VOLTAIRE (François-Marie Arouet de). ET AutresLivre Rare Book
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1745274621745 Panckoucke, Lille, 1745- 1 volume in-8 (13,5x20 cm.) demi basane; dos lisse, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge,filets dorés (Reliure de l'époque). Ensemble de 25 pièces regroupées ,paginations diverses,rare -
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
41518Lausanne, Gonin Frères, 1936. In-4°, 99p. Reliure plein maroquin vert, dos à 4 nerfs avec titre doré à froid, encadrement à froid sur les plats, contreplats de velin rouge, dentelle intérieure, tête dorée, couverture et dos conservés, sous étui bordé doublé de velours.
30031Sans lieu et sans nom, 1768. In-8°, [2ff.]-119p. Brochure d'attente muette, avec titre manuscrit sur loe premier plat.
1776211191776 Londres, sans nom d'éditeur, 1776, 2 tomes en 2 volumes in-8 à pagination continue de (4)-550-(2) pp., chaque tome comporte respectivement titre et faux-titre, reliure de l'époque de plein veau fauve granité, dos à nerfs orné de fers dorés, pièce de titre de maroquin rouge, bon exemplaire.
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
013784Paul Courtois (ca.1618-1688), docteur de la faculté de médecine de Paris en 1644, médecin et professeur du roi en médecine au Collège royal de France, doyen de la faculté de médecine après Guy Patin en 1652-1653 ; François Arouet (1647-1722), notaire, père de Voltaire. P.S., 13 octobre 1676, 1p in-4 oblong. Sur parchemin. Reçu pour le paiement de ses gages de médecin, devant notaires. Le document est donc signé par Courtois et contresigné par deux notaires dont Aroüet, le notaire du Châtelet, père de Voltaire. [280-2]
1736182231736 Paris, Jean-Baptiste Claude Bauche, 1736, in-8 de, 1 feuillet de titre (avec les paricularités données par Bengesco), 1 feuillet de privilège, VIII pp. de discours préliminaire, (8) pp. d'épitre "A Madame la marquise du Chastelet", 79 pp., (1)p. non chiffrée avec l'approbation de 3 lignes signée La Serre, 1 feuillet d'errata (avec au dos la liste des personnages de la pièce, rel. pastiche du XVIIIe réalisée vers 1900, demi-veau brun marbré à coins, dos lisse orné de petits fers "à l'oiseau" dorés, pièce de titre de maroquin brun, bel ex.
1137Paris : Chez René Kieffer, 1922. « LA LECTURE AGRANDIT L'ÂME, ET UN AMI ÉCLAIRÉ LA CONSOLE. », EXEMPLAIRE DE LA BIBLIOTHÈQUE PERSONNELLE DE RENÉ KIEFFER
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.
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
133281aafA Dresde, chez Georg Conrad Walther, Libraire du Roy, 1752, in-8vo, 80 p. + 1 feuille (vide), cartonnage d’époque couvert de papier peint.
26608Londres [Genève], 1777. 2 vol. in-8°, veau fauve marbré, dos à nerfs ornés de fleurons dorés, pièces de titre en veau fauve, filet doré sur les coupes, tranches rouges. Reliure de l'époque, petit accroc avec léger manque le long d'un mors, mais plaisant exemplaire, très frais. (2) ff., 274 pp.; (2) ff., 260 pp. Les pp. 33 à 64 du tome I sont reliées dans le désordre. Quelques rousseurs.
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
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
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
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)
18254077Paris E.Dubois 1825 Hering Un volume in-folio, plein veau glacé brun, dos à quatre nerfs richement orné, dentelles en tête et en queue, plats à encadrement de filets et frises dorés et de motifs à froid, frise sur les coupes et intérieures, tranches dorées, reliure signée J. Hering, [1f.] blanc, faux-titre, LX pages de préfaces et d'essais (L'idée de la Henriade, Histoire abrégée des évènements sur lesquels est fondée la fable du poëme de la Henriade), 233 pages, [1f.] de table, [1f.] blanc, [90] planches hors-texte lithographiées, sous serpentes, dont [18] scènes d'après Horace Vernet, [70] portraits (par Jean-Baptiste Mauzaisse) et [2] planches par Girardet : 1 en frontispice et 1 in-fine. Larges rousseurs. Magnifique exemplaire néanmoins.
1815964F61Paris: Pierre Didot 1815 . Leather. Very Good. 5.5" by 3.5". None. Early 19th century editions of two historical works by Voltaire discussing the Russian Empire Peter the Great Louis XIV and Louis XV. In the original French.Two works are present here: 'Histoire de l"Empire de Russie sous Pierre le Grand' complete in two volumes and 'Siecles de Louis XIV et de Louis XV' complete in five volumes.These are early 19th century editions of mid-18th century works from Voltaire the French Enlightenment writer philosopher satirist and historian. 'Histoire de l"Empire de Russie sous Pierre le Grand' recounts the reign of Peter the Great and the transformation of Russia from an unremarkable state into a European power.'Le Siècle de Louis XIV' is Voltaire"s ambitious attempt to chronicle not only the political events of Louis XIV"s reign but also its cultural and intellectual flourishing.The posthumously published 'Le Siècle de Louis XV' deals with the complexities and contradictions of Louis XV"s rule including military setbacks and political corruption.From the Edition Stereotype of Voltaire's works published by Didot.Inscriptions to half title heads. In full calf bindings with gilt detailing to back strip. Lacking two volume number labels and a small portion of one title label. A touch of rubbing to joints otherwise externally lovely. Head and tail of Russia vol I front joint starting with board firmly held. Inscriptions to half title heads. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright with the odd instance of spotting most concentrated to first and last few leaves. Very Good Pierre Didot hardcover
193017483New York: Random House 1930. First Trade Edition. Cloth. Very good/near fine. The first trade edition of Candide by Voltaire from Random House inscribed and hand-numbered by the illustrator Rockwell Kent. Octavo 2 111pp 1. Publisher's red cloth title stamped in gilt on the front cover and spine. Both hinges showing wear with archival reinforcement to both as is common with this book. Solid text block internally clean. In the publisher's first state dust jacket advertisements for other Random House imprints on the rear panel a few scuff marks closed tears at heel of the spine a bright near fine example. This copy is inscribed by Rockwell Kent on the title page: ".especially for Marjorie Wallace! no - 15!! / Rockwell Kent / Montreal / October 1930." Candide was illustrated by Rockwell Kent beginning in the fall of 1927. It was the first book published by Random House. The book was produced by Pynson Printers. The book first appeared as a limited edition of 1470 numbered and signed copies in 1928. It sold out almost immediately. The following year it was released in trade editions by the Literary Guild in 1929 and this copy from Random House in 1930. Johnson p. 44-46. Random House unknown
