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In 8° (cm 13,5 x 20), cartonatura muta coeva , pp XVI, 365, grandi bei capilettera silografici, finalini. Esemplare in discrete condizioni, in barbe, carta forte ma brunita e con ingialliture e tracce di umidità al margine esterno di alcune cc; mancano le ultime tre cc bb, secondo la collazione degli unici due esemplari trovati nelle biblioteche, censiti in SBN. Dall'"Avertissement" all'opera omnia nella prestigiosa edizione di Kehl, ecco citata la presente edizione, come tra le prime fedeli alle intenzioni dell'autore: "Ce fut en 1762 seulement que M. de Voltaire publia une édition de son ouvrage, très différente de toutes les autres. Ce poème fut réimprimé en 1774, dans lédition in-4°, avec quelques changements et des additions assez considérables. ... dernière édition, revue et corrigée encore sur danciens manuscrits...". Le traversie tipografiche della "Pucelle" sono innumerevoli. Fu iniziata verso il 1730, e subito iniziò a circolare manoscritta, con vasta fortuna, presso amici di V. e le "Sociétés littéraires" assai diffuse al tempo; verso la fine del 1755, ne apparve un'edizione a stampa, datta a Francoforte con falso luogo di stampa Louvain, che V. si affrettò a disconoscere, composta su un manoscritto rubato all'A. e largamente spuria. Tale edizione è opera del La Beaumelle e del "capucin défroqué" Maubert, redatta con l'intenzione di guadagnare denaro e compromettere V. Se ne parla, con indignazione, nella "Préface" alla presente edizione. Ricattato da librai, vittima di odi partigiani tra gli intellettuali esultanti del "divide et impera" che si stava producendo nella società grazie alle vicissitudini del poema, V. fu maltrattato dagli editori, che irritati dal disconoscimento pubblico della prima edizione ristamparono la "Pucelle" nel 1756, aggiungendovi per schernirlo, il disconoscimento stesso, e parecchie "pièces" satiriche contro l'A. Il che aumentò celebrità e vendite. Nel 1757 comparve a Londra un'altra edizione del poema, conforme alle prime e ornata di incisioni di dubbio gusto; le ristampe si succedettero rapidamente, la prima parigina è del 1759: ed eccoci giunti alla presente. Un esemplare censito in COPAC di edizione coeva, con luogo Londra, ma diversa paginazione, e uno in SBN.
réf. 1003QXXMXXJLeather Bound. Fair. The philosophical dictionary for the pocket. Translated from the French edition Corrected by the author. Catskill: J. & M. Croswel for selves and J. Fellows & E. Duyckinck New York 1796. 12mo. 6 2/8 x 3 6/8 inches. Engraved title-page with vignette of Voltaire engraved by Peter K. Maverick. Contemporary American sheep. Married loose later full leather front cover. Includes front blank; rear blank loose laid-in. Loss at spine tips as pictured. Complete except for front cover. No library or ownership marks. Please see our pics. hardcover
réf. Z1-C-087-00517Oxford. Used - Good. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day.Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre.' Ex-library but has been well cared for. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Oxford unknown
1732réf. 042686London: C. Davis & A. Lyon 1732. 4th . Lealther Binding. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 12 Vo; 1 Pound. Frontis Engraving. pp xii 371. Portrait frontispiece & folding map. Brown leather w/only lite wear at tips; owner's plate lite foxing C. Davis & A. Lyon unknown
réf. 11461No publisher or date late C19th. Broadsheet one page 44 x 21.5cm fold marks two small closed tears staining at top not affecting text mainly good condition. The item has introductory remarks on the verses presumably manuscript being sent by Keate with a gift reminding readers of Keate's work on the Pellew Islands and patronage of Lee Bow another Marcellus. These are followed by 34 lines of verse offering support and help with complimentary phrases. It commences "'Tis not I readily confess My virgin hue or silv'ry dress" concluding "My last drop will flow for you. Such the aid I mean to give If with you allow'd to live." This is followed by brief words on the death burial and nature of Keate with 10 lines from the epitaph on or near his grave with a few words about "a Gentleman who distinguished himself in his early years at the Scotch Bar" who "prepared" the Epitaph. Apparently not published elsewhere. Notes: a.James Carmichael Smyth features in both" An account of the Pelew Islands" and "The History of Prince Lee Boo son of Abba Thulleking of the Pelew Islands". e b.DNB "Smyth experimented with nitrous-acid gas for the prevention of contagion in cases of fever. At the request of the government he continued the experiments at the prison and hospital at Winchester Hampshire where there was an epidemic of typhus. He conducted a similar experiment to destroy contagion in 1795 on the HMS Union a hospital ship which between September 1795 and January 1796 had taken on board 479 typhus sufferers from the Russian fleet. He heated crude nitre presumably with carbon and the oxides of nitrogen given off would in fact have been fatal to the lice which spread typhus a disease not yet distinguished from typhoid. In addition Smyth thought washing and cleanliness very important. For his experimental work parliament voted Smyth in 1802 a reward of £5000. His claim to the discovery was disputed by Dr John Johnstone of Birmingham for his father Dr James Johnstone and by M. Chaptal for Guyton de Morveau. After a keen controversy Smyth's claims were upheld. Shortly afterwards he was elected physician-extraordinary to George III. He then went to the south of France for his health and on his return settled at Sunbury Middlesex. He died at Sunbury on 18 June 1821". From the papers of the Carmichael-Smyth Family. See also #11462 these verses in a different format. No publisher or date, [late C19th?] unknown
réf. 11462No publisher or date late C19th. Handbill four pages 8vo bifolium minor staining mainly good condition. The item has introductory remarks on the verses presumably manuscript being sent by Keate with a gift reminding readers of Keate's work on the Pellew Islands and patronage of Lee Bow another Marcellus. These are followed by 34 lines of verse offereing support and help with complimentary phrases. It commences "'Tis not I readily confess My virgin hue or silv'ry dress" concluding "My last drop will flow for you. Such the aid I mean to give If with you allow'd to live." This is followed by brief words on the death burial and nature of Keate with 10 lines from the epitaph on or near his grave with a few words about "a Gentleman who distinguished himself in his early years at the Scotch Bar" who "prepared" the Epitaph. Apparently not published elsewhere. Notes: a.James Carmichael Smyth features in both" An account of the Pelew Islands" and "The History of Prince Lee Boo son of Abba Thulleking of the Pelew Islands". e b.DNB "Smyth experimented with nitrous-acid gas for the prevention of contagion in cases of fever. At the request of the government he continued the experiments at the prison and hospital at Winchester Hampshire where there was an epidemic of typhus. He conducted a similar experiment to destroy contagion in 1795 on the HMS Union a hospital ship which between September 1795 and January 1796 had taken on board 479 typhus sufferers from the Russian fleet. He heated crude nitre presumably with carbon and the oxides of nitrogen given off would in fact have been fatal to the lice which spread typhus a disease not yet distinguished from typhoid. In addition Smyth thought washing and cleanliness very important. For his experimental work parliament voted Smyth in 1802 a reward of £5000. His claim to the discovery was disputed by Dr John Johnstone of Birmingham for his father Dr James Johnstone and by M. Chaptal for Guyton de Morveau. After a keen controversy Smyth's claims were upheld. Shortly afterwards he was elected physician-extraordinary to George III. He then went to the south of France for his health and on his return settled at Sunbury Middlesex. He died at Sunbury on 18 June 1821". From the papers of the Carmichael-Smyth Family. See also #11461 these verses in a different format. The handbill has a full Epitaph 32 lines with a lengthy encomium not just 10 lines as the broadside. No publisher or date, , [late C19th?] unknown
réf. a78425Geneve 1760. In French. 12mo.16 x 10 cm 2 x 3 inch engraving on cover of a devil flying over a river with a letter in his outstretched hand slight cropping of margins later plain wraps. One word written in ink on top margin of title page valoir. Good document cellophane tape on spine. . paperback
1929réf. 008138New York NY: Rimington and Hooper 1929. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Angelo Valenti. This is Issue Number One from the Savoy Editions series. Designed and printed by Richard W. Ellis The Georgian Press and published October 11 1929 in an edition of 999 copies. Set in Monotype Italian Old Style and printed from type on French Laid paper. Of this edition 49 copies were printed on Zanders handmade paper and numbered 951 to 999 of which 15 copies were hand-colored and signed by the artist. This is one of those 15 copies. This copy is no. 953 and is so numbered in ink on the colophon page. Signed on the colophon page by the artist Valenti Angelo and by the printer Richard W. Ellis. Translation by R. Bruce Boswell done originally for Bohn's Classical Library. 10.25 x 6.75 inches. Tan cloth somewhat soiled with beveled boards. The spine is age-darkened. The morocco spine label has almost entirely perished. Gently bumped spine head and tail and with fairly sharp corners. Text block firmly bound in. With x and 131 numbered pages. TEG and with handsomely deckled fore-edge and bottom edge pages. There are 22 headpiece illustrations - one for the introduction and one for each chapter - executed by Valenti Angelo and in various shades of salmon sky blue and gray and also with gilt that is as reflective as gold leaf. The other 984 copies were apparently illustrated throughout with monochrome illustrations in brown ink. All pages with moderate age-toning. Approximately 60 pages i.e. 30 sheets including recto and verso with damp-staining or tidewater marks at the bottom margin some prominent and some hardy noticeable. Lacking the slipcase. A Good copy. Rare in any condition. 1 lb. 10 oz. Originally published as "Zadig ou la Destinée" Zadig or The Book of Fate; 1747. It is a novelized work of philosophical fiction by the Enlightenment writer Voltaire. This book would be a desirable addition to the library of the collector of works by Valenti Angelo. Rimington and Hooper hardcover
2025réf. x-1032372877Routledge 2025. Hardcover. New. 334 pages. 9.00x6.00x9.24 inches. Routledge hardcover
1985réf. 117656Monte Carlo (Monaco), Sefer, Arts et Couleurs, impr. Le Champ des Sphères 1985 3 volumes. In-4 26 x 21 cm. Reliures d'Art de Luxe Sefer pleine peau maroquinée aubergine, sous étuis bordés à l’identique, dos à nerfs encadrés de fers à froid et dorés, plats encadrés de filets dorés et de fers dorés, semés de fleurs de lys et de scènes frappées à froid d'après l'artiste, têtes dorées, gardes et contreplats de soie moirée grenat, 244-211-235 pp., texte enluminé d'un cadre à frise amarante, pages de titre, bandeaux, lettrines et culs-de-lampe historiés, 31 illustrations par Jean Gradassi, dont 1 double-planche, 18 hors texte, 12 in-texte, table des illustrations à la fin de chaque volume. édition tirée à 1700 exemplaires sur vélin d’Arches filigrané numérotés. Celui-ci, N 1208/1000 numérotés de 651 à 1650. Joint certificat d’autneticit. Dos très légèrement insolés, infimes frottis. Très bon ensemble.
1930réf. 567801930 Paris, René Kieffer, 1930, 19 x 24 cm, 124 pp, broché, couverture rempliée recouverte de papier cristal, en très bon état,non coupé
1770réf. voltairecontesPort-Malo: Chez le Citoyen Hovius 1770. Hardcover. Pages show toning text binding . Romans et Contes de Voltaire Novels and Tales Tome Troisieme et Quatrieme published in Port-Malo France 1770. Text undated found publication date from worldcat and google books digital copies. Rare find 2 volumes bound as one of four volume set. Includes two front space full page engravings.Pages show toning text binding tight engravings both present for each volume contemporary 3/4 leather boards show rub wear cracking at hinges and crazing to spine Chez le Citoyen Hovius hardcover
1977réf. 335713Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 1977. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Sylvain Sauvage. Very Good Leather Bound. Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. Owner personalization pressed into half title page.; The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written Collector's Edition. Easton Press hardcover
1978réf. 217936Franklin Center Pennsylvania: Franklin Library 1978. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine Leather Bound Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines.; The 100 Greatest Books of all Time. Franklin Library hardcover
1978réf. 199416Franklin Center Pennsylvania: Franklin Library 1978. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine Leather Bound Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. Franklin Library hardcover
1981réf. 175765Franklin Center Pennsylvania: Franklin Library 1981. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine Leather Bound. Book accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. This Special Edition was prepared for subscribers to The Oxford Library of the World's Greatest Books.; First Franklin Library Edition.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Franklin Library hardcover
1792réf. 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
1796réf. 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
1762réf. 7601Geneva: Cramer 1762. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Octavo. 358 pages. The first authorized edition with a number of piracies appearing before this epic based upon the life of Joan of Arc. Twenty plates by Gravelot. The ornament on the title page is the same as the one on the 1759 first edition of Candide. Contemporary 3/4 brown leather all edges stained red; a few letters lost on red label on spine; some scuffing and edge wear; light marginal stain not affecting text on about 50 leaves; overall a very good copy. Cramer hardcover books
1865réf. 70000Paris: Leclere Libraire-Éditeur 1865. Later printing. Leather Bound. Very Good. xv 211; 169pp. Quarto 25.5cm. 3/4 leather with marbled boards. Gilt stamped lettering on spine. Raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Gilt topstain. Mild scuffing to extremities. Light sporadic moisture staining to the leather of each volume. Textblocks a bit wavy. Bookplate affixed to each front free endpaper. In the original French. Illustrated. A satirical poem about Joan of Arc. The poem began to circulate in the 1730s and was immediately controversial. Though outlawed throughout much of Europe during the 18th and 19th centuries it became one of the most widely read texts about the life of Joan of Arc. Leclere, Libraire-Éditeur unknown books
1920réf. 48495Wien. 1920. 8vo. Rødbrunt originalt helskinnsbind med ryggforgylling og gulldekor på deklene. Topp gullsnitt. Frontispiece og tittelblad trykt i rødt og svart 92 s. med 10 raderinger signert av kunstneren. Artur Wolf Verlag Tysk. nr. 49 av 100 eksemplarer med signerte originalraderinger. Meget pent eksemplar. unknown
1767réf. 61751No place nor printer 1767. 8vo. In contemporary marbled paper covered board. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Light wear to extremities internally nice and clean. 4 60 pp. Rare second edition of this work on governance and statecraft. Barbier III 84c5. unknown
1911réf. 16277Leipzig: Verlag Von S Hirzel. Good with no dust jacket. 1911. Hardcover. Heavily annotated with underlining and marks light tone otherwise light wear. Solid hardcovers. ; French language letters; Vorwort Zur literarischen Einführung Anhang and footnotes in German language. Three of three volumes complete set: I 1908 II 1909 and III 1911. Ownership signature of George R Havens on front paste-down of Volume III noted scholar of the French Enlightenment and Ohio State professor. The letters document the nearly half-century intellectual and personal relationship between Frederick the Great of Prussia and Voltaire begun with correspondence from Crown Prince Frederick in 1736. Documentation from the Prussian archives of Friedrich's correspondence with Voltaire a significant part of 18th century intellectual history from the library of an outstanding scholar of the period. ; 0 pages . Verlag Von S Hirzel hardcover
1792réf. 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
1742réf. 77443London:: T. Sowle Raylton 1742. Second edition. later old half morocco and marbled sides. Neat marginal repairs to the fore-edge of the last four leaves; extremities of the binding rubbed with the start 2" of a split at the top of one joint. . 12mo. T. Sowle Raylton, unknown