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1973Best.-Nr. 022345New York: Limited Editions Club 1973. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and Fine slipcase. May Neama. Quarto 7-1/2" x 11-1/4" bound in quarter white cowhide leather and scarlet linen with a gilt-lettered white linen diagonal strip on each cover. Copy #751 of 1500 illustrated with color plates by May Neama and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in. Limited Editions Club hardcover
1769Best.-Nr. P-16144Amsterdam: Chez Francois 1769. Paperback. Very Good. Octavo. From the library of Minor Myers Jr. 18th Century collector see Basbanes' Patience and Fortitude. Original wraps. P/o incription on first leaf appears significant. This is a very early if not the first printing of the new edition by Voltaire. Very moderate edgewear else an attractive solid copy. Chez Francois paperback
1770Best.-Nr. 178028Paris: Chez la Vve Duchesne Saillant Desaint Panckoucke and Nyon 1770. Hardcover. VG wear to leather especially around spine stain on edge of pages near front mild foxing pencil marking on back flyleaf otherwise remarkably tight and clean given age. Full leather binding with gilt borders gilt dentelles on turn-ins 8 compartments and gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Marbled endsheets. Engraved frontispiece and title page illustration. Engraved half-titles 10 engraved plates. French. 272 pp. Volume I of II only. The first 8 chants/cantos of Voltaire's 1694-1778 epic poem Henriade. One of only two epics written by Voltaire the poem concerned the life of Henry IV of France. This volume was published within Voltaire's lifetime just 8 years before his death. Chez la Vve Duchesne, Saillant, Desaint, Panckoucke and Nyon hardcover
2025Best.-Nr. MENTIS2026-07004Parsömen Yayinlari 2025. n/a Parsömen Yayinlari unknown
Best.-Nr. 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
1920Best.-Nr. 27654MODERN LIBRARY 1920 This COPY is a first edition from new plates with Parts I and II printed June 1930 with 268 Titles Mentioned on Dustjacket Back. HBDJ BK VG- / GOOD DJ SMALL Chip top front edge in Blue Margin Copyright states it was first publ. in 1920 in ML and the plates soon Destroyed. This COPY is a first edition from new plates with Parts I and II printed June 1930. . sunned chipped and scuffed spine 1st edn thus 268 book titles mentioned on Back DJ limp green covers. Small Octavo.16mo Upper page ends are dyed green in color OR TOPSTAIN light FADE Dimensions: 4.50" x 6 3/4 in 236 pgs 5 pgs ADS Small Octavo GREEN Flexible Cloth The publisher's logo is embossed into the front cover in lightly worn gilt. The Title is embossed into the spine in Faded Gold Gilt light wear rub.Order coupon on rear panel of DJ with 95 Cents Tiny chips tears wear Extremities DJ Toledano #2 in green CLOTH. The classic attack on "Optimism" in which we meet Dr. Pangloss and Cunegonde in addition to Candide. Voltaire spent 3 days composing his Satanic Masterpiece in 1759 Satire . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. MODERN LIBRARY hardcover
1981Best.-Nr. 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
1977Best.-Nr. 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
1930Best.-Nr. P-21592New York: Random House 1930. Hardcover. Fine. Original publisher's quarter cream vellum over brown cloth with heavy stock endpapers. The first trade publication of a work previously available only in the scarce expensive limited edition. A very well preserved clean and unmarked copy with all the Rockwell Kent plates. Random House hardcover
1836Best.-Nr. 142105Boston: J.P. Mendum 1836. Hardcover. Two volumes bound as one xlviii 408 416p. ads for the Boston Investigator and related publications frontispieces vol. 1 portrait of Voltaire vol. 2 family portrait. Original publisher's ribbed black cloth panelled and ruled in blind spine title gilt quite bright boards are edgeworn and show card top and tail are frayed with small losses hinges slightly weak one signature starting a little front free endpaper has been excised with an old ugly adhesive remnant opposite on the pastedown. Handleable and otherwise sound. Later stereotype edition copyright is noted to be held by John Quincy Adams who also published this in 1836. Kneeland an intimate with Robert Dale Owen and Frances Wright was a frequent contributor to their Free Enquirer. In 1831 he moved to Boston and established The Boston Investigator one of the longest lived 1831-1904 freethought publications in the United States See Brown & Stein p. 33; he was tried four times and eventually convicted for his writings in the Dec. 20 1833 issue. J.P. Mendum hardcover
1874Best.-Nr. 46967Paris: Laplace Sanchez et Cie 1874. Very Good. Paris: Laplace Sanchez et Cie. 1874. Nouvelle Édition. Quarto 28cm; contemporary half brown morocco over marbled paper-covered boards elaborate gilt spine in six compartments top edge gilt marbled endpapers; xxii2789pp.; hand-colored portrait frontispiece and nineteen leaves of plates collated complete. Leather and board margins a bit scuffed with brief exposure and a few surface scratches small early 20th century Amsterdam bookseller ticket to front pastedown and old bookseller description tipped to front free endpaper verso with offsetting to facing page else a Very Good and sound copy the plates all present and beautifully hand colored. Laplace, Sanchez et Cie unknown
2009Best.-Nr. 260930VFD006007Oxford: The Voltaire Foundation 2009. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm. This is a former Voltaire Foundation library copy and is stamped 'Voltaire Foundation Library' on the front pastedown. There are no other stamps or markings and in all other respects it is a brand new unread copy. Publisher's note: Voltaire's library acquired by Catherine II was installed at the Hermitage in 1779. Made up of acquisitions made over several decades the library served as a source of documentation for Voltaire to write various works novels plays articles pamphlets etc. The countless reading notes left by Voltaire in more than half of his books testify to his extraordinary capacity for work and the crucial role played by his library. These notes and other traces of reading are reproduced in full in this edition of the marginalia along with the texts to which they refer arranged exactly as in the original. Size: 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm. 492 pp. Text is in French. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Literature & Literary; French literature; Voltaire 1694-1778; Philosophy French; France; Intellectual life; Voltaire - Corpus des notes marginales; French Language; ISBN: 0729409635. ISBN/EAN: 9780729409636. Add. Inventory No: 260930VFD006007. . 9780729409636 The Voltaire Foundation hardcover
2009Best.-Nr. 260930VFD006004Oxford: The Voltaire Foundation 2009. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.0 cm. This is a former Voltaire Foundation library copy and is stamped 'Voltaire Foundation Library' on the front pastedown. There are no other stamps or markings and in all other respects it is a brand new unread copy. Publisher's note: Voltaire's library acquired by Catherine II was installed at the Hermitage in 1779. Made up of acquisitions made over several decades the library served as a source of documentation for Voltaire to write various works novels plays articles pamphlets etc. The countless reading notes left by Voltaire in more than half of his books testify to his extraordinary capacity for work and the crucial role played by his library. These notes and other traces of reading are reproduced in full in this edition of the marginalia along with the texts to which they refer arranged exactly as in the original. Size: 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.0 cm. 470 pp. Text is in French. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; French literature; Voltaire 1694-1778; Philosophy French; France; Intellectual life; Voltaire - Corpus des notes marginales; French Language; ISBN: 0729409643. ISBN/EAN: 9780729409643. Add. Inventory No: 260930VFD006004. . 9780729409643 The Voltaire Foundation hardcover
1733Best.-Nr. LRB77Amsterdam: Aux Dépens de la Compagnie 1733 Amsterdam: Aux Dépens de la Compagnie 1733 VOLTAIRE - Histoire de Charles XII roi de Suède. Amsterdam Aux Dépens de la Compagnie 1733 . in-12 XXVI-288 269 pp. reliure plein veau d'époque dos orné à 5 nerfs pièce de titre en maroquin rouge tranches jaspées. 2 volumes en 1. François-Marie Arouet dit Voltaire philosophe et homme de lettres du XVIIIème siècle symbole des Lumières incarna à lui seul l'intellectuel engagé et la puissance de lopinion publique. Eduqué par les jésuites Voltaire se fit remarquer en rhétorique et par sa capacité à versifier. Il prit très tôt le contrepied de cette éducation et s'orienta vers la société des libertins brilla dans les salons plaisantant même sur la relation du Régent et de sa fille ce qui lui valut 11 mois de Bastille. Très vite Voltaire obtint le succès littéraire avec la Henriade. Suite à l'affaire Rohan-Chabot il fut à nouveau embastillé mais très vite libéré à condition qu'il s'exilât. Voltaire partit alors pour l'Angleterre fit la connaissance d'Emilie Du Châtelet et fut reçu à la cour de Lunéville. Rentré ensuite à Paris il quitta rapidement la ville pour visiter Frédéric II à Berlin puis sinstalla à Ferney près de Genève. Peu d'écrivains furent aussi prolifiques que Voltaire. Avec des remarques historiques & critiques pour servir de supplément à cet ouvrage par M. de la Mottraye. Couverture rigide. Satisfaisant. Satisfaisant. Aux Dépens de la Compagnie hardcover
1733Best.-Nr. LRB77Aux Dépens de la Compagnie Amsterdam 1733 in-12, XXVI-288 + 269 pp., reliure plein veau d'époque, dos orné à 5 nerfs, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, tranches jaspées
Best.-Nr. 9353364876.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Best.-Nr. ria9783382037895_inpHardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Unveränderter Nachdruck der Originalausgabe von 1854. Der Verlag Anatiposi gibt historische Bücher als Nachdruck heraus. Aufgrund ihres Alters können diese Bücher fehlende Seiten oder mindere Qualität aufweisen. Unser Ziel ist es diese hardcover
1986Best.-Nr. 1-0729403343Voltaire Foundation 1986. Hardcover. New. 564 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches. Voltaire Foundation hardcover
1925Best.-Nr. 96789Paris : René Kieffer 1925. broché. VOLTAIRE M. de.La princesse de Babylone. Roman. Illustré par Barte. Paris René Kieffer1925 240x190mm 108 pages planches en couleurs broché. Couverture rempliée. Edition originale sur papier vélin blanc de cuve numérotée n.° 329 / 550. Déchirures aux dos autrement bel exemplaire intérieur propre. No hidden customs fees for orders shipped to the U.S.A with a value of up to 800 USD PDDP shipping we pay the VAT in advance René Kieffer unknown
2001Best.-Nr. G0729407454I4N00Voltaire Foundation 2001. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Voltaire Foundation hardcover
1783Best.-Nr. 21810(Kbh., 1783). Samt. slidt hldrbd.
1783Best.-Nr. 21810Kbh. 1783. Samt. slidt hldrbd. First Danish edition. Første danske oversættelse. Fra 8. bind af "Skuespil til Brug for den danske Skueplads. Bibl.Dan. IV:291. unknown
Best.-Nr. 1579890733.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Best.-Nr. NC02AA-00617Collectible - Good. S.l.: N.p. 1775. Volume 22. Sm 8vo. 376pp. French. Frontis. portrait. Good book. Russia kings and rulers biographies books in French Inquire if you need further information. unknown
Best.-Nr. 0669286540.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover