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9125190Short description: In Russian. Voltaire Francois Marie Arouet. Stories. St. Petersburg: World Literature 1919. The image is provided for reference only. It may reflect condition of one of the available copies or only help in identifying the edition. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKU9125190 unknown
18173218<p>Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Complete with 13 volumes. Full calf. Marbled text block edges. Text in French. Some edge wear to boards tips and spine. Volume 5 has 1/8" loss at the spine crown. Decorative pastedowns and endpapers. Browning to flyleaves and some foxing to text. Multi-volume set. Additional postage may be necessary.</p> Th. Desoer hardcover
1928elala167Paris: Henri Babou 1928. 1928. 4to. pp. 132 3. numerous text illus. with pochoir hand-colouring. original coloured pictorial wrs. short tears in upper & lower spine slight discolouration from bookmark on title & half-title. First Edition Illustrated by Jacques Touchet Limited to 350 copies this one of 330 on Arches. "No one of Voltaires works shows his anti-religious or at least anti-ecclesiastical animus more strongly. The various title-words of the several articles are often the merest stalking-horses under cover of which to shoot at the Bible or the Church the target being now and then shifted to the political institutions of the writers country his personal foes &c .". Encyc. Brit. 11th Edn. The book was officially condemned and ordered to be burned. Carteret IV 406. 1st Edition. Paris: Henri Babou, [1928]. unknown
1810-06Vienne Pierre van Ghelen 1752. 127; 130; 92; 80; 46 S. Mit je 1 gest. Titelvign. Pbd. d. Zt. Ecken u. Kanten berieb. Sander 473 Destouches - Sammelband mit 5 französischen Dramen in frühen zum ersten Mal in Wien gedruckten Ausgaben. Johann Peter van Ghelen der 1721 die Druckerei nach dem Tod seines Vaters übernahm bekam von Maria Theresia erneut 1742 sowie 1752 das kaiserliche Privileg und führte das Unternehmen zu hervorragendem Erfolg. Seine Kindheit verbrachte er tlw. bei Verwandten in Brüssel wo er in Berührung mit der frankophonen Literatur kam. Vorliegendes Buch weicht vom sonstigen Verlagsprogramm insofern ab als damals vorwiegend Evangelien- u. Gebetbücher od. Kalender wie z.B. genealog.-herald. Kalender ohne großen Zensuraufwand gedruckt wurden. vgl. Mayer Wiens Buchdruckergeschichte Bd. 2 S. 19 f. - Enthält: 1 Destouches: - Le Glorieux. Comedie en Vers. En cinq Actes; - Les Philosophes amoureux. Comédie en cinq actes; 2 PIRON Alexis: Gustave Wasa. Tragedie en cinq actes; 3 Voltaires Erstling: Oedipe. Tragedie; 4 De Lafont: Les trois Frères Rivaux. Comedie; 5 Legrand: L'Amour Diable. Comedie. Vienne, Pierre van Ghelen 1752. unknown
1746212681746. S.l. Paris s.ÂŽ. Prault 1746. 2 parties reliÂŽes en un fort vol. au format in-16 143 x 83 mm de 1 frontispice gravÂŽ nfol. 1 page de titre gravÂŽe n.fol. xxiii - 447 pp. et 1 f. bl. Reliure de l'ÂŽpoque de plein maroquin cerise filets en pointillÂŽs dorÂŽs dentelle dorÂŽe et cha”nettes dorÂŽe encadrant les plats lesquels sont en outre agrÂŽmentÂŽs de fleurons angulaires dorÂŽs dos lisse ornÂŽ d'un filet d'encadrement dorÂŽ filets verticaux en pointillÂŽs dorÂŽs filets dorÂŽs roulettes dorÂŽes important semis d'arcs-de-cercle dorÂŽs titre dorÂŽ palette dorÂŽe en queue jeu de petits filets obliques gras et maigres dorÂŽs sur les coupes titre dorÂŽ dentelle intÂŽrieure dorÂŽe. Exemplaire revÂtu d'une dÂŽlicieuse reliure du temps de plein maroquin. Ensemble complet de ses deux parties ; ici reliÂŽes en un volume. L'ouvrage s'ouvre sur un frontispice gravÂŽ en regard d'une page de titre dessinÂŽe par Cochin Fils et gravÂŽe par Fessard. Exemplaire en outre ici truffÂŽ de 10 figures ˆ pleine-page par Charles Eisen qui ne devaient primitivement pas figurer dans la prÂŽsente ÂŽdition. Reprises d'aprÂs l'ÂŽdition de 1751 elles ont ici ÂŽtÂŽ contrecollÂŽes en regard de la page liminaire de chacun des Chants. ''Edition dite La Henriade des DamnÂŽs en raison d'une note supprimÂŽe dans beaucoup d'exemplaires.'' in Cohen. L'exemplaire s'ouvre - en originale - sur la PrÂŽface de Fontenelle ''rÂŽdigÂŽe pour cette ÂŽdition. Elle contient la note dite des damnÂŽs et celle sur Colbert''. in L'Oeuvre imprimÂŽ de Voltaire ˆ la BibliothÂque nationale. ''C'est pour cette ÂŽdition que Marmontel composa une PrÂŽface qui a ÂŽtÂŽ reproduite en tÂte des principales rÂŽimpressions de La Henriade. La seconde partie du volume comprend les variantes et l'Essai sur la poÂŽsie ÂŽpique. C'est dans cette ÂŽdition que l'on trouve la fameuse note sur le calcul des damnÂŽs p. 138 qui ÂŽtablit qu'on peut compter environ 120000 fois 947 millions Âtres humains destinÂŽs aux peines de l'Enfer.'' MalgrÂŽ ses frÂŽquentes infirmitÂŽs Voltaire a conduit la Henriade ˆ un point de maturitÂŽ o je ne sache pas qu'aucun Po‘me soit encore parvenu. Jamais la langue franÂaise n'eut autant de force que dans la Henriade. Oeuvre emplit d'humanitÂŽ on y trouve partout de la noblesse l'auteur s'ÂŽlÂve avec un feu infini jusqu'au sublime vivacitÂŽ dans les peintures force dans les caractÂres et les descriptions beautÂŽ des sentiments.'' Cohen II Manuel de l'amateur de livres ˆ gravures du XVIIIÂme 1026 - Bengesco I Bibliographie des Oeuvres de Voltaire 375 - L'Oeuvre imprimÂŽ de Voltaire ˆ la B.n.F. 1705. Dos trÂs lÂŽgÂrement passÂŽ. Angles lÂŽgÂrement ÂŽlimÂŽs. Papier parfois lÂŽgÂrement oxydÂŽ. Quelques claires et ÂŽparses rousseurs dans le texte. Nonobstant belle condition. b42961 unknown
0612-17London i. e. Wien Mößle 1787. 3. verm. u. verb. Aufl. Aus dem Französ. des Hrn. v. Voltaire. Bd. 1 v. 2 ap. 8°. 296 S. Mit gest. Titelportr. Pbd. m. marmor. Bezugspapier. Unbeschn. Expl. Kl. Namenstempel am Tit. VD18 12415383-001; vgl. Fromm 26924; Weller I 136 London [i. e. Wien, Mößle 1787]. unknown
17551108080007Amsterdam 1755. Leather Bound. Good. 12mo. French. 2 volumes bound in 1. Fully bound in contemporary brown leather. 5 raised bands 6 compartments. Burgundy title plate on spine with gilt lettering. Gilt decorative borders along spine. Tight binding and solid boards. Moderate shelf wear. Slight cracking along spine edge. Scuffing to spine. Rubbing to boards. Extensive bumping and fraying to corners. Light chipping to board edges. Chipping and minor loss to spine ends. Red page ends. Notes on front endpage describing Voltaire as author. Otherwise clean unmarked pages. Good text block and legible text. A fairly well-preserved volume in readable condition. This volume though officially unnatributed to him was a work of Francois-Marie Arouet better known by his pen name: Voltaire. It collects all installments of his history of the war of 1741 being the War of Austrian Succession. An exceptional addition to the library of any scholar on World History. Bengesco 1232. Amsterdam hardcover
95247Kiøbenhavn i. e. Sorøe Friderich Christian Pelt 1766-69. 313 1 14 294 20 s. Tittel-vignett. 1 helsides plansje. Foldet kart. Bundet i ett samt. helskinnbd. med fire opph. bind. Gult skinn tittelfelt. Ryggen med 3 små ormhull. Ex libris på forsats. Navn på forsatsbl. Navnestempel og navn på tittelbl. Reparert rift i tittelbl. bd I. 12 s. av register bd II litt fuktskjoldet i ytre marg. . unknown
1827224708Paris ; Sautelet 1827. 1st Edition in this form. Hardback. Provenance; bookplate of the Bibliotheque Guille-Alles Guernsey. Good copies only in the original gilt-blocked aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands & gilt-cross bands &c. Some boards detached. Spine bands and panel edges rubbed and dust-toned as with age.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; Text in two bordered columns. Subjects; France - Literature - Eighteenth Century. Enlightenment - France - Works. Satire - France. Paris ; Sautelet hardcover
1768elala1501Geneva London: 1768. 1768. 8vo. pp. 184. contemporary English half calf front cover loose joints cracked spine label wanting internally very good. English counterfeit of the first edition. Bengesco 1492. Martin 68.56n. cfBarbier III 1025. cfCioranescu 64356-7. cfQuérard X 324. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Geneva [London]: 1768. Hardcover
173650575bdParis: Jean Baptiste Claude Bauache 1736. First Edition. Octavo 1/4 red levant & red cloth hardcover leather uncut iv i-viii 1-80 i pp. Woodcut ornaments. One of Voltair’s better received theatrical presentations with a setting in the New World. Very Good bearing the bookplate of collector and French translator Richard F. O’Gorman. Jean Baptiste Claude Bauache, 1736. First Edition. hardcover
16-5235M. DCC. LXXIII. 1773 . 8vo. 12.5 x 20cm. Contemporary tree calf with gilt spine and raised bands.References: OCLC Number: 742826278; Bengesco n 499 ; B.N. 214 n 1914 ; Cohen 521; RM28. Provenance: Alain Métivier France. in-8 veau marbr. dos à nerfs orné. Avec 21 gravures non signées. M. DCC. LXXIII. [1773] hardcover
19196269BB1919. 2 Bände. Berlin Gustav Kiepenheuer 1919. Mit Illustrationen von Moreau Le Jeune nach alten Vorlagen. Orig.-Pergamentbande mit reicher Rücken- und Deckelvergoldung sowie Kopfgoldschnitt. Eines von 150 nummerierten Exemplaren. - Papier gebräunt und wenig stockfleckig. Einband berieben und fleckig. Die Deckel verzogen. unknown
177230301AB1772. 8 Bände. Lausanne François Grasset 1772. 8°. Pappbände der Zeit mit verg. Rückensch. Papier vereinzelt stockfleckig. Einbände berieben und bestossen Rücken verblichen. unknown
1928059796New York: Random House 1928. 1st Edition Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good . 111 Pp. #1324 Of 1450 Copies The First Book Published By Random House Illustrated Throughout By Rockwell Kent And Signed By Him On The Limitation Page. Tan Cloth Beveled Edges Gilt. Binding With Only Slight Wear To Gilt Contents Fine. <br/> <br/> Random House hardcover
58386Didot Le Jeune Paris - L'An Troisième 1795 In-4 35 cm 212pp. quelques rousseurs sur les premieres pages couverture usagee dos manquant Nb-0296 unknown
1928059795New York: Random House 1928. 1st Edition Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good . 111 Pp. #1057 Of 1450 Copies The First Book Published By Random House Illustrated Throughout By Rockwell Kent And Signed By Him On The Limitation Page. Tan Cloth Beveled Edges Gilt. Binding With Only Slight Wear To Gilt Contents Fine. With The Original Sales Receipt Dated Sept. 13 1928 From E. Weyhe / Prints And Books On The Fine Arts. <br/> <br/> Random House hardcover
1925elala168Paris: René Kieffer 1925. 1925. 8vo. pp. numerous text illus. with pochoir hand-colouring. contemporary half morocco original coloured pictorial wrs. bound in. First Edition Illustrated by Joseph Hémard Limited to 500 copies this one of 480 on vélin de cuve. One of the few of Voltaires works to deal with a distinctly economic subject. Directed against the Physiocrats and specifically Mercier De La Rivières Ordre naturel et essentiel des sociétés the witty and sarcastic tale takes its title from Merciers statement that in an organized state according to the physiocratic doctrine an average sum of forty crowns should suffice for the existence of each citizen. Voltaire singles out for special ridicule the proposed impot unique or single tax on land. The story revolves around the owner of a small estate yielding an annual net income of forty crowns who is alarmed at the promulgation of several edicts "by a few gentlemen who having some leisure have undertaken to govern the kingdom from their firesides". According to them the government "being by divine- and birth-right co-proprietor of his land he at least owes it one-half of his income" and that "as all wealth proceeds from land land is to bear the whole burden of taxation." Carteret IV 406. 1st Edition. Paris: René Kieffer, 1925. unknown
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
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
1834vlt21Paris: Chez Lefèvre & Firmon Didot Frères. G: in good condition. Covers rubbed and scuffed. Edge-wear. Spine missing on volume 4; loss to spines on volumes 57 & 69. Some splitting to outer hinges. Sporadic foxing and browning; sometimes heavy. Some staining at page edges. 1834. Reprint. Brown hardback half-leather cover with marbled boards. 210mm x 130mm 8" x 5". 40000pp. Published 1834 - 1840. Comprises: Biographie; Theatre; La Henriade; La Pucelle; Poesies; Essais sur les Moeurs; Siecle de Louis XIV; Histoire du Parlement; Annals de l'Empire; Histoire de Charles XII; Histoire de Russie; Dictionaire Philosophique; Romans; Commentaires sur Corneille; Melanges; Correspondance; Table de Matieres A - K; Table de Matieres L - Z. French text throughout. Very heavy set - significat extra shipping needed for overseas. . Chez Lefèvre & Firmon Didot Frères hardcover
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
196912611DESCH 1969. 1. softcover. DESCH paperback
009946Paris An VII 1799: Crapelet Book. Very Good Plus. Hardcover. Later Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. With an engraved portrait and 21 copperplates.xiii 1 223; 4 243 pp. Two volumes bound in half green morocco over marbled boards gilt back with crown and sword in four compartments marbled end papersall edges gilt. Very Good Plus light edge wear extensive light pencil bookseller notations in both French and English verso front marbled end paper giving references for this work. With the armorial bookplates of Victor Duc de Saint-Simon Vermandois second Spanish Duke of Saint-Simon and confirmed as a peer of France by Louis XVIII in 1819 though with the rank of marquis not duke. He served as ambassador first in Lisbon then in Copenhagen before being named Governor-General of the French colonial possessions in India based in Pondichéry in 1834. He did not start using the ducal title until the 1840s. which dates this binding from 1840 to 1865 when he died. A Scarce edition which incorporates the plates of the Didot edition of 1795 but without the frames. Voltaire's notorious bawdy parody of the life of French national heroine Joan of Arc with the risque and erotic illustrations all present. Cohen-Ricci II 1034. Crapelet Hardcover
