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1784Best.-Nr. 67131Londres: chez Robinson No 25 Pater-Noster-Row 1784. First British edition 8vo pp. 2 ii 208; vignette title page; original blue paper wrappers; edges curled small cracks at spine ends; all else very good. Unpublished during the author's lifetime these Memoires are generally seen as an outright attack on Frederick of Prussia after Voltaire had suffered humiliation on Frederick's orders in Frankfurt. chez Robinson, No 25, Pater-Noster-Row unknown books
1811Best.-Nr. 57786Otsego N.Y.: printed and sold by H. & E. Phinney Jun 1811. 8vo pp. 6 7-275 1; contemporary full calf; joints worn; covers rubbed mild staining; otherwise good and sound. American editions in 1803 New York and 1808 and 1810 both Frederick-Town Md. preceded this. Contemporary presentation on front free endpaper from Col. R. A. Hunter to E. H. Oswald Alexandria La. dated November 1876. Pencil ownership doodles and inscriptions on rear pastedown. American Imprints 24349. printed and sold by H. & E. Phinney, Jun unknown books
1827Best.-Nr. 55591New York: G. H. Evans 1827. First American edition 8vo pp. 8; removed from binding; very good. This edition not in American Imprints or OCLC but both record an 8-page "2nd New York edition" published by Evans in 1829. [G. H. Evans?] unknown books
1929Best.-Nr. 50556London: Scholartis Press 1929. Edition limited to 1400 copies 8vo pp. xv 1 207 1; orange paper-covered boards backed in black cloth gilt title direct on spine corners rubbed spine spotted textblock clean and sound in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing to edges and a toned spine. Nine of the twelve stories included are presented here in English for the first time. Scholartis Press unknown books
1771Best.-Nr. 24235London: T. Carnan 1771. First edition in English of his famous philosophical tale L'Ingénu first published in 1767; 12mo pp. 4 210; contemporary calf-backed marbled boards neatly rebacked black morocco label on spine; two short tears entering the top margin of the title 1 internal page stained else generally very good and sound. An edition was published in Philadelphia in 1778. L'Ingénu is a young man born in Canada of French parents but brought up for twenty years among the Hurons. "He then comes to France and is recognized as the lost nephew of an old French prior and his sister . L'Ingénu's simplicity frankness and good sense produce some comical situations . The story . is both a protest against abuses of power . and an exposure of some of the absurdities of our conventions" Ox. Comp. to French Literature. T. Carnan unknown books
1927Best.-Nr. 30578London: Nonesuch Press 1927. Edition limited to 1500 copies 12mo pp. 6 156 2; original parchment-backed marbled paper-covered boards lettered in gilt on spine t.e.g. publisher's slipcase with copy number '854' and stamped with the title; generally fine. Dreyfus 48. Nonesuch Press unknown books
1764Best.-Nr. 24563Londres: aux depens de la compagnie 1764. 8vo pp. xvi 384; engraved frontispiece and 20 engraved plates; 20th-century full crimson straight-grain morocco by Zaehnsdorf decorative gilt border on covers gilt-paneled spine and preserving the original blue printed wrappers which are bound in. First published without plates at Louvain in 1755. This is likely a 'variorum' edition probably Dutch based on the first authorized edition of 1762 Geneva with variant readings from earlier piracies. Bengesco 491. aux depens de la compagnie unknown books
1732Best.-Nr. 23422London: C. Davis and A. Lyon 1732. 8vo pp. 12 371 1; engraved frontis portrait and a folding map; contemporary paneled calf gilt-decorated spine red morocco label; some rubbing but generally good and sound or better. C. Davis and A. Lyon unknown books
1838Best.-Nr. 5151Paris: Chez Furne 1838. 13 volumes large 8vo engraved frontis. portrait 46 engraved plates plus illus. in text & 1 facsimile mss. leaf; contemporary 1/2 blue calf gilt some chipping to spine ends and wear to extremities front hinge of vol. IV cracked. Chez Furne unknown books
1946Best.-Nr. 12653Mt. Vernon NY: Peter Pauper 1946. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Slipcase. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Edited illustrated and in new English version by Paul McPharlin. Handmade paper. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks the renowned neurologist author and educator. He was in his life celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Penciled bookseller notation on ffep else tight bright and unmarred. Slipcase has several small tears on housing toned. Green and white decorative paper boards Tall 8vo. 125pp. illus green figures. Peter Pauper hardcover books
1784Best.-Nr. 10731Paris: De l'Imprimerie de la Société littéraire-typographique 1784. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-. First Edition. Hardcover. Richly illustrated with beautifully executed plates 13 full page plates plus laid in unrelated plate. Light shelf/edge wear tips through wear at head and tail unusual wear at top tips light rubbing at hinges else tight bright and unmarred. Halfbound red leather spine and tips marbled paper boards and endpages gilt lettering teg ribbon bound in frontispiece. 8vo. 416pp. Illus. b/w plates. De l'Imprimerie de la Société littéraire-typographique hardcover books
1815Best.-Nr. 3654Paris: Didot 1815. Full Leather. Very Good. No DJ as Issued. Full Leather. Noted wear notwithstanding a very presentable copy. Moderate shelf/edge wear focused at head heel and tips light rubbing at hinges spine and edges glue toning at pastedowns very minor toning at edges of text block front joint starting blue silk ribbon present but no longer bound in else tight bright and unmarred. Full brown leather binding gilt lettering and decorative elements marbled endpages text block edges marbled blue silk ribbon. 16mo. 223pp. Didot unknown books
1994Best.-Nr. 2353644London: The Folio Society 1994. First Thus. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 9x5x1. Huyot; Dauzel; Engelmann; et al. First thus Ford-Smith Folio 76 #789. Includes publisher's slipcase. An exceptional copy. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 1994 Hard Cover. xx 145 pp. Translated and edited by Brian Masters engraved frontispiece and other reproductions of contemporary illustrations throughout. Voltaire's Traite sur la tolerance was first published in 1763 the year after Jean Calas's torture and execution by the Catholic magistracy in Toulouse. Voltaire sensing a miscarriage of justice fought on behalf of Calas's family to have the conviction overturned and this work has since become an interesting touchpoint for religious tolerance as it relates to judicial matters. The plates reproduce seventeenth- and eighteenth-century engravings etchings and documents. The Folio Society hardcover books
1826Best.-Nr. 1144London: Printed for the Joint Stock Book 1826. Book. 8vo later marbled boards gilt morocco label. Pp. 28. A translation of Les Oreilles du Compte de Chesterfield et le Chapelain Goudman one of Voltaire's Contes Philosphiques in which happiness comes down to healthy bowels and unfettered sexual gratification. Logically published by the radical free-love libertarian Robert Carlile and scarce. OCLC locates copies at Harvard NYPL UCLA Huntington; NSTC adds LC and BL. Printed for the Joint Stock Book hardcover books
1796Best.-Nr. 35912Catskill NY: Printed by T. & M. Croswel for selves and J. Fellows & E. Duyckinck New York 1796. 8 336 pp. Disbound textblock split. Title page engraving of Voltaire by Peter R. Maverick. Good. An early Catskill imprint; printing began there in 1792. Evans located no earlier American edition of this work; NAIP records a 1795 New York printing with only three locations. The Publisher's preliminary Advertisement notes "the great noise which the following work has made in foreign parts on account of the author's freedom in regard to matters of religion." Evans 31518. Printed by T. & M. Croswel for selves and J. Fellows & E. Duyckinck, New York unknown books
1977Best.-Nr. 233854Easton Press 1977-01-01. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Full gray leather with gilt board design and page edges. Two raised bands to the spine. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. Easton Press hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 6023vp: vp vd. First Editions of all works. Full contemporary 18th cent. calf. Very good; the plates for the Barrere are awkwardly cut down no loss; joints strained and chafed but still an appealing copy. 8vo I - xvi 1 - 235 236 - directions to the binder 25 folding engraved plates. NOTE: There is some mis-numbering of pages in the Turgot that has no effect on the text or collation.; II - 6 67 3 - privilege pp 2 folding engraved plates.; III - vii 1 - blank 1 - 131 1 - blank pp. An excellent sammelband of 18th century natural history that includes an important work of Voltaire. The Turgot Lyon 1758 is a book devoted to the explanation of how to successfully transport and preserve natural history specimens. The Voltaire Basle Geneva 1768 is an instance of his involvement with experimentation and the attempts to examine such questions as the nature of light formation of mountains human generation etc. The Barrere Paris 1746 essay is an inquiry into the formation and origin of fossil specimens. Casey - Wood p. 604; Bengescu #1766. vp unknown books
1753Best.-Nr. 50313Paris: Michel Lambert attributed to 1753. First edition thus. Hardcover. Good- to good condition. 12mo. 2 193pp. Original calf with gilt lettering on red leather label of spine gilt tooling and decorative ruling on spine; raised bands. Red edges. Printer's device on title page. Decorative headpiece endpieces and initial. Voltaire's critical and powerful essay on the history of the Crusades. Binding with light wear along edges light scuffing and rubbed. Spine with small closed tears at joints. Roman number and letter inked to front free endpaper. Light damp-staining of first and last few pages. Lightly age-toned block. Binding and interior in overall good- to good condition. Michel Lambert (attributed to) hardcover books
1808Best.-Nr. 29282Paris: Imprimerie des Frères Mames 1808. Reprint. Hardcover. g. 12mo. 6 382pp. Original full calf with gold lettering and decoration on spine. All paper edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. Engraved frontispiece. Printer's device on title page. Ribbon marker. La Henriade is an epic poem of 1723 written by the French Enlightenment writer and philosopher Voltaire. According to Voltaire himself the poem concerns and was written in honour of the life of Henry IV of France and a celebration of his life. This work is profusely illustrated with 11 exquisite engravings including frontispiece. Some age wear on binding with corners heavily rubbed and head of spine partly chipped. Very minor and sporadic age/toning/foxing throughout. Contemporary previous owner's signature in ink on inside of free front endpaper Romain d'Aurignac. Text in French. Binding in overall good- to good interior in very good condition. Imprimerie des Frères Mames hardcover books
1739Best.-Nr. 29269Amsterdam: Jean Catuffe 1739. Second edition. Hardcover. g. Octavo. 92pp. Original 3/4 calf over marbled paper covered boards with gold lettering and borders on spine. Decorative endpapers. Printer's device on title page. Decorative head- tailpieces and initial. Second edition of Voltaire's critical essay on the life of Molière and his plays. This scarce edition was issued in Amsterdam the same year than the original one which was published in Paris by Prault fils. Age wear on binding with rubbing and abrasion on calf. One worming on lower margin of the first 10 pages not affecting text. Text in French. Binding in overall good- interior in very good condition. Jean Catuffe hardcover books
1824Best.-Nr. 23898Paris: Delangle Frères 1824. Later printing. Hardcover. fair. Octavo. Half leather over marbled paper covered boards with gold lettering on spines. marbled endpapers. Fascinating edition of the works of the most famous French Enlightenment writer essayist and philosopher of all times. It includes: Vol. 1 : Biographie. Vol.2 : Mémoires. Vol. 3-12 : Théâtre. Vol. 13 : La Henriade. Vol. 14 : La Pucelle. Vol. 15-18 : Poésie. Vol. 19-24 : Essai sur les moeurs. Vol. 25-27 : Le Siècle de Louis XIV. Vol. 28-29 : Le Siècle de Louis XV. Vol. 30 : Histoire de Charles XII. Vol. 31 : Histoire de Russie. Vol. 32-33 : Annales de l'Empire. Vol. 34 : Histoire du Parlement de Paris. Vol. 35-37 : Mélanges historiques. Vol. 38-40 : Politique et législation. Vol. 41-42 : Physique. Vol. 43-48 : Philosophie. Vol. 49-50 : Dialogues. Vol. 51-58 : Dictionnaire philosophique petite perte à la coiffe du volume 54. Vol. 59-60 : Romans. Vol. 61 : Facéties. Vol. 62-64 : Mélanges littéraires. Vol. 65-67 : Commentaires. Vol. 68-95 : Correspondance. Vol. 96-97 : Tableau analytique. Some edge wear on bindings with joints edges and corners partly rubbed. A few volumes have their head or tail of spine chipped. Volume 97 has a different binding and is from a different publisher Beaudouin Frères. Only volume 64 is in poor condition with its first 50 pages missing and heavy worming affecting text. Sporadic foxing throughout. Text in French. Bindings in overall fair to good interior in good condition. Delangle Frères hardcover books
1928Best.-Nr. 1393977London UK: John Lane The Bodley Head LTD 1928. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. Octavo xxxiii 220 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Black spine with blue lettering and motif. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering has mild shelving wear. Boards have fraying along the rear head edge mild bending wear along the corners and mild fraying along the front tail fore corner and rear tail edge. Textblock has stains on pages xxxiv and 1 and 128-129 splitting along the gutter between pages 33-128 and mild age toning. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1393977. Special Collections - Downstairs. John Lane The Bodley Head LTD hardcover books
1822Best.-Nr. 290382London: Printed for John Miller and W. Wright 1822. Full Leather. Good binding. With 59 full page plates in Vol. I 9 of which are duplicates on poorer paper and 58 full page plates in Vol. II 9 of which are duplicates; with 25 white Fine Paper engravings pasted down in Vol. I and 25 in Vol. II; with 11 gray Papier de Chine engravings pasted down in Vol. I and 11 in Vol. II. Most of the engravings are illustrations of the various scenes with a few portrait plates; all of the Papier de Chine illustrations are small engraved illustrations meant for the start of each canto and are facing duplicates on Fine Paper. Hinges reinforced by a conservator with Japanese tissue paper. Signed full red morroco binding by Matthews; with gilt lettering and decorations. Marbled endpapers and gilt dentelles. Top edge gilt. Good binding. Printed for John Miller and W. Wright unknown books
1948Best.-Nr. 6040Mount Vernon New York: Peter Pauper Press n.d. but 1948. Very Good. 26 cm; 158 pages. Printed in red and black ink. Tinted illustrations by Fritz Kredel. Bound in decorated paper-covered boards. Paper title label on spine. No slipcase. Title label discolored and slightly frayed at one edge. Covers lightly toned. Peter Pauper Press hardcover books
1767Best.-Nr. 140947325London: Printed for J. Almon 1767. First Edition. Near Fine. First English-language edition of Cesare Bonesana di Beccaria's treatise on criminal justice reform with an added commentary by Voltaire. xii 179 lxxix pp. Bound in full contemporary mottled calf laced in boards. Morocco title label gilt tooling to spine and board edges all edges speckled red. Near Fine with light wear to covers boards slightly splayed joints worn but sound. Light toning and scattered foxing throughout more pronounced in first and last few pages. Discoloration from binder's glue to endpapers author's name penciled to front pastedown math equation penciled to back pastedown. A beautiful copy of the influential Enlightenment classic from the collection of scholar and bibliophile Arnold Meadowcroft Muirhead with his bookplate on the front pastedown. Rare. Printed for J. Almon unknown books
