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122576London Printed for G. Kearsly at No. 46 in Fleet-street 1774. . 2 vols in 1; 8vo 18 x 11 cm; half-titles and divisional title present ad. f. at end of vol. I dated ownership inscription and MS poem in pen to front endpaper pen notes to final few ff and rear free endpapers; contemporary sprinkled calf rebacked in the 19th-century contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to spine joints and extremities a little rubbed very good;2 vi 222 1ad. 2 vi 300pp.<br /> An early edition of the French Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire's history of the court of Louis XV the penultimate King of France of the ancien régime.<br /><br />With an interesting manuscript poem to the front free endpaper warding-off theft from the owner Edward Dyke 1815:<br /><br />'Did you borrow this Book say<br />Did you filch this Book away<br />Do you know the accusers name<br />Pray return it then for shame;<br />Aye you have forgot then know<br />My name is neither Tom nor Jon<br />Neither is it Jack nor Mike<br />But most call me Edward Dyke'<br /> ESTC T138091. London, Printed for G. Kearsly, at No. 46, in Fleet-street, 1774. unknown
1161400982.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1494119455.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2010DADAX1161400982Kessinger Publishing 2010-05-23. hardcover. New. 7.00x1.25x10.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Kessinger Publishing hardcover
1162617810.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1968144336Institut et Musée Voltaire Geneve / University of Toronto Press 1968. Hardcover. Fine clean & sound condition / minor tear and soiling to otherwise very good dust jacket. 469pp. Institut et Musée Voltaire, Geneve / University of Toronto Press hardcover
1162742852.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1432620215.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
141795227X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1494162512.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1498076106.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
195229220New York: The Limited Editions Club 1952. #1085 of 1500 numbered copies unsigned as issued since Sylvian Sauvage passed away before the book was finished. 233rd publication of LEC and the 1st of the 22nd series. Translated by R Bruce Boswell and introduced by Rene de Messieres. Illustrated with pen and water color drawings and page frames by Sylvain Sauvage. Key black printed in collotype by Louis Duval. Hand colored by Etienne Girardot. Book designed by Henri Jonquieres and printed by Priester Freres. Set in monotype Pastonchi and printed on Lana paper. Bound by Russell-Rutter Company in full brown linen decorated in gold. Blue leather label gold stamped. 174 pages 6 ½ x 8 ½ inches. Print info from 1985 Bibliography and Snyman - Grossman LEC Checklist #233. The Limited Editions Club unknown
21248Martin & Wotherspoon Edinburgh 1769. 382 S. mit 1 Kupfertaf. Leder der Zeit Kapitale fehlen; bst.; NaV. unknown
0850670985New. hardcover. New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. hardcover
181157786Otsego 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
0850670985.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1732023044London: Alexander Lyon. Full contemporary calf. First Edition in English. Voltaires favorable biography of Charles XII a friend reads like a novel. Title plate on spine missing gift notations in ink on front free endpaper few brief notations in red ink Good. . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1732. Alexander Lyon hardcover
197652707Place_Pub: London: The Folio Society 1976. very good in very good box. 285 illus. endpaper maps appendix index slight soiling and wear to box. Introduction by R. M. Hatton. This biography of Charles XII was first published in 1731. Voltaire broke with the tradition of the biography genre of the period to focus dramatically on one main character cutting ruthlessly all information which he judged irrelevant tedious or not fitting his conception of the central figure. The Folio Society unknown
1825037786Hartford: Silus Andrus 1825. Full Calf. Good. 276pp. Includes the six-page Preface to the Edition of MDCCL. Bound in old calf red spine label with gilt lettering and rules; some scuffing and faint foxing. 7" x 4.25" American Imprints 23182 First published in the US at Hartford by Andrus and Judd 1750. Silus Andrus unknown
173223422London: 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
1952ILTeVOLT35New York: The Limited Editions Club 1952. 1952. 8vo. pp. 172 2 leaves incl. colophon. leaves with illustrated borders blank leaves & endpapers. numerous hand-coloured text illus. A very good copy in original cloth with elaborate gilt design. with slightly worn slipcase. Limited to 1500 numbered copies. Planned with decorations and illustrations completely finished by the Illustrator Sauvage and produced posthumously at the request of Mme. Sauvage under the supervision of Henri Jonquières printed in Paris on special Lana paper by Priester Frères Paris set in monotype Pastonchi the illustrations key-black printed in collotype by Louis Duval Paris and hand-coloured by Étienne Girardot bound by Russell-Rutter Company NY. LEC Quarto-Millenary 233. Hardcover. [New York]: The Limited Editions Club, 1952. Hardcover
192730578London: 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
177124235London: 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
192950556London: 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
18987793Philadelphia: Printed only for subscribers by George Barrie c1898 The Bibliophilist's Library Second Series. Limited to 1000 sets. Half blue morocco over blue cloth boards gilt spines with raised bands. Top edge gilt others uncut. Three volumes octavo. Numerous plates. Printed on Japan vellum. Spines faded to brown. A very good clean set. Printed only for subscribers by George Barrie, hardcover
