rif. elala5775London: Au dépens de la Compagnie 1775. Originally published at The Hague in 1738 this collection of writings begins with the letter on the soul. It should not be confused with Voltaire’s Lettres Philosophiques Letters Concerning the English Nation. Bengesco II p. 20 1558n citing 8vo. 12mo. pp. 316. Uncut in original wrs. elala5775 London: Au dépens de la Compagnie, 1775 unknown
1963rif. LFA01414Un ouvrage de 692 pages, format 185 x 120 mm, illustré, relié cartonnage dos cuir, publié en 1963, Editions Garnier Frères (Paris), bon état
1872rif. 10066Paris GARNIER 1872 1 Ornée d'une galerie de portraits historiques d'après les dessins de Philippoteaux et de Staal. Paris, Garnier Frères, 1872, in-8, demi-chagrin rouge, dos orné à 4 nerfs, tranches dorées, 622 pp.
1937rif. 968Paris Compagnie Typographique 1937 in-8 (200x120mm.), bradel de toile gris bleu, portant la signature de Voltaire poussé or sur le premier plat, couverture imprimée.
1763rif. 9356Londres, J. Nourse, 1763. In-12 de 213 pages, plein maroquin vert, dos lisse richement orné, triple filet doré encadrant les plats, fleurons aux angles, filet doré sur les coupes, tranches dorées, dentelle dorée intérieure, garde de soie jaune.
1766rif. 144011766 Genève (Amsterdam), sans nom d'éditeur (Robinet), 1766, in 8 de (8)-16-200 pp., rel. d'ép. plein veau fauve marbré, dos lisse orné de fers dorés, pièce de titre de maroquin vert amande, tranches rouges, bel ex.
1790rif. 2859A Londres, sans nom, 1790. 2 tomes en 1 volume in-8 de XII-126, IV-144 pages. Cartonnage de papier marbré, dos lisse et muet.
rif. 40520Paris Librairie Universelle de P. Mongie ainé 1821 in 8 (21x13) 1 volume reliure demi veaur rouge de l'époque, dos à nerfs soulignés d'une roulette dorée et orné de flaurons estampés à froid, tranches marbées, 264 pages. Adressées à M. Dupont, avocat au conseil souverain de Colmar; précédées d'un jugement philosophique et littéraire sur Voltaire, et suivies d'une épître inédite au roi de Prusse, et de fragmens de lettres à Grimm, Diderot, Helvétius, Thiriot, Damilaville, au marquis de Fraigne et autres. Bon exemplaire ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request )
rif. 36479Genève, Librairie Droz, 1952. In-8°, XLIII-316p. Broché, couverture illustrée.
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
1925rif. elala168Paris: René Kieffer 1925. 1925. 8vo. pp. numerous text illus. with pochoir hand-colouring. contemporary half morocco original coloured pictorial wrs. bound in. First Edition Illustrated by Joseph Hémard Limited to 500 copies this one of 480 on vélin de cuve. One of the few of Voltaires works to deal with a distinctly economic subject. Directed against the Physiocrats and specifically Mercier De La Rivières Ordre naturel et essentiel des sociétés the witty and sarcastic tale takes its title from Merciers statement that in an organized state according to the physiocratic doctrine an average sum of forty crowns should suffice for the existence of each citizen. Voltaire singles out for special ridicule the proposed impot unique or single tax on land. The story revolves around the owner of a small estate yielding an annual net income of forty crowns who is alarmed at the promulgation of several edicts "by a few gentlemen who having some leisure have undertaken to govern the kingdom from their firesides". According to them the government "being by divine- and birth-right co-proprietor of his land he at least owes it one-half of his income" and that "as all wealth proceeds from land land is to bear the whole burden of taxation." Carteret IV 406. 1st Edition. Paris: René Kieffer, 1925. unknown
rif. 137212Paris: Librairie d'Amateurs n.d. The Libraire d'Amateurs edition of Voltaire's satirical novella. Quarto bound in three quarter crushed morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands marbled endpapers ribbon bound in top edge gilt with 46 monochrome plates by Umberto Brunelleschi. In fine condition. Housed in a custom marbled slipcase. One of the most influential thinkers of the French Enlightenment François-Marie Arouet know by the nom de plum Voltaire was a resourceful and prolific writer. His works touched nearly every literary form including plays poems novels theoretical essays and scientific treatises. A forthright and candid advocate of civil liberties he frequently criticized the institutions of religious dogma and classism prevalent in 18th century France often doing so through satire to avoid censorship and imprisonment. Librairie d'Amateurs hardcover
1927rif. 186Paris, Auguste Blaizot, 1927. Un vol. in-4 (22. 3x27) en feuilles. Couverture passée, particulièrement le dos, second plat insolé.
1788rif. 718181 vol in-8 broché, Paris, Libraires Éditeurs, 1788, 63 pp.
1981rif. 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
1981rif. 95056Berkeley: Arif Press 1981. Hardcover. Fine. Translated by P. H. Hanssen. Slim small octavo. Cloth with applied paper label. Fine. One of 150 copies. Arif Press hardcover
1981rif. 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 books
1981rif. 95056Berkeley: Arif Press 1981. Hardcover. Fine. Translated by P. H. Hanssen. Slim small octavo. Cloth with applied paper label. Fine. One of 150 copies. Arif Press hardcover books
1989rif. 006340Dedalus 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. Dedalus paperback
1923rif. 22200Paris: 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
1923rif. 22200Paris: 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
rif. 46036Paris Le Livre 1923 in 12 (18x13) 1 volume broché, étiquette de titre imprimée contrecollée sur le plat supérieur, VI et 174 pages, avec des bois originaux de Maximilien Vox, dont frontispice, bandeaux et culs-de-lampe en noir et blanc. Collection ''Le Livre du Lettré'', 1. Bel exemplaire ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request )
rif. 245861 volume in-12° broché, titre contrecollé sur le plat supérieur, 174 p., frontispice, bandeaux et culs-de-lampe en noir et blanc - Petites rousseurs, dos insolé, très bon état malgré tout.
1767rif. 3278A LAUSANNE. PAR LA COMPAGNIE DES LIBRAIRES. 1767. 2 PARTIES EN UN VOLUME IN-12 (10 X 17 X 3 CENTIMETRES ENVIRON) DE IV + 212 ET (2) + 70 PAGES, RELIURE D'EPOQUE PLEIN VEAU MARBRE, DOS LISSE ORNE D'UN DECOR DE CAISSONS A FLEURONS DORES, TITRE DORE SUR ETIQUETTE MAROQUIN HAVANE, TRANCHES ROUGES. QUELQUES PETITS DEFAUTS EXTERIEURS, SINON BON EXEMPLAIRE.
