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1836réf. 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 books
1996réf. 234395San Francisco: GAPA 1996. 6p. includes covers 8.5x11 inches news stories calendar of events services and resources photos reports very good newsletter in unbound folded sheets bright yellow covers. Yet another incarnation of the house organ for GAPA. GAPA had several organs including the Newsletter a Bulletin and a semi-slick magazine. GAPA unknown books
1745réf. 1403794Lucca: Filippo Maria Benedini 1745. First Edition. Hardcover. Small Quarto xliv 251 2 pages. In Very Good condition. Full vellum binding; spine paneled with handwritten title. Soiling to front board along joint and lightly on rear board. Rubbing along board edges with some splitting on the top and fore edges near the fore corners and head of spine. Chipping to head of spine and top edge of front board. Fore corners lightly bumped. Text block shows expected age toning darkest on edges with some dust soiling on the top edge. Foxed sparsely throughout. Small dog-ear creases in bottom corners of pages 163-187. Shelved in Room A. 1403794. Special Collections. Filippo Maria Benedini hardcover books
1777réf. ST20535-04La Haye The Hague but Geneva: Aux dépens des Libraries 1777. FIRST EDITION. 215 x 140 mm. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2". 1 p.l. 303 3 pp. Publisher's marbled paper wrappers flat spine edges untrimmed. A Large Paper Copy. Benesco 1860. Andrew R. Morehouse "The Voltaire Collection in the Rare Book Room" The Yale Library Gazette 17 no. 4 1943 p. 75. Paper wrappers a bit faded as expected slightly defective at corners and a little curled otherwise and perhaps even so A VERY FINE COPY--the text within immense margins entirely clean fresh and bright. This is a remarkable survival in its original wrappers of a work related to one of the most resonating controversies of Voltaire's life and writings--the question of his anti-Semitism. A giant of the Enlightenment and one of the greatest of French writers and philosophers Voltaire real name François-Marie Arouet 1694-1778 writes here in response to "Lettres de quelques Juifs portugais allemands et polonais à M. de Voltaire" a 1776 critique by Antoine Guénée objecting to the anti-Semitism especially as expressed within a commercial context in our author's "Dictionnaire Philosophique." Deeply philosophical and leavened with satire the 120 chapters of the seminal "Dictionnaire" were widely read much condemned and not infrequently burned as they challenged religious authority advocated for toleration and dealt with many social and political issues from an uncomfortable Enlightenment perspective. And there can be no doubt that Voltaire's "Dictionnaire" does in fact contain critical remarks about the Jews; at the same time the author's criticism is extended with equal warmth to organized religion in other forms. In the present response to Guénée Voltaire is nothing if not scathing which in the end works against him. As Voltaire scholar Andrew R. Morehouse wryly puts it the text here expands upon Voltaire's previous points in such a way as to "justify the accusation that he is cruelly anti-Semitic." This work is not exactly rare but it is very unusual to find it in original wrappers as here particularly in such fine condition. Aux dépens des Libraries unknown books
1764réf. 1322Londres 1764. 8vo. 190 x 120 mm. 7 ½ x 4 ½ inches. viii 344 1 pp. Bound with half-title in contemporary Dutch decorated paper boards vellum spine and corner tips. Frontispiece portrait of Hugo Grotius dated 1790 probably added when bound. Some contemporary manuscript notes in the text and on the rear free endpaper. Very nice copy. First edition. Voltaire’s Philosophical Dictionary organized alphabetically and containing his thoughts on European society beginning with a short essay on Abraham and a critique of the stories of the Bible. Voltaire’s Dictionnaire ends with the topic of Virtue where referring to theologians in the Catholic Church his final words are a petition to God. In his most sarcastic way he completes his book with the sentence “Mon Dieu donnez nous souvent de pareils fripons!” My God give us often such rogues as these!. Voltaire had this work published in Geneva by Gabriel Grasset who to keep the authors identity secret created a false imprint stating London as the place of printing. Included are 73 essays on subjects ranging from Baptism to Character Equality Fables History Liberty Religion Solomon and Tyranny to name a few. “Voltaire sought to create a text which would fit in one's pocket and be affordable because "revolutionary material must be small enough for people to carry with them". What he created is a text which educated and amused at the same time.” As you can see by the subjects of Voltaire’s essays the Catholic Church was the target of much of his rhetoric. He wanted to expose the hypocrisy of the Church and at the same time advocate for a more rational God one who allowed for free will and self-examination as a major tenant of his philosophy. There are numerous edition of Voltaire’s Dictionnaire Philosophique but the first is scarce in the market. This is a nice copy in a sound and not unattractive copy. Roger Pearson Voltaire Almighty 2005. . unknown books
1775réf. 5953Geneva: Cramer et Bardin 1775. Edition encadré" volume 11. Octavo 21 cm; 420 pages portrait frontispiece by Martinet and 21 engraved plates. Text within typographic borders. Bound in contemporary etched leather scored in gilt. Spine decorated in gilt with leather labels. Marbled endpapers. Boards somewhjat splayed. Negligible loss at head and tail. Hinges starting. Upper joint reinforced. Contents clean. References: Cohen-De Ricci 1042; Bengescu Voltaire IV #2141 Volume 11 only of the 40-volume "edition encadré" published in 1775 by Cramer et Bardin the last edition of Voltaire's works published under the author's supervision. Then as now La Pucelle d'Orleans was Voltaire's most consumed work so it is not surprising to find this volume detached from the its 39 companions. Voltaire's greatest poem but not the one you read in school. With Ariosto in mind Voltaire rewrote the Joan of Arc story with all the wit and critical distance of an 18th-century libertine. The result is that France's sainted woman warrior becomes the vehicle for an intelligent and licentious burlesque. Good and right-thinking people have always found it offensive but it doesn't really care. Nice binding charming illustrations. [Cramer et Bardin] hardcover books
1762réf. D17370Londres: Robert Freemann" i. e2 Geneva 1762. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Modern leather scuffed light discoloration on covers; starry endpapers; contents with varying spotting throughout. Bookplate of Francis John Hughes. Robert Freemann" [i. e2, Geneva] hardcover books
1774réf. 49131disguised addresses 1774. Hardcover. Nearly Fine. Three works in sammelband published between 1774 and 1777 octavo. I. A-V8 = 160 leaves; xlvii 1 blank 261 p. 160 blank 1 avertissement 9 table 1 erratapp. Half title separate title precedes the two letters each letter with caption title; II. pi A-L8 M6 = 94 leaves; 2 188pp. p. 28 misnumbered 82 errata at verso title; III. A-C8 = 24 leaves; 48pp. Eighteenth-century cat’s paw calf spine with raised bands compartments tooled in gilt morocco lettering piece. Marbled endleaves edges tinted red green silk ribbon marker. Mild wear at extremities occasional light marginal foxing in early leaves a nearly fine set in a handsome contemporary binding. I. J. Toland Le Nazareen Londres n.p. MDCCLXXVII 1777. First French edition of Nazarenus originally published at London in 1718 here translated by Paul Henri Theri Baron d’Holbach 1723-89. The Irish freethinker and philosopher John Toland 1670-1722 here proposes “. that the ancient Celtic beliefs revealed in an Irish manuscript of the four gospels captured the true spirit of Christianity Judaism and Islam” Stephen H. Daniel ODNB. A false imprint possibly printed at Amsterdam. ESTC T104300. Weller E. O. Falschen Druckorte II 1864 p. 203 noting Amsterdam. Jonathan Israel ranks Nazarenus among Toland’s more significant writings: “. His astounding quasi-theological project. in which he seeks to dechristianize Christianity and remodel it as a republican civic religion designed only to teach the common people morality demonstrate his original creative side and some depth” Radical Enlightenment 613. II. Voltaire Un Chrétien contre six Juifs Londres n.p.: MDCCLXXVII 1777 - Bengesco 1860 with nearly 4 pages of notes. Published in 1778 our copy is chap. XIV of L’Evangile du jour 1769-80 an 18-part collection of works by or published by Voltaire; see Bengesco 1904. N.B.: On page 28 a single 3-1/2 line sentence treating the Chinese has been struck out. The printed text which immediately follows reprints the sentence with an abridged ending. III. Voltaire Le Taureau blanc traduit du Syriac A Memphis n.p: MDCCLXXIV 1774 - Also from L’Evangile du jour - Cf. Bengesco 1509. Our edition is complete. Bengesco notes that this printing of Le Taureau is often found separate. hardcover books
1826réf. 50788Paris: Chez Méquignon Junior 1826. Twelfth edition/ Sixth edition. Hardcover. g to vg-. 12mo. Vol.1: xliv 388pp. Vol.2: 464pp. Vol.3: x 467pp. Period full brown mottled leather boards with gilt ruling tooling and lettering on the spines. Red labels on the spine of the first and third volumes. Blue marbled endpapers. This is mixed set combining volumes from the 12th edition of 1826 1st and 3rd volumes and the 6th edition of 1805 2nd volume. The set is complete in three parts. The work is comprised of a series of letters written by various prominent European Jews and on behalf of various Jewish communities both Ashkenazi and Sephardic to Voltaire in defense against numerous written attacks on Jews and Judaism by the famed French writer and philosopher. Table of contents included in all volumes. The 1826 volumes contain additional commentary sections. Text in French. Bindings with some light rubbing and chipping to extremities. Covers with some light scratches and abrasions. Interior front cover and front free endpapers of vol.2 with some abrasions light stains and worming. Vol.1 with some light staining along the bottom edge of the book block on the initial pages as well as a drawing in pencil and period notes in ink. Vols. 1 and 3 with the ink stamp of a previous owner at the top of the half-titles. Volumes with some sporadic minor water stains. Book blocks still fairly tight despite a few points of starting along gutters. Bindings and interiors in good to very condition overall. Bindings protected by modern mylar. Chez Méquignon Junior hardcover books
1977réf. 21835Lincoln Massachusetts: Penmaen Press 1977. First English language edition. Hardcover. vg. 4to. 34pp. Black half clothed binding over b/w illustrated boards in black cloth covered slipcase. Some wear and rubbing to slipcase. Half Title. Frontispiece. Pages uncut. "Translated into English by Anthony Hecht with six wood engravings by Lynd Ward and an introduction by Arthur Wilson". A poem by Voltaire about the devastating earthquake that struck Lisbon on Nov. 1st 1755. A special edition of 200 signed by Hecht Ward and Wilson. In French and English. In very good condition. Penmaen Press hardcover books
1977réf. 63279Lincoln MA: Penmaen Press 1977. Deluxe Limited Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 33pp. Quarto 28.5 cm 1/2 black cloth over red marbled boards. Black endleaves. Pages bound in French-fold fashion. Very good plus with bumping to the foot of the spine. Housed in a black cloth slipcase that is in very good condition with light surface and edge wear. Dance 225. Illustrated with six Lynd Ward engravings. Translated by Anthony Hecht. Introduction by Arthur Wilson. Signed by Ward Wilson and Hecht on the limitation page. This Deluxe edition was limited to a 100 roman numeral copies this is copy LI 51. Penmaen Press hardcover books
1956réf. 294320New York: The Julian Press 1956. Hardcover. viii 440p. Early printing in variant binding dark blue but with a somewhat tighter 'weave' and pages bulking somewhat less thick than copies we have handled with the somewhat coarser 'weave.' Previous owner's name penned on free front endpaper pages a bit browned else very good condition. Unclipped variant dust jacket burgundy as opposed to the blue of other editions we have handled shows wear and toning at edges. The Julian Press hardcover books
1956réf. 285538New York: The Julian Press 1956. Hardcover. viii 440p. Early printing in variant binding dark blue but with a somewhat tighter 'weave' and pages bulking somewhat less thick than copies we have handled with the somewhat coarser 'weave.' Very good. Slight wear at corners pages a bit browned. Clipped variant dust jacket burgundy as opposed to the blue of other editions we have handled shows wear at edges some minimal loss at top and bottom of bit dulled spine. The Julian Press hardcover books
1956réf. 32434New York: The Julian Press 1956. Hardcover. viii 440p. first edition Navy blue cloth boards somewhat worn at edges in an edgeworn dust jacket with some loss to edges rubbing along folds soiling/dulling to spine. The Julian Press hardcover books
1975réf. 603437New York: Random House 1975. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition thus. Facsimile reprint. Presentation issue. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Quarto. Fine in a very good slipcase with chips at the edges. One of 10000 copies reprinted on rag French paper and slipcased for Random House's fiftieth anniversary. Random House hardcover books
1893réf. ST17884Paris: Imprimé pour Les Amis de Livres par Chamerot et Renouard 1893. No. 55 OF 115 COPIES printed for M. Van der Vrecken de Bormans. 275 x 190 mm. 10 3/4 x 7 1/2". 4 p.l. 159 3. DAZZLING CONTEMPORARY SCARLET MOROCCO VERY ORNATELY DECORATED IN GILT SILVER AND BLACK AS WELL AS INLAID BY MARIUS MICHEL stamp-signed on front doublure covers elaborately embellished with a floral frame enclosing a large central panel filled with diapered compartments formed by gently curving black leaves each compartment containing a floral sprig tooled in silver and gold flat spine with similarly decorated ogival compartments and gilt titling OLIVE BROWN MOROCCO DOUBLURES filled with rows of inlaid red carnations with dark green pedicels leather hinges jacquard silk endleaves in pink blue and green pattern marbled flyleaves all edges gilt. Original white textured paper wrappers bound in. In a slightly worn brown morocco-trimmed marbled paper slipcase. With eight pleasing color engravings by Rops 4 Robaudi 2 and Garnier 2 depicting scenes from the story accompanied by 29 proofs in red yellow cyan and black & white as called for in the colophon. A Large Paper Copy. Front flyleaf with INK INSCRIPTION SIGNED BY MARIUS MICHEL and dated Mai 1920 noting that he had bound this copy for M. Van der Vrecken de Bormans in 1896 for a very substantial price of 600 francs. Carteret IV 407; Vicaire I 47. Three blank front flyleaves with narrow faint brown horizontal blemish across most of the page apparently a tape shadow; in all other ways A BEAUTIFUL COPY clean fresh and bright internally IN A PRISTINE BINDING. This ravishing object is a bibliophile's treasure: an illustrated luxury edition in Large Paper format of Voltaire's philosophical novel offered in a binding from a pre-eminent Parisian atelier. The impressive binding stands out not only because of its remarkable condition but also because of the variety and unerring execution of its decorative elements--from the vigorous use of black gold and silver on the cover and spine to the particularly animated inlaid morocco doublures. Considered the best binder of his generation as well as the founder of modern French bookbinding Henri Marius Michel 1846-1925 began his career in the workshop established by his father Jean in Paris in 1849 where they produced distinguished bindings in the prevailing historical styles for two decades. After the father's death in 1890 the firm came to even greater prominence when Henri began producing bindings in a completely new and original style that did nothing less than change the course of modern bookbinding in France. According to Duncan & De Bartha Henri believed passionately "that bookbinding needed a new vocabulary of ornamentation in order to express the mood and spirit of contemporary authors." The "vocabulary of ornamentation" he developed was based on nature the revolutionary "La Flore Ornamentale" style that he unveiled at the 1878 International Exposition. His favored floral forms dominate the present binding both as inlays and as silver and gold tooling. Our binding was commissioned by Paul Van der Vrecken Baron de Bormans an attaché at the Belgian Embassy in Paris and a bibliophile who belonged to "La société du livre contemporain" as well as the "Cercle Parisien du livre." The 600 francs the binding cost would have bought a very great deal in France at the end of the 19th century. Another copy of this work with the same special features and also bound in inlaid morocco by Marius Michel sold at Sotheby's in 1995 for the hammer price equivalent of $31200. Imprimé pour Les Amis de Livres par Chamerot et Renouard unknown books
1952réf. 1394974Paris France: The Limited Editions Club 1952. Limited Edition #301/1500. Hardcover. Octavo 171 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good minus condition. Spine is brown and navy with gilt lettering and details. Slipcase has moderate shelving and rubbing wear along extremities. Boards have mild shelving wear along spine head and leather label spine mildly cocked. Shelved in hallway overflow. 1394974. Special Collections. The Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1981réf. 09742Oxford University Press/The Franklin Press 1981. Fine. Antoni Clave. octavo 154 pages; publisher's full maroon leather decorated in gilt; all edges gilt silkmoire endpapers silk bookmark. From the translation of Tobias Smollet. As New. Oxford University Press/The Franklin Press unknown books
1928réf. 138743New York: Art Studio 1928. Hardcover. Very Good. Illustrated by Lui Trugo. Very good/Hardcover no dustwrapper #224/750 Light browning with name on inside cover. Cover rubbed with light wear on corners. Spine show light wear. Art Studio hardcover books
1750réf. 0074571750. First Edition of most if not all the copper engravings presumed. Full Morocco. Near Fine. Hubert Gravelot Hyacinthe Rigaud Robert Gardelle Charles-Andre Van Loo Jannet La Tour. Also various engravers. An interesting collection of copper engraved plates relating to Voltaire and these mostly illustrations from his dramatic works including "Henriade" the most represented of the works and as so happens one of the very few that occasionally still known by non-Voltaire scholars and that might enjoy a production in the modern era "Tancrede" "La Princesse de Navarre" "L'Enfant Prodigue" "Socrate" "L'Orpheline de Chine" "Horace" "Nanine" "La Prude" "Semiramis" "Le Duc de Foix" etc. We believe these are without exception also copper engravings issued during Voltaire's lifetime and all of them date to the 18th Century. The plates we stress were not issued as the suite here; this suite was created later probably by or on behalf of the bibliophile whose decorative bookplate is mounted in the front -- Charles MacAllister Wilcox 1870 - 1932 who was a successful Denver business executive. all done during Voltaire's lifetime. The dramatic works include Bound by Riviere & Son in full red morocco gilt ruling and decoration raised bands turn-ins. 8vo. 25 by 19.5 cm. 50 plates including frontis the plates done by various artists and engravers but Hubert Gravelot is by far the most represented of the artists with 43 of the engravings based on his artwork. Six of the plates are portrait plates one of Voltaire as to be expected the others of Louis XIV and XV monarchs during Voltaire's lifetime Charles XII and Peter the Great monarchs Voltaire wrote biographies of and of Gravelot. This makes the point to us that the Suite of Plates is as much a tribute to Gravelot's artistry as to Voltaire his inspiration. And his artwork is vivid often seething with activity and movement. Not only is he without peer among Baroque illustrators but also the perfect choice to capture the spirit of a dramatic work. The raised bands and edges of the binding have some rubbing. Offsetting of the turn-ins onto the FEPs which we and most will find rather attractive. A few of the plates have an obvious jagged crease mark in their lower portion. Some light scattered soiling including a fox mark here and there. unknown books
2005réf. 105450New Haven:: Yale Univeristy Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 0300106556 . Translated by Burton Raffel. First printing thus. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. ; 132 pages . Yale Univeristy Press, hardcover books
1923réf. 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
1994réf. 221709Darmstadt: Wissenschafteliche Buchgesellschaft 1994. Hardcover. vi 234p. text in German introduction bibliography index pictorial endpapers very good first edition in cloth boards and unclipped dh. Personal inscription to Hubert Kennedy signed by the editor. Contemporary reports by authors and philosophers on the 1775 Lisbon earthquake. Wissenschafteliche Buchgesellschaft hardcover books
1899réf. 007992London: The Lutetian Society 1899. First Edition Thus. Full Straight-Grained Morocco. Fine. An exceptional copy. No. 415 of 500 copies limitation. Also extra-illustrated with 23 hand-colored engraved plates 21 of which depict scenes from the play and are after J. M. Moreau and two portraits one of Joan of Arc the other of Voltaire. There are also 25 b/w engravings these proofs of plates done by Duplessis-Bertaux. Bound beautifully by R. Wallis for Robson & Co. a rare bookseller at the turn-of-the-twentieth century stated in full straight-grained morocco with five raised bands and gilt spine decoration gilt turn-ins and gilt edges. And plates are all printed on a luxuriant and thick vellum paper. 8vo. 22 by 16 cm. 406 pp. Pagination continuous between two volumes. Some of the Moreau plates are dated 1788 or 1789. We can assume all of the Moreau plates are from that time. They were created for an earlier French edition of the poem and most of them have two line captions quoting the poem. The Condition: Light rubbing evident on raised bands and spine extremities. Otherwise binding fresh tight. Overall a fine copy. The Lutetian Society unknown books
1981réf. 101606NY:: Schocken Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1981. Hardcover. 0805237852 . Part of the Moonlight Editions series. Translated from the French by Anthea Bell. First printing thus. Spine slant else very good in a very good minor edge wear and age toning dust jacket. . Schocken Books, hardcover books
