Best.-Nr. 51-5515Paris: Imprimerie Royale 1779-1781. . 4to. 19.5 x 24.8cm. Contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards; spines reinforced with new goatskin and endpapers. This is the first volume with 13 plates and maps. 2 vol. constituant le premier tome de ce récit de voyage XVI-707-XIII p. 1 f. - 13planches. In-4° rel. demi-veau dos à nerfs décor. : 2 vol. XVI-707-1-XIII-2 : cartes et pl. ; in-4.Elle est illustrée de 13 belles cartes et planches dépliantes de vues de monuments de divinités hindoues d'histoire naturelle et d'astronomie gravées sur cuivre par Delagardette et Gaitte.L’ouvrage renferme de nombreuses observations faites par Le Gentil de La Galaisière 1725-1792 sur la navigation l’histoire naturelle les mœurs la culture et la religion de l’Inde mais aussi sur Madagascar les Philippines les îles Mariannes La Réunion Maurice etc.La relation est également importante pour l’astronomie : « On trouve dans cet ouvrage non seulement l'histoire d'un voyage long et intéressant et les observations d'un habile astronome faites à Pondichéry sur les réfractions et autres objets astronomiques mais aussi une histoire détaillée de l'astronomie des Brames et des remarques sur les différentes routes de l'Inde sur les vents sur la lumière de la mer sur la déclinaison et l'inclinaison de l'aimant sur la météorologie » Jérôme de La Lande.References: Chadenat no. 6677; Lalande 568; Gay no. 3239 – Brunet III 940. Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1779-1781. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 15912Paris: Delangle Freres Incomplete set. 39 of 97 volumes. Written in French. First editions. 1825-1834. 8vo 8 1/2" tall. Uniform dark red cloth binding stamped in gilt on spine. Orange page edges. Includes: Tome 1- "Biographie" 1828 487 pages; Tome 26 & 27 - "Siecle de Louis XIV" 1827 484 pages & 502 pages; Tome 28 - "Siecle of Louis XV" 1827 400 pages; Tome 30 - "Histoire de Charles XII" 1827 537 pages; Tome 31 - "Histoire de Russie" 1827 505 pages; Tomes 32-33 - "Annales de l'empire" 1827 426 and 412 pages; Tomes 35-36 - "Melanges Historiques" 1827 416 and 471 pages. Tomes 68-95 - "Correspondance" 1827-1832 Complete correspondence volumes 1-28. Ex-college library with bookplates and a few marks otherwise beautiful tight sharp and bright without wear. Very clean with a few widely scattered fox spots due to its age. Excellent. Delangle Freres hardcover
1769Best.-Nr. 77201769 A Paris: Chez la Veuve Duchesne, Saillant, Desaint, Panckoucke et Nyon Libraires, [1769]-1770. Deux volumes in-8. 12 x 18,5 cm. 1/ 4 ff. n. chiff., XLII, 272 pp. 2/ 316 p., VI (tables). Ouvrage relié en plein veau porphyré d'époque, triple filet doré en encadrement des plats, avec des fleurons aux angles. Dos lisses ornés de caissons fleuronnés, pièces de titre en maroquin rouge, de tomaison en maroquin vert. Roulette sur les chasses, filets sur les coupes, toutes tranches dorées. Gardes en papier marbé. Ex-libris: André Gutzwiller. Le tome Ier comprend deux préfaces, dont l'une de Marmontel, ainsi que La Henriade proprement dite. Le second tome comporte "Histoire abrégée des événements sur lesquels est fondée la Fable du Poème de la Henriade" et plusieurs autres textes: "Essais sur la Poésie épique", "Discours en Vers sur l'Homme", "Le Temple du Gout", "Le Poème de Fontenoi", "Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne", le tout suivi des tables. Le tome Ier est richement illustré par Charles Eisen (1720-1778), dessins gravés par Joseph de Longueil (1730-1792), à savoir un frontispice, la page de titre gravée portant Voltaire en médaillon, dix figures hors-texte et dix vignettes en tête des différents chants, avec bandeaux et culs de lampe. Les dos des deux volumes portent quelques traces de fatigue, notamment aux mors, les coins et les coiffes sont très légèrement frottés, mais la reliure reste magnifique dans son veau porphyré. L'interieur est très frais, hormis quelques taches ou salissures éparses. Bel exemplaire d'une édition très recherchée.
Best.-Nr. 020708[Voltaire] Jean-Louis Wagnière (1739-1802), secrétaire de Voltaire. Manuscrit autographe, sd [1761?], 2p in-4. Importante copie autographe de la « Requête adressée à MM les Parisiens par B. Jérôme Carré, natif de Montauban, traducteur de la comédie intitulée : Le Caffé ou l'Ecossaise, pour servir de post-Préface à ladite comédie ». Cette copie de Voltaire est ici entièrement de la main de Wagnière. Ce texte fut publié dès 1761 dans certaines éditions de L'Ecossaise comme l'indique Georges Bengesco (n°230 - 1761 - et n°231 - 1763 - par exemple). Il avait été publié la veille de la première représentation (soit le 25 juillet 1760) comme l'indique Bengesco (n°230). Filigrane « Van der Ley ». Petit manque en bordure, mangeant une lettre en bout de 3 lignes sans empêcher la lecture. Superbe document voltairien. [502]
Best.-Nr. 2308RS272POEMA EPICO Composto na Lingua Franceza por Mr. DE VOLTAIRE Traduzido e illustrado com varias notas na Lingua Portuguesa por THOMAZ DE AQUINO BELLO E FREITAS Medico Formado pela Universidade de Coimbra. Tomo I Tomo II. Nova Edição. RIO DE JANEIRO. Na impressão Regia. Anno M. DCCC. XII 1812. Com licença. 2 Volumes in 16.º de 14x105 cm. Com xix i em br 193; ii 179 págs. Encadernações da época inteiras de pele com ferros a ouro em esquadrias com três filetes nas pastas e ferros a ouro e rótulos nas lombadas. Cortes das folhas marmoreados e folhas de guarda decorativos. Incluem uma fita em cetim verde-claro. Exemplar assinatura de posse coeva acompanhada da rubrica de António Justiniano Baptista Botelho em Escalos de Cima Comarca de Castelo Branco e notas a lápis na folha de guarda anterior dos volumes. Com nota a tinta coeva na página 32 dos dois volumes a explicar o erro na encadernação. Por erro de encadernação as páginas do segundo volume a partir da página 33 encontra-se no primeiro volume depois da página 32 e vice-versa. Nova edição muito rara com notas de rodapé por Tomás de Aquino e Freitas prefacio do editor e história abreviada dos acontecimentos que deram origem ao poema. A primeira edição foi impressa no Porto 1789 na Officina de Antonio Alvares Ribeiro. François-Marie Arouet Paris Reino da França 1694 - Paris Reino da França 1778 foi um escritor filósofo e historiador do Iluminismo francês conhecido por seu pseudónimo M. de Voltaire foi defensor da liberdade de expressão da liberdade de religião e da separação entre a igreja e estado. Estudou no Colégio Louis-le-Grand em 1713 seu pai conseguiu-lhe um emprego como secretário do novo embaixador francês na Holanda o marquês de Châteauneuf. Escritor versátil e prolífico produzindo obras em quase todas as formas literárias incluindo peças de teatro com mais de 50 peças incluindo inacabadas entre elas: Édipo 1717 Irène 1778; poemas como: Henriade 1723 Le Mondain 1736; romances ensaios histórias exposições científicas escreveu também mais de 20 mil cartas e 2 mil livros e panfletos. Tomás de Aquino Bello e Freitas Ribeirão do Carmo Minas Gerais 1744 - Coimbra 1835 foi tradutor bacharelou-se em Artes em Coimbra em 1744 graduou-se em Filosofia no mesmo ano e em medicina em 1746. Foi médico do Hospital Militar de Vila Rica. Seu nome é mencionado nas Cartas Chilenas: Frondélio bom médico. EN 2 Volumes in Sextodecimo sixteenmo. 14x105 cm. xix i bl. 193; ii 179 pp. Contemporary full leather bindings with gilt frames with three fillets on the boards and gilt tools and labels on the spines. Marbled edges and decorative endpapers. Includes a light green satin ribbon marker. Copy with handwritten coeval ownership title accompanied by the rubric of António Justiniano Baptista Botelho in Escalos de Cima district of Castelo Branco and notes in pencil on the front flyleaf of the volumes. With a note in ink on page 32 of both volumes explaining the error in the binding. Due to a binding error the pages of the second volume from page 33 onwards are in the first volume after page 32 and vice versa. Very rare new edition with footnotes by Tomás de Aquino e Freitas a preface by the editor and an abbreviated history of the events that gave rise to the poem. The first edition was printed in Porto 1789 at the Officina de Antonio Alvares Ribeiro. François-Marie Arouet Paris Kingdom of France 1694 - Paris Kingdom of France 1778 was a writer philosopher and historian of the French Enlightenment known by his pseudonym M. de Voltaire. He was a defender of freedom of expression freedom of religion and the separation of church and state. He studied at the Collège Louis-le-Grand and in 1713 his father got him a job as secretary to the new French ambassador to Holland the Marquis de Châteauneuf. Versatile and prolific writer producing works in almost all literary forms including theatre plays with more than 50 plays including unfinished ones among them: Édipo 1717 Irène 1778; poems such as: Henriade 1723 Le Mondain 1736; novels essays histories scientific expositions he also wrote more than 20000 letters and 2000 books and pamphlets. Tomás de Aquino Bello e Freitas Ribeirão do Carmo Minas Gerais 1744 - Coimbra 1835 was a translator who graduated in Arts from Coimbra in 1744 in Philosophy in the same year and in Medicine in 1746. He was a doctor at the Vila Rica Military Hospital. His name is mentioned in the Cartas Chilenas: Frondélio good doctor. Referências/References: Inocêncio VII p. 336. Ana Maria Camargo 303 e 304. Borba de Morais Vol II 327. M-7-E-20 hardcover
1775Best.-Nr. 10567[Genève], [Cramer et Bardin], 1775. 40 vol. in-8, veau marbré, dos lisse orné, triple filet doré sur les plats, pièces de titre en maroquin rouge (reliure de l'époque).
1764Best.-Nr. 192458London: Printed for T. Becket and P. A. de Hondt 1764. Freedom of religion First edition in English of this seminal argument for toleration encapsulating Voltaire's famed campaign to secure posthumous justice for Jean Calas. Voltaire argues that tolerance was in line with natural law just and required by a proper understanding of Christianity. The Protestant merchant Jean Calas 1698-1762 was executed by a Toulouse court after having been found guilty of murdering his son to prevent his conversion to the Catholic Church. Voltaire saw the case as straightforward religious mania and campaigned energetically to prove the anti-Huguenot bias of the local judges. His Traité sur la tolérance was first published in 1763 the year after Calas's execution. This English translation was undertaken by William Kenrick 1729/30-1779 the chief reviewer for London's Monthly Review. His rendition of Voltaire's prose has been described as "unusually talented" by the standards of Grub Street ODNB. The year after this translation was published Louis XV removed the chief magistrate and had the case retried by another court. Calas was posthumously exonerated and his family paid 36000 francs. Octavo 197 x 126 mm pp. viii 247 1. Contemporary sprinkled calf spine decorated in gilt and with red calf label. With 20th-century bookplate of the Virginia historian Christopher Clark Geest. Light wear front and rear joints split at foot minor damp staining to contents and small worm track to 19 leaves and rear free endpapers not touching text: a very good copy. ESTC T137894. unknown
1765Best.-Nr. 186478London: Printed for S. Bladon 1765. Simplicity and lucidity coupled with lively malice and sarcasm First edition in English of Voltaire's incisive exposition of his intellectual project his largest and yet also his most accessible philosophical work structured as a collection of 73 short essays. The Dictionary "consists largely of attacks on religious dogma; at the same time it shows the author's abhorrence of falsehood obscurity and oppression and is written with simplicity and lucidity coupled with lively malice and sarcasm. It was at once ordered to be burnt at Geneva and was subsequently 1765 condemned by the parlement and by Rome" Harvey & Heseltine p. 209. The work was first published in 1764 in Paris. ESTC identifies two editions printed in London in 1765: the other which appears to be a paginary reprint of this edition was done for Thomas Brown. No priority has been established. Octavo 206 x 124 mm pp. iv 335 1. Wood-engraved device to title page. Contemporary sprinkled calf spine ruled in gilt and with red morocco label edges sprinkled red. Contemporary ink signature of one John Hamilton to head of title page. Light rubbing and bumping front joint cracked but holding firm minor browning to contents: a very good copy. ESTC N20652. Paul Harvey & J. E. Heseltine The Oxford Companion to French Literature 1959. unknown
Best.-Nr. 012884Voltaire, Leonetto Cappiello (illustrateur), La Princesse de Babylone. Paris, Javal et Bourdeaux, 1928. In-4 (32.5*25cm), 91p. Premier et unique tirage de cette illustration de Cappiello, annoncée à 40 exemplaires tous sur japon. Ces exemplaires annoncés doivent avoir 4 suites (définitive, en deux couleurs, en bleu et en noir). Ce qui n'est pas le cas de notre exemplaire. Notre exemplaire est un exemplaire hors commerce, non annoncé, justifié « H.C. imprimé spécialement pour Monsieur Lazare Bloch ». Cet exemplaire contient donc, dès l'origine, 7 suites, à savoir : la suite définitive dans le texte et deux séries de trois suites (deux couleurs, bleu et noir), chacune sous sa couverture propre. Le tout étant dans la chemise et étui cartonnée d'époque au format. 14 des 15 gravures sont pleine page et hors-texte, seule la première prend une demi-page, en tête du texte. Cappiello est surtout connu comme affichiste et est considéré comme un des plus grands affichistes français du début du 20e siècle. Il n'illustra que deux livres, l'autre étant Le Poète assassiné d'Apollinaire. En feuilles, sous couverture rempliée, un volume pour le texte, deux volume pour les 6 suites, chemise et étui cartonnés recouverts de papier marbré vert. Etui fendu à une arête. Superbe exemplaire, rare.
1795Best.-Nr. ILTPVOLT95Paris: Didot Le Jeune L'An Troisième 1795. 1795. 2 Volumes. 4to. pp. 211; 212. with half-titles. engraved frontis. portrait of Jeanne d'Arc by Gaucher & 21 engraved plates by engraved by A very tall fine crisp copy on thick paper deckle edge visible on some leaves bound in contemporary tree calf gilt backs all edges gilt some surface scarring to covers but still a very nice copy. First Edition with these Illustrations the frontispiece portrait of Jeanne d'Arc by Gaucher and the other twenty-one plates engraved by Bacquoy Choffard Delignon Delvaux Duhamel Dupréel Lemire Lingée Malbeste Patas Pauquet Ponce and Romanet after designs by Lebarbier Marillier Monnet and Monsiau. "Très belle édition." Cohen-De Ricci Cohen-De Ricci 1034. Brunet V 1362. Bengesco 513. F. Hardcover. Paris: Didot Le Jeune, L'An Troisième [1795]. Hardcover
13 textes reliés en un fort volume in-8 (190 x 122 mm), plein veau brun de l'époque, dos à 5 nerfs richement orné de caissons fleuronnés et cloisonnés, pièce de titre de maroquin rouge, roulette dorée sur les coupes et les chasses, tranches rouges. Recueil constitué à l'époque de 13 textes autour de "l'Oedipe" de Voltaire et de sa réception critique, dont un exemplaire de l'édition originale et un de la seconde édition. Première tragédie de Voltaire qui signe pour la première fois de ce pseudonyme, la pièce fut montée le 18 novembre 1718 à la Comédie Française et rencontra un immense succès. Elle demeura au répertoire jusqu'en 1852. "Voltaire s'éloigne radicalement du mythe par souci de vraisemblance dramatique. Chez lui, Oedipe est innocent. 'Inceste et parricide, et pourtant vertueux': tel est le cri final de celui qui n'aura cessé de lutter contre son destin, refusant de se plier au décret inique des dieux. En cela, Voltaire, en plus de remettre en cause l'univers même de la tragédie, fourbit ses armes contre la superstition, l'intolérance religieuse et le fanatisme (…). En pleine querelle des Anciens et des Modernes, son auteur est consacré du jour au du jour au lendemain comme le grand dramaturge de son temps" (F.-X. Hervoüet). 1- Édition originale. Les feuillets 83 à 131 contiennent six lettres que Voltaire composa pour justifier son traitement en regard des 'Oedipe' de Sophocle et de Corneille. Quelques petites annotations et corrections manuscrites de l'époque. (Bengesco, I, 2). 5- Seconde édition, revue, corrigée et augmentée d'une septième lettre. Les pages 93-130 ont été retirées lors de la reliure, une note manuscrite de l'époque précise que "les 3, 4, 5 et 6e lettres de cette édition sont de même que dans la première édition". Les pages 131 à 134 conservées correspondent à la septième lettre rajoutée dans cette édition. (Bengesco, I, 4). 13- La planche frontispice gravée qui accompagne cette imitation de la tragédie de Voltaire a été placée en tête du volume. Deux pages recto-verso sur une garde détaillent la table de "ce recueil curieux et rare". Petite fente aux mors supérieurs (3 cm), coiffe supérieure frottée. Quelques rousseurs éparses. Très bon exemplaire, bien relié à l'époque.
1766Best.-Nr. 060313Paris: Chez Cailleau Librairie 1765 / Sebastien Jorry 1766 / Chez La Veuve Duchesne 1766 1766. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. X 11-64 Viii 9-51 32 38 I 30. Several Items 1765 And 1766 Bound In One Full Patterned Calf Spine Elaborately Gilt. Worldcat Shows Only Four Institutional Holdings One In France Of The Calas Title 64 Pp. WearClean No Marks Fraying At Corners. Jean Calas 1698 - 10 March 1762 Was A Merchant Living In Toulouse Languedoc France Who Was Tried Judicially Tortured And Executed For The Murder Of His Son Despite His Protestations Of Innocence. Calas Was A Protestant In An Officially Catholic Society. Calas Along With His Wife Was A Protestant. France Was Then A Catholic Country; Catholicism Was The State Religion With No Legal Right For Individuals To Practice Different Faiths. While The Harsh Oppression Of Protestantism Initiated By King Louis Xiv Had Largely Receded Protestants Were At Best Tolerated. Louis One Of Calas's Sons Converted To Catholicism In 1756. On 13-14 October 1761 Another Of The Calas Sons Marc-Antoine Was Found Dead On The Ground Floor Of The Family's Home. Rumors Had It That Jean Calas Had Killed His Son Because He Intended To Convert To Catholicism. When Interrogated The Family Initially Claimed That Marc-Antoine Had Been Killed By A Murderer. Then They Declared That They Had Found Marc-Antoine Dead Hanged; Because Suicide Was Considered A Heinous Crime Against God And Since The Dead Bodies Of Suicides Were Defiled They Had Arranged For Their Son's Suicide To Look Like A Murder. Despite Jean Calas's Claiming That His Son Died By Suicide And The Testimony Of Jeanne Viguière Calas's Catholic Governess The Parlement Regional Court Of Toulouse Held That Jean Calas Had Murdered His Son. And On 9 March 1762 The Court Sentenced Him To Death By Torture. The Government Stretched His Arms And Legs Until They Were Pulled Out Of Their Sockets. Seventeen Litres 36 Us Pints Of Water Was Poured Down His Throat. He Was Tied To A Cross In The Cathedral Square On Which Each Of His Limbs Was Broken Twice By An Iron Bar. Yet Even Under This Torture Calas Continued To Declare His Innocence. French Philosopher Voltaire Was Contacted About The Case And After Initial Suspicions That Calas Was Guilty Of Anti-Catholic Fanaticism Were Dispelled By His Investigations He Began A Campaign To Get Calas's Sentence Overturned Claiming That Marc-Antoine Had Committed Suicide Because Of Gambling Debts And Not Being Able To Finish His University Studies Due To His Denomination.Voltaire's Efforts Were Successful And King Louis Xv Received The Family And Had The Sentence Annulled In 1764. The King Fired The Chief Magistrate Of Toulouse The Capitoul The Trial Was Done Over And In 1765 Jean Calas Posthumously Was Exonerated On A "Vice De Procédure" Not On The Original Charges With The Family Paid 36000 Livres By The King In Compensation.2 Voltaire An Outspoken Critic Of The Catholic Church Cited The Instance As An Example Of The Church's Severity In His 1763 Work Treatise On Tolerance. Édouard-Thomas Simon Known As " Simon De Troyes " 1740-1818 Was A French Doctor And Librarian .Simon Practiced Medicine In Troyes For Twenty Years Before Moving To Paris In 1786 Where He Divided His Time Between His Profession And The Pursuit Of Literature. At The Beginning Of The Revolution He Was Appointed A Member Of The Councils Of Public Health Public Relief Etc. Of The Capital. During The Establishment Of The Constitution Of The Year Iii Simon De Troyes Had The Plan For A Common Library For The Two Legislative Councils Adopted Became Its Curator And Under The Consulate Passed With The Same Title To The Library Of The Tribunate . After The Suppression Of The Tribunate He Entered Public Education And Became A Professor Of Literature At The Lycée In Besançon. Chez Cailleau, Librairie (1765) / Sebastien Jorry (1766) / Chez La Veuve Duchesne (1766) hardcover
1756Best.-Nr. 148161756 basane mouchetée, dos lisse (quelques éraflures aux plats…) 17 vol. in-8, TI : (2ff.),XXVII-334pp., (1f.) TII : (2ff.), 418pp. TIII : (2ff.), LXXVIII-328pp. TIV : (2ff.),400pp. T V : (2ff.), 351pp. T VI : (2ff.), 396pp. T VII : (2ff.), 446pp. T VIII : (2ff.), 428pp. T IX : (2ff.), 403pp. T X : (2ff.), XV-440pp. T XI : (4ff. dont 1 portrait), 399pp.,( 1f. errat.) T XII : (2ff.), 380pp. (1f. errata) T XIII : (2ff.), 391pp. (1 f. errat.) T XIV : (2ff.), 328pp. (1f. errat.) T XV : (2ff.), 335pp. T XVI : (2ff.), 307pp. (308 étant l'errat.) XVII : (2ff.), 320pp. s.l. (Genève, Cramer), 1756
1819Best.-Nr. 30160Paris P. Didot l'An et J 1819 2 volumes in-16, veau rouge orn sur les plats d'un important dcor pouss froid et dor, dos quatre nerfs orns petits fers dors et froid, roulette or sur les coupes; encadrements intrieurs orns d'une roulette dore, doublures et gardes de papier marbr, tranches dores (reliures de l'poque).Cette dition de La Henriade fait partie de la Collection des meilleurs ouvrages de la langue franaise, ddie son Altesse Royale, Madame la duchesse d'Angoulme. Exemplaire imprim sur papier vlin fin. De la bibliothque du baron James de Rothschild (ex-libris). Trs bel exemplaire.
1767Best.-Nr. 8679Lausanne [pour Paris], sans nom, 1767. 2 tomes en un volume in-12 de [4]-118; [4]-120 pages, plein veau brun moucheté, dos à nerfs orné de filets et fleurons dorés, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, plats frappés au centre des armes de Jean Bouhier, président du parlement de Bourgogne, membre de l'Académie française.
1735Best.-Nr. 82395Basle: Chez Christophe Revis 1735. First edition of Le Coq de Villeray's response to Voltaire’s Letters Concerning the English Nation published in 1733. Octavo bound in contemporary calf gilt title to the spine raised bands marbled endpapers. In very good condition. Rare. Voltaire composed his Letters Concerning the English Nation based on his experiences living in England between 1726 and 1729. The volume was first published in English in 1733 and then in French the following year where it was seen as an attack on the French system of government and was rapidly suppressed. The letters concerned Voltaire's views on Anglicanism the Quakers William Penn and John Locke. Chez Christophe Revis hardcover
1805Best.-Nr. 047488Paris: Stereotype D'Herhan 1805. Hardcover Full Leather. Near Fine Condition. Bound in early full blue morocco with elaborate gilt decoration of vines and flowers. Inner dentelles gilt and inside front and rear boards red morocco. Slight browning to marbled endpapers scattered minor foxing a touch of rubbing to hinges. A lovely copy in a very fine binding signed on the spine by R.P. Kallenbach. 404pp. Old catalog entry pasted to rear endpaper. First published in 1723 La Henriade is a poem in the epic fashion detailing Henry IV's heroics at the 1589 siege of Paris and concerned with religious fanaticism and the crumbling of the state. A lovely edition published near the start of the Napoleonic wars. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; mem; Inventory No: 047488. Stereotype D'Herhan hardcover
1751Best.-Nr. 2359The first edition of Voltaire's brilliant historical study of the age of King Louis XIV. Begun as early as 1732 Voltaire sent a manuscript version to Frederic II who was enthusiastic and encouraged its publication. In 1739 Voltaire published a 'Plan Raisonné' of the project including two finished chapters but this was condemned by the court and seized. In 1750 Voltaire left France for Frederic's court at Berlin where he set himself to complete the work. Failing to obtain the 'privilège royal' or even the non-written 'permission tacite' he decided to go ahead and publish the work in Berlin at his own expence. Voltaire continued to add to the work in subsequent editions most notably in the 1753 Berlin edition where he added a supplement in which he refuted the attacks made by La Beaumelle. Two volumes in one 12mo 144 x 85mm pp. xiv 488 1 errata; ii 466 2 errata with the half-title to the first volume in contemporary calf rather worn spine gilt in compartments foot of spine chipped wormhole to the head of spine wanting the front endpaper red edges. BN Voltaire Catalogue 3361-3363. C.F. Henning
1751Best.-Nr. 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
Best.-Nr. MA07B-04499La Société Littéraire Typographique. Collectible - Very Good. Kehl Germany: La Société Littéraire Typographique 1785. No additional printings. 70-volume set with 69 of 70 volumes present. 8vo full-leather hardcovers in early mottled brown leather. A thin blind-stamped line outlines each board and the board edges are decorated with a thin gilt line. Five raised bands to spine recorated with small vertical lines. Gilt devices of flora enclosed in a box to the first fourth fifth and sixth compartments. Author and series volume number gilt stamped in a gilt box on a brown leather label to second compartment. Work title and part gilt stamped in a gilt box on red leather label to third compartment. These labels have been reversed on Volume 30 with the author and volume on red in the second compartment and title and part number on brown in the third compartment. Page edges speckled and endpapers marbled with swirls of pink blue yellow and white. French. A frontispiece engraving in volume one after the painting by Nicolas de Largillière depicting Voltaire at 24 years old; another in volume 16 after the portrait by Maurice Quentin de La Tour; a frontis diagram of a battlefield in volume 24; 14 pages of plates at the rear of volume 31; frontis engraving of a marble bust to volume 32. Very good. Volume 28 lacking. Spine tips slightly worn on many volumes and corners gently bumped and rubbed; the leather has been eroded very slightly at some corners and a few volumes are rather more edgeworn with scrapes to board edges. Top fore-corner of volume 50 front board worn. Spines a bit rubbed and creased with some volumes clearly better loved than others; the high points of the raised bands have been somewhat more rubbed in a few spots. The volume number label has been detached from volume 7 and laid in and the work title label has been chipped on volume 2 detached from volume 24 and laid in and lost from volume 32. Some joints have very small cracks at the tips but the leather remains firm and supple. Volume 35 front joint cracked. A few volumes have suffered some scrapes to the boards a gouge to the front of volume 25 and there is a very small spot of worming each to the front board of volume 17 and the rear of volume 18 but the leather is otherwise smooth. Page edges slightly toned; dampstaining and spotting to the edges of several volumes. Volume 70 spine cracked and pages 165-172 loose but don't appear ever to have been sewn in. Some very occasional isolated spots of foxing throughout but interiors are clean bright and very near fine. The attached rubbon bookmarks are present and intact in almost all volumes and although the exposed tips have faded that portion of the ribbon inside of the books remains a vibrant salmon pink. The gilt too is bright and has been rubbed away only partially on the raised bands; it remains fully present everywhere else. The bindings are tight and hinges firm and a few pages remain unopened. An incredible copy of the famous unexpurgated Kehl Voltaire printed in Germany in order to escape the censorship of pre-revolutionary France. Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES. La Société Littéraire Typographique hardcover
1817Best.-Nr. 464397Paris : chez Mme Ve Perronneau ; chez Cérioux aîné 1817. First Beuchot Edition. Hardcover. Very good copies all recased the substantial majority with their original board and spine covers laid-in variably complete. The remaining original covers show the expected scuffs and dust-dulling of age with some spine covers brittle. Vol. 9 is mislabelled ""XLIX."" Marbled endpapers and edges remaining quite vivid on the bottom and fore-edges and dust-toned on the top edges. Text blocks remain tight and very clean on the whole showing only faint foxing to preliminary and final leaves. A handsomely restored and internally well-preserved set. Provenance: each volume bears the bookplate of the Blair Adam Library William Patrick Adam CIE DL 1823-1881. Physical description; complete in 56 volumes : illustrations ; 18 cm. Notes; Published 1817-1821. Contents: Tome 1: Vie de Voltaire / par Condorcet. Choix de pièces justificatives pour la Vie de Voltaire. Mémoires pour servir à la vie de M. de Voltaire écrits par lui-même 1817 VIII 596 pages — Tomes 2-7: Théâtre 1817 6 volumes — Tome 8: Henriade et poèmes historiques 1817 XI 453 pages — Tome 9: Pucelle ; Guerre de Genève ; Épître à Uranie 1817 456 pages — Tome 10: Discours en vers sur l'homme ; Poèmes ; Épîtres 1817 II 565 pages — Tome 11: Stances ; Odes ; Contes en vers ; Satires ; Poésies mêlées 1817 XIV 552 pages — Tomes 12-14: Essai sur les moeurs et l'esprit des nations et sur les principaux faits de l'histoire depuis Charlemagne jusqu'à Louis XIII 1817-1818 3 volumes — Tomes 15-16: Siècle de Louis XIV et Précis du siècle de Louis XV 1818 2 volumes — Tome 17: Histoire de Charles XII roi de Suède suivie de celle de l'empire de Russie sous Pierre-le-Grand 1818 XII 699 pages — Tome 18: Annales de l'Empire depuis Charlemagne 1817 VII 651 pages — Tome 19: Histoire du Parlement de Paris et Fragmens historiques sur l'Inde sur le général Lalli et sur plusieurs autres sujets 1818 VII 513 pages — Tomes 20-21: Mélanges historiques 1818 2 volumes — Tomes 22-23: Politique et législation 1818 2 volumes — Tome 24: Physique 1821 485 pages 4 folding plates — Tomes 25-27: Philosophie générale : métaphysique morale et théologie 1818-1819 3 volumes — Tome 28: Dialogues et entretiens philosophiques 1818 VIII 555 pages — Tomes 29-32: Dictionnaire philosophique 1819 8 volumes — Tomes 33-34: Romans 1821 2 volumes — Tome 35: Facéties parisiennes 1821 VI 423 pages — Tomes 36-37: Mélanges littéraires 1821 2 volumes — Tomes 38-39: Commentaires sur Corneille 1821 2 volumes — Tomes 40-42: Correspondance avec les souverains 1821 3 volumes — Tome 43: Correspondance avec M. d'Alembert 1821 698 pages — Tomes 44-56: Correspondance générale 1821 13 volumes. Subjects; French literature 18th century. French drama. French poetry. Philosophy French. Europe History 18th century France. Correspondence. Condorcet Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat marquis de 1743-1794. Paris : chez Mme Ve Perronneau ; chez Cérioux aîné hardcover
Best.-Nr. MA07B-04499La Société Littéraire Typographique. Collectible - Very Good. Kehl Germany: La Société Littéraire Typographique 1785. No additional printings. 70-volume set with 69 of 70 volumes present. 8vo full-leather hardcovers in early mottled brown leather. A thin blind-stamped line outlines each board and the board edges are decorated with a thin gilt line. Five raised bands to spine recorated with small vertical lines. Gilt devices of flora enclosed in a box to the first fourth fifth and sixth compartments. Author and series volume number gilt stamped in a gilt box on a brown leather label to second compartment. Work title and part gilt stamped in a gilt box on red leather label to third compartment. These labels have been reversed on Volume 30 with the author and volume on red in the second compartment and title and part number on brown in the third compartment. Page edges speckled and endpapers marbled with swirls of pink blue yellow and white. French. A frontispiece engraving in volume one after the painting by Nicolas de Largillière depicting Voltaire at 24 years old; another in volume 16 after the portrait by Maurice Quentin de La Tour; a frontis diagram of a battlefield in volume 24; 14 pages of plates at the rear of volume 31; frontis engraving of a marble bust to volume 32. Very good. Volume 28 lacking. Spine tips slightly worn on many volumes and corners gently bumped and rubbed; the leather has been eroded very slightly at some corners and a few volumes are rather more edgeworn with scrapes to board edges. Top fore-corner of volume 50 front board worn. Spines a bit rubbed and creased with some volumes clearly better loved than others; the high points of the raised bands have been somewhat more rubbed in a few spots. The volume number label has been detached from volume 7 and laid in and the work title label has been chipped on volume 2 detached from volume 24 and laid in and lost from volume 32. Some joints have very small cracks at the tips but the leather remains firm and supple. Volume 35 front joint cracked. A few volumes have suffered some scrapes to the boards a gouge to the front of volume 25 and there is a very small spot of worming each to the front board of volume 17 and the rear of volume 18 but the leather is otherwise smooth. Page edges slightly toned; dampstaining and spotting to the edges of several volumes. Volume 70 spine cracked and pages 165-172 loose but don't appear ever to have been sewn in. Some very occasional isolated spots of foxing throughout but interiors are clean bright and very near fine. The attached rubbon bookmarks are present and intact in almost all volumes and although the exposed tips have faded that portion of the ribbon inside of the books remains a vibrant salmon pink. The gilt too is bright and has been rubbed away only partially on the raised bands; it remains fully present everywhere else. The bindings are tight and hinges firm and a few pages remain unopened. An incredible copy of the famous unexpurgated Kehl Voltaire printed in Germany in order to escape the censorship of pre-revolutionary France. Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES. La Société Littéraire Typographique hardcover books
1765Best.-Nr. 40085, , 1765-1768. 1. VOLTAIRE. Le Philosophe ignorant. Genève, Cramer, 1766. In-8 de VII-(1)-168 pp. 2. VOLTAIRE. L’Homme aux Quarante Écus. Sans lieu, 1768. In-8 de 124 pp. 3. VOLTAIRE. Les Droits des hommes et les usurpations des autres. Traduit de l'italien. Amsterdam (Genève, Cramer), 1768. In-8 de 48 pp. 4. VOLTAIRE. L’Épître aux Romains, par le comte Passeran. Traduit de l'italien. (Genève, Cramer, 1768). In-8 de 42 pp. Manque le faux-titre.5. VOLTAIRE. La Profession de foy des théistes, par le comte Da... au R.D. Traduit de l'allemand. (Genève, Cramer, 1768). In-8 de 39 pp., titre en rouge et noir.6. VOLTAIRE. A Mademoiselle Clairon. Sans lieu, 1765. In-8 de 4 pp.7. VOLTAIRE. Réponse de M. de Voltaire à M. l'abbé d'Olivet, etc. (Paris, 1767). In-8 de 18 pp. 8. VOLTAIRE. Lettre sur les panégiriques, par Irénée Aléthès, professeur en droit dans le canton suisse d'Uri. (Genève, Cramer, 1767). In-8 de 15 pp.9. [LARCHER (Pierre-Henri)]. Supplément a la Philosophie de l'histoire de feu M. l'abbé Bazin, nécessaire à ceux qui veulent lire cet ouvrage avec fruit. Amsterdam, Changuion. 1767. In-8 de 309-(1) pp. 10. [GUÉNÉE (Antoine)]. Lettre du rabin Aaron Mathathaï à Guillaume Vadé, traduite du hollandois par le lévite Joseph Ben-Jonathan, et accompagnée de notes plus utiles. Amsterdam, A. Root, 1765. In-8 de 24 pp.11. [LARCHER (Pierre-Henri)]. Réponse a la Défense de mon oncle, précédée de la Relation de la mort de l'abbé Bazin ; et suivie de l'Apologie de Socrate, traduite du grec de Xénophon. Amsterdam, Changuion, 1767. In-8 de 64 p. Manque le feuillet B4 (pages 27-28). 11 pièces reliées en 1 vol. in-8, veau marbré, dos orné à nerfs, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque).
Best.-Nr. 86923Sans lieu 1759, in-12 relié plein cuir d’époque, dos à nerfs orné, tranches marbrées, 237pp + 3pp de table; édition faite d’après l’édition de Cramer ( Bengesco n° 1438 ); manque la page blanche de garde; deux mots grattés page 47 et tache brune à la page 185; coiffe arasée et frottements d’usage à la reliure - bon état
1740Best.-Nr. 15915, , 1740-1744. La Mérope française, avec quelques petites pièces de littérature. A Paris, chez Prault fils, 1744. In-8 de (4)-XXIV-(2)-115-(1) pp. Lettre à M. Norberg, chapelain du roi de Suède Charles XII, auteur de l'Histoire de ce monarque. A Londres [Paris, Prault], 1744. In-8 de (2)-16 pp. Mahomet, tragédie. Par M. de Voltaire. Représentée à Paris pour la première fois le jeudi 10 août 1742. (Paris), 1742. In-8 de (2)-89 pp. Conseils à M. Racine sur son poème de la religion par un amateur des belles-lettres. Sans lieu, (1742). In-8 de 14 pp. Recueil de pièces fugitives en prose et en vers. Par M. de V***. (Rouen), 1740. In-8 de (4)-IV-223 pp.5 pièces reliées en 1 vol. in-8, veau blond glacé, dos orné à nerfs, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque).
