VOLTAIRE Francois-Marie Arouet, dit.Livre Rare Book
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17231054Genève, Mokpap, 1723 ; in-8 de viii-229 pp. mal ch. 231, reliure de l'époque, veau fauve moucheté, dos à nerfs orné de caissons de fleurons dorés, pièce châtain, tranches jaspées rouges.
17607699<p>Geneve: Chez les Frères Cramer 1760 Early reprint published in the same year as the first edition. The first edition has a London imprint though it was actually printed in Geneva too and Voltaire's name does not appear on the title. Full modern speckled calf gilt-ruled spine edges stained red. Twelvemo. Small brown stain on verso of title-page and next recto some light dampstaining at top corner. Generally a very good copy. A spurious publication in which Voltaire blatantly pretends that this is a French translation of an original work by the brother of David Hume. According to Voltaire Hume's brother was pastor at an Edinburgh church and had produced two other plays which had been produced in London. "…il est le frère de ce célèbre philosophe Mr. Hume qui a creusé avec tant de hardiesse & de sagacité les fondements de la métaphysique & de la morale; ces deux philosophes sont également honneur à l'Ecosse leur patrie" preface. All editions of this work are rare. OCLC lists one copy of the present edition the Library of Congress copy. Of the first edition OCLC lists seven copies: Yale Maryland New York Public Library Cornell Harvard Texas Chicago.</p> Chez les Frères Cramer,
1767333162London 1767. hardcover. very good. 124 pages evenly browned tall slim 12mo bound in 3/4 brown morocco decoratively gilt spine patterned boards. London: 1767. Scarce. Very good .<br/> <br/> unknown
175212376London: J. Robinson. London J. Robinson 1752. . Hardback. Likely a pirated edition. A very good copy in half vellum. An important early example of what would become science fiction. Three editions were published in 1752 at about the same time the actual first edition doesn't have the date on the title page unlike the present copy. The other two copies are thought to be unauthorised and likely published in Paris or Germany. An adventure following the journey of alien visitors to Earth from Sirius and Saturn. ".inaugurated a tradition of superior aliens who come to lecture humans about the need to improve themselves" Westfahl volI p17. Some scuffing to the binding handwritten title on the spine ink name to endpaper top edge dusty. A presentable copy of an important milestone in the history of science fiction. 12376 Hyraxia Books. . Very Good. Hardback. Edition. 1752. J. Robinson hardcover
1755044596Paris ie. Amsterdam 1755. First Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Very Good Condition. Respined in 1/4 calf in an antique style over original marbled boards. One of six editions of Voltaire's famously bawdy mock epic surreptitiously published in 1755. The first were reputedly the Louvain actually Frankfurt editions but they are all scarce. It wasn't officially published until 1762. Light foxing otherwise crisp and bright. Added endpapers but original front blank retained with an old signature binder ticket on rear pastedown. iv 216. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Anthropology. Inventory No: 044596. <br/><br/> hardcover books
175260166Publié par M. de Francheville, Deuxième édition, revûë & corrigée, conforme à l'original & à l'orthographe de l'Auteur, 2 vol. in-12 reliure de l'époque plein veau porphyre, Chez Jean-Frideric Gleiditsch, Imprimeurs, à Leipzig, Septembre 1752, 297 pp. ; 288 pp. (y compris le feuillet de titre)
1770028261765 - 1770 s.l. sans éditeur 1770. Cramer - Genève - 20 x 12 cm - 2376pgs - 388 pgs - 430 pgs - 366 pgs - 364 pgs - XXIIles pages 3-312 pgs 1et 2 n'existent pas - 404 pgs - plein basane dos à 5 nerfs - fleurons estampées en or dans les caissonstomaisons rouges avec une partie du titre estampée en or - traces d'usage aux dosaux coiffes et aux coins mais très acceptable nom à l'intérieur des plats suppérieurs pour le premier vol.: texte en manuscrit en face du faux titre 18ième- en tout des ex. très acceptables - Bengesco 2212 - Barbier III 532 - les parties 1-3 probablement imprimés en 1766 mais la date sur la page de titre est 1765 le supplément dans la 3ième partie est intégré dans le texte <br/> <br/> 1765 - 1770 s.l. sans éditeur unknown
172350Genève, Jean Mokpap (Rouen, Viret) 1723 ; in-8 viii-231 pp., reliure de l'époque veau brun, trois filets dorés en encadrement sur les plats, armes dorées au centre, dos à nerfs orné, pièce bordeaux.
175210495A Berlin, Chez Etienne Bourdeaux, 1752. In-12 de (2)-106 pp., percaline beige, pièce de titre en long, monogramme doré MH , frappé en coin sur le premier plat (reliure du XIXe siècle).
17639356Londres, J. Nourse, 1763. In-12 de 213 pages, plein maroquin vert, dos lisse richement orné, triple filet doré encadrant les plats, fleurons aux angles, filet doré sur les coupes, tranches dorées, dentelle dorée intérieure, garde de soie jaune.
175792381757 S. l., s. n. e., 1757. Sept volumes in-8° (127 x 202 mm) de [2]+VIII+336 / [2]+IV+335+[1bl] / [2]+IV+334+[2bl] / [2]+IV+326+[2bl] / [2]+IV+335+[1bl] / [2]+II+344 / [4]+332 pages, avec les pages de titre en noir et rouge. Reliures de lépoque, probablement allemandes, en pleine basane marron, dos à nerfs ornés, pièces de titre en maroquin rouge et pièces de tomaison en noir, tranches rouges. Menus accrocs à quelques coiffes, plats un peu frottés et coins légèrement émoussés; sinon reliures en très bel état. La dernière page du volume I présente de nombreuses taches claires; la moitié inférieure de la page de titre du volume II manque; manque également un feuillet de garde blanc au volume V. Dans lensemble cependant un exemplaire en très bonne condition.
1736elala1494Paris: Jean Baptiste Claude Bauche 1736. 1736. 8vo. pp. 5 p.l. vii 1 80. woodcut ornaments initials & title vignette. 5 inserted engraved plates after Eisen Moreau Gravelot & Desene illustrating various scenes from the play taken from various editions of the work. modern bds. Second Edition published same year as the first by the same publisher with errata corrected. This tragedy revolving around a wicked Spanish governor of Peru who is in love with the virtuous American princess who in turn loves the long believed dead heroic American prince is one of the first French plays to be set in America. It was one of the most well received of Voltaires theatrical works. Bengesco 107. Cioranescu 64168. European Americana 736/253. Sabin 100698. cfQuérard X 313. Paris: Jean Baptiste Claude Bauche, 1736. unknown
1774D7279Geneve 1774. Nouvelle Edition augmentee. Hardcover. Good. Contemporary mottled calf rebacked gilt-stamped ornament direct in spine compartments gilt-stamped lettering in brown and black leather spine label compartments 2 and 4 a.e.g.; complete set of 8 volumes 4to 200 x 256 mm; half-title present in first volume only engraved portrait of Corneille by Watelet after Pierre and 34 plates by various artists after Gravelot. Front board of Volume 1 detached; otherwise all volumes a bit scuffed and chipped along the edges. Sold as is. Cohen-de Ricci 225 this edition; Ray The Art of the French Illustrated Book 17 1764 original edition. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1760140101London: Printed for G. Kearsly 1760. Small quarto pp. 1-4 1 2-76 drab boards. First edition in English. Semiramis ninth-century queen of Assyria present-day Iraq was until the early twentieth century a figure of legend that had been well-established as of the classical period: begotten of the fish-goddess Atargatis and fed by doves until her rescue by a royal shepherd; bride of general Onnes and successor to his power and eventually to the throne of Assyria; founder of Babylon and every other monument in the region; long-lived brave wise and sexually potent she was turned into a dove at her death and worshipped subsequently as a surrogate of the Assyrian fertility goddess Astarte. Modern archaeological research by Lehman-Haupt and others has largely replaced legend with history but the legend was still alive and well in Voltaire's time. She was a female personification of all that was gaudy and glorious in pre-Christian antiquity and she furnished good material for this tragedy Voltaire's preference in drama composed in 1748 a year after his conte philosophique ZADIG. Voltaire's play has probably had more continuing vitality as the foundation of the libretto of the Rossini opera "Semiramide" 1823 widely considered as one of the best and last operas in the Baroque style. ESTC T62226. The front paste-down bears the bookplate of Alaskan bibliographer James Wickersham who attached to the rear paste-down the mailing label with canceled stamp of the British bookseller McLeish & Sons from whom presumably he obtained this book. Lacks the advertising leaf at rear a very good copy. #140101 Printed for G. Kearsly unknown books
179088112Lisboa: Na Officina de Simao Thaddeo Ferreira 1790. First Portuguese edition of Voltaire's three tragedies translated into Portuguese. Octavo bound in full period calf gilt titles and tooling to the spine red spine label marbled endpapers. In near fine condition. A nice example. 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. Na Officina de Simao Thaddeo Ferreira unknown
17500074571750. 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
179088112Lisboa: Na Officina de Simao Thaddeo Ferreira 1790. First Portuguese edition of Voltaire's three tragedies translated into Portuguese. Octavo bound in full period calf gilt titles and tooling to the spine red spine label marbled endpapers. In near fine condition. A nice example. 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. Na Officina de Simao Thaddeo Ferreira unknown books
175544453Amsterdam (Paris), , 1755. 2 vol. in-12 de (4)-278 pp. et (4)-208 pp., demi-basane fauve à petits coins, dos à nerfs, pièces de titre et de tomaison en maroquin blond et olive, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque).
17336451A l'enseigne de la Vérité, Chez Hierosme Print-All, 1733. In-8 de (2)-63 pp.VOLTAIRE. Hérode et Mariamne, tragédie de M. de Voltaire. A Paris, Chez Noel Pissot et chez François Flahault, 1725. In-8 de (20)-95-(5) pp.VOLTAIRE. L'Indiscret, comédie de M. de Voltaire. A Paris, Chez Noel Pissot et chez François Flahault, 1725. In-8 de (2)-59-(1) pp.FAGAN (Barthélemy-Christophe). La Pupille. Représentée pour la première fois le 5 du mois de juillet 1734. A Paris, Chez Chaubert, 1734. In-8 de 62-(2) pp.Ensemble 1 vol. in-8, veau marbré havane, dos orné à nerfs, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque).
1768PLTInVOL99Dublin: Printed for J.Milliken 1768. 1768. 12mo. pp. contemporary sprinkled calf gilt back numbered Vol. XXVI on spine. First Dublin Edition. Voltaire's classic philosophical tale of the noble savage of the New World - a Canadian Huron and his encounters with and impressions of the hypocrisy and corruptness of civilized European society. The work enjoyed immense popularity being widely translated and frequently reprinted and adapted to the stage. cfNCBEL II 101. cfLande S2289. cfSabin 100747. Hardcover. Dublin: Printed for J.Milliken, 1768. Hardcover
17761316353Londres 1776. Hardcover. Octavo 280 pages; VG; bound in quarter red calf gilt lettering and tooling to paneled spine marbled boards marbled endpapers; half-title present verso of sfep has two early math equations; wide margins; scarce; shelved case 10. The imprint is false; probably printed in the Netherlands. Contrary to the title this edition does not contain "L'evangile de la raison" but does include "Dialogue du douteur & de l'adorateur". Signature marks include "Tome I" but no Vol. 2 is recorded; <br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> Preceeded by a second false imprint printed in Amsterdam by M. M. Rey in 1768;<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> ESTC Citation No. N12875. 1316353. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. hardcover books
17761316353Londres 1776. Hardcover. Octavo 280 pages; VG; bound in quarter red calf gilt lettering and tooling to paneled spine marbled boards marbled endpapers; half-title present verso of sfep has two early math equations; wide margins; scarce; shelved case 10. The imprint is false; probably printed in the Netherlands. Contrary to the title this edition does not contain "L'evangile de la raison" but does include "Dialogue du douteur & de l'adorateur". Signature marks include "Tome I" but no Vol. 2 is recorded; <br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> Preceeded by a second false imprint printed in Amsterdam by M. M. Rey in 1768;<br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> ESTC Citation No. N12875. 1316353. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. hardcover
173810961738 Amsterdam, Etienne Ledet & Compagnie, 1738. In-8, frontispice, titre, (1)., avertissement, xii pp. (éclaircissements), 410 pp., veau brun marbré, dos orné à nerfs, pièce de titre rouge, tranches rouges (Rel. de l'époque).Édition originale, illustrée d'un frontispice allégorique gravé par Folkema d'après Dubourg, un portrait de Voltaire par Folkema, de nombreuses vignettes d'en-tête et culs-de-lampe gravés en taille-douce ; l'illustration scientifique comprend de nombreuses vignettes in-texte, 6 figures et un tableau dépliant des couleurs & des tons de la Musique, hors-texte."L'édition de 1738 fut imprimée par Ledet, à qui Voltaire avait confié le manuscrit incomplet des Élémens. Ledet fit achever l'ouvrage par un mathématicien hollandais et le mit en vente vers la fin de mars ou le commencement d'avril 1738. " (Bengesco, 1570). L'éditeur hollandais ayant donc fait paraître cette édition avant de recevoir les 2 derniers chapitres, Voltaire fit imprimer quelques cartons pour l'édition parisienne chez Prault.Un des rares exemplaires auxquels ont été ajoutées les additions faites par Voltaire à Paris ; un papillon imprimé collé sur le titre annonce ces ajouts : - un feuillet d'avertissement des libraires de Londres (Paris) et la réponse de ceux d'Amsterdam, imprimé sur deux colonnes- les éclaircissements donnés par Voltaire sur cette édition (xii pp.)- un feuillet de table- le chapitre XXVI, Du Flux et du reflux.Sans le portrait de Newton annoncé sur le papillon. Reliure usagée, titre empoussiéré.
175734527BB20 volumes. (Paris, Lambert) 1757. 12°. Avec un portrait dans le premier volume et 10 gravures pour l'Henriade, 18 pour les pièces de théatre d'après Eisen + 5 pour Newton. Reliure pleine basane mouchetée, pièce de titre rouge, décor.
17782690eParis: chez Desnos 1778. 12mo 124 x 68 mm. 4 82 1 pp. Two parts continuously paginated. Engraved frontispiece engraved title letterpress title removed six engraved plates before lettering all with tissue guards; one woodcut vignette of a rose. Small repair to outer blank corner of frontispiece else a fine untrimmed copy. 19th-century green straight-grained morocco gilt sides with triple filt fillets framing a wavy double border with roses spine gilt with roses in compartments turn-ins gilt gilt edges by Dupré stamp-signed on front turn-in; later two-part blue morocco slipcase by Riviere slightly scuffed. Provenance: Sir David Lionel Salomons Broomhill Tunbridge Wells armorial bookplate; Carlo de Poortere bookplate.<br/><br/>Only Edition a special copy with the engravings avant la lettre of a literary almanac in two parts unusually dividing the contributors by sex with part 1 pp. 7-34 containing only poems by women and part 2 only by men. A table at the end of each part lists the authors. In the ladies' section are verses by the mother and daughter Mme and Mademoiselle Deshoulières ou Des Houlières Mlle de Scudery Mme de La Suze Mme de Liancourt and other seventeenth-century i.e. "classical" writers. The male contributors include a few more modern authors notably Voltaire whose 13 occasional verses most dedicated to individual women represent a lighter side of his oeuvre.<br/><br/>The unsigned engravings of scenes set in elegant interiors or pastoral settings show a wedding banquet; a couple engaged in a playful chase with Cupid seizing the woman's dress; Reason Athena with a lion being seduced by folly a female fool complete with rattle bells and crazy hat; a female Narcissus admiring herself in a pond; a courting scene with musical instruments; and a lady daydreaming alone in her bedchamber. Grand-Carteret tells us that these plates along with a seventh plate were also used in a different Desnos almanac Les Caprices de l'Amour et de Baccus printed there with expressive captions. The frontispiece shows the bust of a smiling Voltaire being crowned with stars by one of two attendant muses. Grand-Carteret inattentively suggested that the bust might portray Alexis Piron another contributor not noticing the lightly etched titles of two books held by the recumbent muse namely Charles XII and La Henriade both of course by Voltaire and referring to the poem on p. 41 "A Madame la Marquise de Boufflers en lui envoyant la Henriade & Charles XII."<br/><br/>The rose decor of the binding echoes the woodcut vignette of a rose printed at the end of the publisher's anonymous dedication to all ladies Mesdames. The copy was deliberately bound without the letterpress title; it also does not contain the always optional Tables of losses and wins at the gaming table announced in the subtitle. Copies apparently differed and the almanac may have been reissued periodically. Some copies include a section of music according to Grand-Carteret who dates the almanac to 1789 whereas Cohen-de Ricci dated it to 1781. Both their copies seem to have also lacked a letterpress title: OCLC locates only the BnF copy with the letterpress title dated 1778 it is digitized on Gallica but without the plates.<br/><br/>Bengesco Voltaire Bibliographie de ses Oeuvres IV: 2238; Cohen-de Ricci 37-38 7 or 8 plates; Grand-Carteret 611 7 plates. chez Desnos unknown books
