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1833BL4662Paris:: A. Hiard 1833. 1833. Volumes 10 & 11 only. 12mo. 256; 250 pp. Original printed wrappers; waterstained spine tender. Untrimmed. Bookplate of Ward Ritchie. Very good. Provenance: Ward Ritchie Southern California printer spent time in Paris apprenticing to Francois-Louis Schmied 1873-1941 one who would influence Ritchie's work for the rest of his days. A. Hiard, 1833. unknown books
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. <br/><br/> printed and sold by H. & E. Phinney, Jun unknown books
182755591New 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. <br/><br/> [G. H. Evans?] unknown books
1899007638London: The Lutetian Society 1899. One of an edition of 500 numbered copies this copy unnumbered. A new and complete translation into English verse revised corrected and augmented from the earlier English translation of W.H. Ireland and the one attributed to Lady Charleville with the variants now for the first time translated by Ernest Dowson. Near Fine in quarter blue buckram over white buckram gilt lettering and rules Near Fine slight soiling to the white buckram. A handsome copy of this rather uncommon edition. . Limited and Numbered First Edition. Buckram. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. The Lutetian Society Hardcover books
182896178Paris: Deslangle Freres 1828-34. Finely bound set of the complete works of Voltaire with historic scientific and literary notes. Octavo 97 volumes text in French. Bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands marbled endpapers frontispieces with tissues guards and half-titles as issued. In very good condition. A complete set covering the broad scope of the versatile and prolific writer. One of the most influential thinkers of the French Enlightenment Francois-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. Deslangle Freres hardcover books