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réf. 6j7991C.H.F. Hartmann Verlag Leipzig 1829. 136/120/131/130 Seiten Halbleder bestossen/leicht fleckig und gebräunt. unknown
1929réf. 144266New York: Ives Washburn 1929. Hardcover. A. Parker's Books Offering antique books vintage books and rare books for over 43 years View our other listings: A.Parker's Books Candide by Voltaire Wood Engravings by Howard Simon Voltaire François-Marie Arouet New York: Ives Washburn 1929 8vo. ix 327 pp. Limited Edition #116/160 cc. Simon's ink inscription to half-title. 3/4 vellum over black with paper label no dust jacket. Woodcut plates signed by the Howard Simon. Chipping to paper title label on spine; boards worn some loss to paper where it meats vellum all corners worn through though toned in margins internally very clean. PH A2 V. Ives Washburn hardcover
1790réf. 138601Paris: Basset c. 1790s. Voltaire as revolutionary icon A full-length portrait of the philosopher towards the end of his life in a fetching electric blue coat. The print is by the Parisian firm of Basset which was a leading source of popular prints during the Revolution. Voltaire was claimed as a foundational influence by many revolutionary leaders and in 1791 they arranged for his remains to be transferred to the Panthéon in Paris. Hand-coloured copperplate engraving. Image size: 70 x 52 cm. Framed size: 85 x 66.5 cm. Presented in a handmade gilt frame with conservation acrylic glazing. Light toning and chipping to extremities not touching impression several small tape repairs to extremities on verso not visible on recto: in very good condition. unknown
1784réf. 191724Kehl: De L'imprimerie de la Société Littéraire-Typographique 1784-89. Canonizing Voltaire an enterprise on the eve of Revolution The first complete collection known as the "Kehl" edition for the small German town in which it was printed to avoid French censorship. After his death the Société Littéraire Typographique was founded there dedicated to the monumental effort of disseminating Voltaire's work through a definitive and typographically magnificent edition. The group of Enlightenment intellectuals ready to champion the author were led by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais who financed the operation and the Marquis de Condorcet who acted as chief editor. For the first time Voltaire's correspondence was published and commentary and a biography by Cordorcet was added. For the type Beaumarchais bought John Baskerville's apparatus from his widow. This coupled with the unprecedented price he paid for the rights the paper mills he purchased and the cost of setting up in Kehl bankrupted Beaumarchais. Nevertheless he concluded "Europe will be satisfied". Octavo 70 vols 213 x 134 mm. Portrait frontispiece engraved plates. Contemporary mottled calf signed by François Gaudreau at foot of spines red morocco labels double gilt fillet to compartments and boards marbled endpapers varicolour bookmarkers. Superficial splits and worming to joints still very firm occasional wear contents largely clean. A very good set. hardcover
1973réf. 260515NAZAC04011Banbury: The Voltaire Foundation 1973. Hardcover. Good Condition. 23 x 15.4 x 4.1 cm. Former academic library book with library bookplate to front pastedown; barcode on front cover; ink stamps to endpapers; spine bears call number in white ink. Pages free from notes or highlighting. A presentable used copy with no major flaws. Size: 23 x 15.4 x 4.1 cm. 451 pp. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Add. Inventory No: 260515NAZAC04011. . The Voltaire Foundation hardcover
1969réf. 260515NAZAC04086Genève: Institut et Musée Voltaire; University of Toronto Press 1969. Hardcover. Good Condition. 23 x 15.5 x 4.2 cm. Former academic library book with library bookplate to front pastedown; barcode on front cover; ink stamps to endpapers; spine bears call number in white ink. Pages free from notes or highlighting. A presentable used copy with no major flaws. Size: 23 x 15.5 x 4.2 cm. 499 pp. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Literature & Literary; ISBN: 0802015999. ISBN/EAN: 9780802015990. Add. Inventory No: 260515NAZAC04086. . 9780802015990 Institut et Musée Voltaire; University of Toronto Press hardcover
1969réf. 260515VFQAC04075Genève: Institut et Musée Voltaire; University of Toronto Press 1969. Hardcover. Good Condition. 23 x 15.6 x 4.2 cm. Former academic library book with library bookplate to front pastedown; barcode on front cover; ink stamps to endpapers; spine bears call number in white ink. Pages free from notes or highlighting. A presentable used copy with no major flaws. Size: 23 x 15.6 x 4.2 cm. 508 pp. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Literature & Literary; ISBN: 0802016006. ISBN/EAN: 9780802016003. Add. Inventory No: 260515VFQAC04075. . 9780802016003 Institut et Musée Voltaire; University of Toronto Press hardcover
réf. 73138CBOhne Ort u. Verlag 1759/63. Mod. Ppbd. mit reicher Rvg. Papier teils etwas fleckig. Originalumschlag eingebunden. Es fehlen 1 Frontispiz u. 2 Karten. Eine Karte in Kopie beigebunden. Ohne Ort u. Verlag 1759/63. unknown
2016réf. x-1357762453Palala Press 2016. Hardcover. New. 282 pages. 6.14x0.69x9.21 inches. Palala Press hardcover
1999réf. 251024VFB1-2-A0067503Oxford: The Voltaire Foundation 1999. Hardcover. Good Condition. 23 x 15.5 x 5.2 cm. Minor wear to front and back cover. Pages are unmarked and uncreased. Bindings secure and firm. Otherwise in very good used condition. Size: 23 x 15.5 x 5.2 cm. 636 pp. Text is in French. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; French Language; ISBN: 0729407187. ISBN/EAN: 9780729407182. Add. Inventory No: 251024VFB1-2-A0067503. . 9780729407182 The Voltaire Foundation hardcover
réf. 117621Glasgow Printed by Robert Urie 1759. . Fourth edition; 12mo 18 x 10.5 cm; a little toned front hinge reinforced; contemporary tree calf contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to spine joint and headcap repaired slightly scuffed and rubbed very good; 6 3-149 13pp. An early Glasgow printing of this interesting outsider's take on English society and its people precipitated by Voltaire's exile to Great Britain in 1726. The resulting Letters first published in 1734 following his return to Paris express his great admiration for the comparative religious freedom enjoyed by England's Quakers and Socinians as well as its constitutional monarchy 'where the Prince is all powerful to do good and at the same time restrain'd from committing evil' the implication being that England could provide a model for France's reform p.53. When the French edition was published the following year without the approval of the royal censor as Lettres Philosophique it caused a storm with copies confiscated and publicly burnt and Voltaire again forced to flee Paris. The work remains one of Voltaire's most widely known and read texts which helped introduce Bacon Locke and Newton to Europe's Enlightenment thinkers. It also contains an early account of Newton's famous discovery of gravity passed on to Voltaire by Newton's niece Catherine Barton as well as an early translation into French verse of Hamlet's soliloquy from Act 3 Scene 1: 'Demeure il faut choisir & passer à l'instant / De la vie à la mort ou d l'Etre au neant.' p.173. Widely ranked as Voltaire's most important early philosophical work and 'the first bomb hurled against the Ancien Régime' Babson. ESTC T137639. Glasgow, Printed by Robert Urie, 1759. unknown
1996réf. 251103VFB0024701Oxford: The Voltaire Foundation 1996. Hardcover. Good Condition. 23 x 15.5 x 5.2 cm. Dust jacket is fully intact only lightly rubbed at edges. Text block edges lightly greyed with dust. Pages are unmarked and uncreased. Sound and serviceable overall. Size: 23 x 15.5 x 5.2 cm. 634 pp. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: Literature & Literary; ISBN: 0729404749. Add. Inventory No: 251103VFB0024701. . The Voltaire Foundation hardcover
1761réf. 186427London: Printed for J. Newbery R. Baldwin W. Johnston; Printed for S. Crowder T. Longman J. Wilkie; Printed for G. Kearsley; Printed for J. and H. L. Hunt 1761-1824. His oeuvre in English for the first time First collected edition of Voltaire's works in English. This first collection did not include two works but this handsome set makes up the omission. It includes uniformly bound copies of the first English translation of The Age of Louis XV and the second English edition of Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary. In the early 1750s editions and translations of Voltaire's works multiplied rapidly. Following his earlier surge of fame in the late 1730s driven largely by his plays and his Life of Charles XII publishers eventually produced a full English edition of his writings. This thirty six volume collection was issued between 1762 and 1765 under the direction of Tobias Smollett. Lowndes however notes that Smollett lent his name to the project but took little active part in its translation. A final volume appeared in 1770 although in this set it is represented by a later edition dated 1781. 44 vols duodecimo 170 x 109 mm. Engraved frontispieces with tissue guards to 32 vols. 2 folding plates to vol. 26 folding map to vol. 29. Late 19th-century mottled half calf twin red morocco labels compartments elaborately tooled in gilt marbled sides edges yellow. Bookplates of Sir Walter Runciman 1847-1937 occasional minor contemporary inscriptions. Bindings bright sporadic foxing pale damp-staining to a couple of volumes a few chips and short closed tears to fore edges. A very good set. Lowndes 2791. unknown
réf. 116998Qajar Persia dated 10 Dhu'l Qa'da 1290 AH 30 December 1873. . Single volume illuminated manuscript on paper with fine marbled paper borders in Farsi 141 leaves complete 323 x 215 mm; single column 11 lines to the page written in neat nasta'liq script in black ink occasional headings and significant words in blue inner margins ruled in gold and blue outer borders throughout decorated with fine marbling one fine illuminated opening headpiece later ink inscription to recto of first leaf else very clean and bright condition; contemporary leather over pasteboards covers and extremities a little scuffed and rubbed. A very unusual and early translation of Voltaire from French into Persian. This extraordinary manuscript is a very unusual and early translation of Voltaire from French into Persian. Little is known about the life of the translator Mirza Reza Tabrizi however he is known to have been working as a civil servant in Khorasan in 1846 and spent the years 1853-58 as an interpreter and instructor in French at the Dar al-Fonun. This manuscript is particularly striking for the remarkable decorated marbled borders of many varying designs and patterns that adorn all the text pages. The use of marbled paper borders in a bound manuscript as here is very unusual. Marbled paper was often used to decorate album pages and calligraphic panels from the sixteenth century onwards and was very much a decorative tool elevating the design and appeal of a single artistic creation i.e. a miniature or calligraphic exercise it's use to adorn the margins of every text leaf is a sign of great luxury and decadence. The only other known textual manuscript to include marbled borders to this degree was copied by the same scribe as the present manuscript and was entitled Tarikh'i Iskander History of Alexander the Great assembled by James Campbell at the bequest of Qajar Prince Abbas Mirza; a reference to this primary text is given in the preface of the other manuscript: 'Ibn Muhammad Khan Safdar 'Ali is to produce this text as well as the History of Peter the Great' thus confirming that the two volumes were undeniably associated at the time of production. Although notably the secondary volume was completed a year later and in Kabul Afghanistan indicating that the patron of these works was likely travelling with the scribe and engaging with them as they worked. For more information on the secondary associated manuscript see item 33 in Shapero Rare Books' Catalogue Maghreb to the Far East London 2023. Qajar Persia, dated 10 Dhu'l Qa'da 1290 AH (30 December 1873). hardcover
réf. ANAIS-1412812488Routledge. paperback. Good. 9.5X6.5X1.5. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Routledge paperback
2010réf. DADAX1170961983Gale Ecco Print Editions 2010-10-21. paperback. New. 7.44x0.84x9.69. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Gale Ecco, Print Editions paperback
1973réf. 022345New York: Limited Editions Club 1973. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and Fine slipcase. May Neama. Quarto 7-1/2" x 11-1/4" bound in quarter white cowhide leather and scarlet linen with a gilt-lettered white linen diagonal strip on each cover. Copy #751 of 1500 illustrated with color plates by May Neama and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in. Limited Editions Club hardcover
2009réf. 251215VFE019236Oxford: The Voltaire Foundation 2009. Hardcover. Good Condition. 22.6 x 16 x 5.6 cm. Minor wear to front and back cover. Front hinge cracked but holding firm. Pages are unmarked and uncreased. Otherwise in very good used condition. Size: 22.6 x 16 x 5.6 cm. 708 pp. Text is in French. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Literature & Literary; French literature -- 18th century; Philosophy -- Early works to 1800; World history; World history -- Early works to 1800; Corneille Pierre 1606-1684; French Language; ISBN: 0729409228. ISBN/EAN: 9780729409223. Add. Inventory No: 251215VFE019236. . 9780729409223 The Voltaire Foundation hardcover
1765réf. 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
1785réf. 188824Dublin: Chez Byrne 1785. Third edition of Voltaire's self-penned reminiscences published a year after the first. This copy is from the library of Francis Hutcheson the 19th-century rector of Donaghadee and grandson of the Enlightenment philosopher of the same name with his engraved bookplate on the front pastedown and his 1784 ink signature on the title page. Octavo 167 x 96 mm pp. iv 208 4. Contemporary calf spine ruled in gilt and with red morocco panel edges yellow. Bumping and wear loss to lower half of rear free endpaper minor browning to contents: a very good copy. ESTC N35122. unknown
1977réf. A1D260202018Easton Press 1977-01-01. hardcover. New. 0x0x0. New never used. Cover has minor shelf rubbings. Your Satisfaction Guaranteed. We ship daily. Expedited shipping available. Easton Press hardcover
1734réf. 189026London: Jacob Tonson 1734. Later edition of Voltaire's national epic from the library of Francis Hutcheson the 19th-century rector of Donaghadee and grandson of the Enlightenment philosopher of the same name with his engraved bookplate on the front pastedown. The elder Francis Hutcheson was a direct contemporary of Voltaire: both were born in 1694 and came of age as the War of the Spanish Succession was ravaging Europe. Both men had key works published in London in 1728: Voltaire then living in Pall Mall published a lavish subscription edition of the Henriade while Hutcheson then in Dublin published the first edition of his Essay on the Nature and Conduct of the Passions and Affections. La Henriade itself was consciously developed as a national epic for France in the mould of Virgil and Homer. For his hero Voltaire selected the religious moderate Henry IV celebrating his efforts to balance Protestant and Catholic interests. The work was first published in 1723 but despite the 1728 subscription edition the first translation into English did not appear until 1732. Octavo 161 x 104 mm pp. xx 245 1 99 1. Wood-engraved devices and initials title page lettered in red and black. Contemporary calf spine decorated in gilt and with red morocco label marbled endpapers edges red. Contemporary ink signature of one Simeon Boileau possibly the Dublin merchant 1717-1767 and inscrutable near-contemporary French signature to title page. Light bumping and wear minor loss to spine ends front joint splitting but holding firm slight foxing to contents: a very good copy. Bengesco I 372; ESTC T130137. unknown
1992réf. 1-2070384829Editions Flammarion 1992. Mass Market Paperback. New. 512 pages. French language. 6.85x4.25x0.94 inches. Editions Flammarion paperback
1738réf. 62659Amsterdam Etienne Ledet & Compagnie 1738. 8vo. In contemporary full sprinkled calf with five raised bands and richly gilt spine. Wear to extremities corners bumped and with loss of leather spine-ends with loss of leather. With a small printed note pasted on to lower margin of title-page. Ex-libris pasted on to verso of front board. Pencil annotations to front free end-paper and previous owner's names in ink. A few pages slightly browned but internally generally nice and clean. 6 XII 399 1 401-410 6 pp. 1 frontispiece and 7 engraved plates. Numerous engraved headpieces vignettes and diagrams throughout. Wanting the portrait. First edition - with the imprint of Amsterdam publisher Ledet to whom Voltaire had sent the manuscript - of this important work in which Voltaire introduced Newton in France and thereby ending the Cartesian era."Voltaires importence for the history of science lies particularly in his having composed a famous popularization of Newton Élemens de la Philosophie de Newton 1738 which also collaborating with his companion and mistress Émilie marquise de Chatelet on her translation of the Principia into French and more generally in his having referred with the lightness of touch that made him a serious critic of human condition his moral philosophy to what he took to be Newtonian and hence the correct account of physical reality." DSB XIV:p.83. - G.J.Gray No. 155. hardcover
1949réf. 148560New York: Hermitage House 1949. Hermitage House limited edition of Voltaire’s satirical masterpiece. Octavo bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe / Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands gilt ruling to the front and rear panels all edges gilt gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles marbled endpapers with black and white illustrations. One of 1500 numbered copies this is number 500. In fine condition. Illustrated by Sydney Joseph. One of the most influential thinkers of the French Enlightenment François-Marie Arouet know by the nom de plum Voltaire was a resourceful and prolific writer. His works touched nearly every literary form including plays poems novels theoretical essays and scientific treatises. A forthright and candid advocate of civil liberties he frequently criticized the institutions of religious dogma and classism prevalent in 18th century France often doing so through satire to avoid censorship and imprisonment. Candide has ranked as one of the world's great satires since its first publication in 1759. It concerns the adventures of the youthful Candide who in the course of his travels in Europe and South America saw and suffered such misfortune that it was difficult for him to believe this was "the best of all possible worlds." Indeed it seemed to be quite the opposite. In brilliantly skewering such naïveté Voltaire mercilessly exposes and satirizes romance science philosophy religion and government — the ideas and forces that permeate and control the lives of men. Hermitage House unknown
