4 210 1 advert leaf pp. recent half calf marbled boards spine ruled in gilt with red morocco title label. First translated as "L'Ingenu; or the Sincere Huron A True Story." in 1768. Garside Raven and Schöwerling p.170; Raven 1239; Block p.246. London: Printed for T. Carnan, 1781 hardcover
