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177510567[Genève], [Cramer et Bardin], 1775. 40 vol. in-8, veau marbré, dos lisse orné, triple filet doré sur les plats, pièces de titre en maroquin rouge (reliure de l'époque).
2308RS272<p>POEMA EPICO Composto na Lingua Franceza por Mr. DE VOLTAIRE Traduzido e illustrado com varias notas na Lingua Portuguesa por THOMAZ DE AQUINO BELLO E FREITAS Medico Formado pela Universidade de Coimbra. Tomo I Tomo II. Nova Edição. RIO DE JANEIRO. Na impressão Regia. Anno M. DCCC. XII 1812. Com licença.</p>_x000d_<p>2 Volumes in 16.º de 14x105 cm. Com xix i em br 193; ii 179 págs.</p>_x000d_<p>Encadernações da época inteiras de pele com ferros a ouro em esquadrias com três filetes nas pastas e ferros a ouro e rótulos nas lombadas. Cortes das folhas marmoreados e folhas de guarda decorativos. Incluem uma fita em cetim verde-claro.</p>_x000d_<p>Exemplar assinatura de posse coeva acompanhada da rubrica de António Justiniano Baptista Botelho em Escalos de Cima Comarca de Castelo Branco e notas a lápis na folha de guarda anterior dos volumes. Com nota a tinta coeva na página 32 dos dois volumes a explicar o erro na encadernação. Por erro de encadernação as páginas do segundo volume a partir da página 33 encontra-se no primeiro volume depois da página 32 e vice-versa.</p>_x000d_<p>Nova edição muito rara com notas de rodapé por Tomás de Aquino e Freitas prefacio do editor e história abreviada dos acontecimentos que deram origem ao poema. A primeira edição foi impressa no Porto 1789 na Officina de Antonio Alvares Ribeiro.</p>_x000d_<p>François-Marie Arouet Paris Reino da França 1694 - Paris Reino da França 1778 foi um escritor filósofo e historiador do Iluminismo francês conhecido por seu pseudónimo M. de Voltaire foi defensor da liberdade de expressão da liberdade de religião e da separação entre a igreja e estado. Estudou no Colégio Louis-le-Grand em 1713 seu pai conseguiu-lhe um emprego como secretário do novo embaixador francês na Holanda o marquês de Châteauneuf.</p>_x000d_<p>Escritor versátil e prolífico produzindo obras em quase todas as formas literárias incluindo peças de teatro com mais de 50 peças incluindo inacabadas entre elas: <em>Édipo</em> 1717<em> Irène</em> 1778; poemas como: <em>Henriade</em> 1723 <em>Le Mondain</em> 1736; romances ensaios histórias exposições científicas escreveu também mais de 20 mil cartas e 2 mil livros e panfletos.</p>_x000d_<p>Tomás de Aquino Bello e Freitas Ribeirão do Carmo Minas Gerais 1744 - Coimbra 1835 foi tradutor bacharelou-se em Artes em Coimbra em 1744 graduou-se em Filosofia no mesmo ano e em medicina em 1746. Foi médico do Hospital Militar de Vila Rica. Seu nome é mencionado nas Cartas Chilenas: Frondélio bom médico.</p>_x000d_<p>EN 2 Volumes in Sextodecimo sixteenmo. 14x105 cm. xix i bl. 193; ii 179 pp.</p>_x000d_<p>Contemporary full leather bindings with gilt frames with three fillets on the boards and gilt tools and labels on the spines. Marbled edges and decorative endpapers. Includes a light green satin ribbon marker.</p>_x000d_<p>Copy with handwritten coeval ownership title accompanied by the rubric of António Justiniano Baptista Botelho in Escalos de Cima district of Castelo Branco and notes in pencil on the front flyleaf of the volumes. With a note in ink on page 32 of both volumes explaining the error in the binding. Due to a binding error the pages of the second volume from page 33 onwards are in the first volume after page 32 and vice versa.</p>_x000d_<p>Very rare new edition with footnotes by Tomás de Aquino e Freitas a preface by the editor and an abbreviated history of the events that gave rise to the poem. The first edition was printed in Porto 1789 at the Officina de Antonio Alvares Ribeiro.</p>_x000d_<p>François-Marie Arouet Paris Kingdom of France 1694 - Paris Kingdom of France 1778 was a writer philosopher and historian of the French Enlightenment known by his pseudonym M. de Voltaire. He was a defender of freedom of expression freedom of religion and the separation of church and state. He studied at the Collège Louis-le-Grand and in 1713 his father got him a job as secretary to the new French ambassador to Holland the Marquis de Châteauneuf.</p>_x000d_<p>Versatile and prolific writer producing works in almost all literary forms including theatre plays with more than 50 plays including unfinished ones among them: <em>Édipo</em> 1717<em> Irène</em> 1778; poems such as: <em>Henriade</em> 1723 <em>Le Mondain</em> 1736; novels essays histories scientific expositions he also wrote more than 20000 letters and 2000 books and pamphlets.</p>_x000d_<p>Tomás de Aquino Bello e Freitas Ribeirão do Carmo Minas Gerais 1744 - Coimbra 1835 was a translator who graduated in Arts from Coimbra in 1744 in Philosophy in the same year and in Medicine in 1746. He was a doctor at the Vila Rica Military Hospital. His name is mentioned in the Cartas Chilenas: Frondélio good doctor.</p>_x000d_<p>Referências/References:</p>_x000d_<p>Inocêncio VII p. 336.</p>_x000d_<p>Ana Maria Camargo 303 e 304.</p>_x000d_<p>Borba de Morais Vol II 327.</p> M-7-E-20 hardcover
15912Paris: Delangle Freres Incomplete set. 39 of 97 volumes. Written in French. First editions. 1825-1834. 8vo 8 1/2" tall. Uniform dark red cloth binding stamped in gilt on spine. Orange page edges. Includes: Tome 1- "Biographie" 1828 487 pages; Tome 26 & 27 - "Siecle de Louis XIV" 1827 484 pages & 502 pages; Tome 28 - "Siecle of Louis XV" 1827 400 pages; Tome 30 - "Histoire de Charles XII" 1827 537 pages; Tome 31 - "Histoire de Russie" 1827 505 pages; Tomes 32-33 - "Annales de l'empire" 1827 426 and 412 pages; Tomes 35-36 - "Melanges Historiques" 1827 416 and 471 pages. Tomes 68-95 - "Correspondance" 1827-1832 Complete correspondence volumes 1-28. Ex-college library with bookplates and a few marks otherwise beautiful tight sharp and bright without wear. Very clean with a few widely scattered fox spots due to its age. Excellent. Delangle Freres hardcover
88984105 Huit volumes in-4° (208 x 257 mm). Volume I: [8]+572 pages, 1 frontispice et 4 planches; contenu: Avertissement du commentateur sur cette nouvelle édition, A Messieurs de l'Académie française, Médée, Le Cid, Cinna, Jules César. Volume II: [2]+526 pages, 4 planches; contenu: Horace, Polyeucte, Le Menteur. Volume III: [2]+536 pages, 4 planches; contenu: Pompée , Théodore, Rodogune, Andromède. Volume IV: [2]+581 pages, 4 planches; contenu: Héraclius, de Calderón, Héraclius Empereur d'Orient, Don Sanche d'Aragon, Nicomède, Pertharite. Volume V: [2]+510 pages, 4 planches; contenu dipe, La Toison d'Or, Sertorius, Sophonisbe. Volume VI: [2]+607+[1bl]+[2] pages, 4 planches; contenu: Othon, Agésilas, Attila, Bérénice, tragédie de Racine, Bérénice, comédie héroïque de Corneille, Pulchérie. Volume VII: [2]+636+[2] pages, 6 planches; contenu: Suréna, Ariane, tragédie de Thomas Corneille, Le Comte d'Essex, de Thomas Corneille, Mélite, Clitandre, La Veuve. Volume VIII: 520+[2] pages, 4 planches; contenu: La Galerie du Palais, La Suivante, La Place royale, L'Illusion comique, trois discours, Vie de Pierre Corneille par Bernard de Fontenelle, réponse de l'éditeur à un détracteur de Corneille, discours de Pierre Corneille à sa réception à l'Académie française. Belles reliures de lépoque en plein veau marbré, double filet doré sur les coupes, dos à nerfs ornés, pièces de titre en maroquin rouge et de tomaison en maroquin vert, tranches rouges. Ex-libris rectangulaire au contreplat du 1er volume : « André Gutzwiller » (Paris, 1922-Arlesheim, 2014), banquier et bibliophile bâlois.
1795ILTPVOLT95Paris: Didot Le Jeune L'An Troisième 1795. 1795. 2 Volumes. 4to. pp. 211; 212. with half-titles. engraved frontis. portrait of Jeanne d'Arc by Gaucher & 21 engraved plates by engraved by A very tall fine crisp copy on thick paper deckle edge visible on some leaves bound in contemporary tree calf gilt backs all edges gilt some surface scarring to covers but still a very nice copy. First Edition with these Illustrations the frontispiece portrait of Jeanne d'Arc by Gaucher and the other twenty-one plates engraved by Bacquoy Choffard Delignon Delvaux Duhamel Dupréel Lemire Lingée Malbeste Patas Pauquet Ponce and Romanet after designs by Lebarbier Marillier Monnet and Monsiau. "Très belle édition." Cohen-De Ricci Cohen-De Ricci 1034. Brunet V 1362. Bengesco 513. F. Hardcover. Paris: Didot Le Jeune, L'An Troisième [1795]. Hardcover
17512359The first edition of Voltaire's brilliant historical study of the age of King Louis XIV. Begun as early as 1732 Voltaire sent a manuscript version to Frederic II who was enthusiastic and encouraged its publication. In 1739 Voltaire published a 'Plan Raisonné' of the project including two finished chapters but this was condemned by the court and seized. In 1750 Voltaire left France for Frederic's court at Berlin where he set himself to complete the work. Failing to obtain the 'privilège royal' or even the non-written 'permission tacite' he decided to go ahead and publish the work in Berlin at his own expence. Voltaire continued to add to the work in subsequent editions most notably in the 1753 Berlin edition where he added a supplement in which he refuted the attacks made by La Beaumelle.<br /><br /><i>Two volumes in one 12mo 144 x 85mm pp. xiv 488 1 errata; ii 466 2 errata with the half-title to the first volume in contemporary calf rather worn spine gilt in compartments foot of spine chipped wormhole to the head of spine wanting the front endpaper red edges.</i><br /><br />BN Voltaire Catalogue 3361-3363. C.F. Henning
175116247Berlin: C F Henning. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1751. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Vellum darkened and with some surface cracking light extremity wear; light foxing. No half-title pages. Errata page for both volumes bound at end of Vol I. Two custom owners' bookplates in first volume. Solid hardcovers. ; French language. Half vellum binding with marbled boards. Two of two volumes complete. Bengesco I 1178. This work was the most researched and carefully prepared of Voltaire's works. He began work on this project in 1734 while at the Chateau Cirey put it aside in 1738 and resumed work on it in 1750. First Edition First Printing of Voltaire's pioneering historical study of the age of King Louis XIV published while Voltaire was resident at the court of King Frederick II of Prussia.; xii 488 2 errata; ii 466 in 2v pages . C F Henning hardcover
192829322A Paris, Javal et Bourdeaux, 1928. Un vol. au format in-4 (333 x 253 mm) de 88 pp., en feuilles, sous couverture à rabats rempliés + 1 volume de même format renfermant les suites ; le tout, sous coffret de pleine percaline satinée vieux-rose à fermoirs, dos lisse, titre doré en long.
174015915, , 1740-1744. La Mérope française, avec quelques petites pièces de littérature. A Paris, chez Prault fils, 1744. In-8 de (4)-XXIV-(2)-115-(1) pp. Lettre à M. Norberg, chapelain du roi de Suède Charles XII, auteur de l'Histoire de ce monarque. A Londres [Paris, Prault], 1744. In-8 de (2)-16 pp. Mahomet, tragédie. Par M. de Voltaire. Représentée à Paris pour la première fois le jeudi 10 août 1742. (Paris), 1742. In-8 de (2)-89 pp. Conseils à M. Racine sur son poème de la religion par un amateur des belles-lettres. Sans lieu, (1742). In-8 de 14 pp. Recueil de pièces fugitives en prose et en vers. Par M. de V***. (Rouen), 1740. In-8 de (4)-IV-223 pp.5 pièces reliées en 1 vol. in-8, veau blond glacé, dos orné à nerfs, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque).
1928293221928. A Paris Javal et Bourdeaux 1928. Un vol. au format in-4 333 x 253 mm de 88 pp. en feuilles sous couverture ˆ rabats rempliÂŽs 1 volume de mÂme format renfermant les suites ; le tout sous coffret de pleine percaline satinÂŽe vieux-rose ˆ fermoirs dos lisse titre dorÂŽ en long. Tirage unique ˆ 40 exemplaires seulement ; tous sur Japon impÂŽrial. Exemplaire revÂtu ˆ la justification de la signature autographe de Leonetto Cappiello. Outre les compositions contenues dans l'ouvrage gravÂŽes sur cuivre par Lorrain cet ensemble recÂle sous chemise titrÂŽe une triple suite desdites compositions ÂŽtat en deux couleurs ÂŽtat en bleu ÂŽtat en noir. ''AprÂs des ÂŽtudes ˆ Livourne Cappiello exposa en 1892 ˆ Florence et vint ˆ Paris la mÂme annÂŽe pour collaborer au Rire .''. in Osterwalder citant la prÂŽsente contribution de l'artiste. ''Voyage philosophique dans lÕEurope des LumiÂres La Princesse de Babylone constitue un conte oriental somptueux o entre humour et coups de griffe Voltaire dans une course amoureuse ˆ travers le monde dÂŽnigre la sottise du pouvoir absolu et prÂche la tolÂŽrance lՎtat de nature et de libertÂŽ.'' MahÂŽ RÂŽpertoire des ÂŽditons de luxe p. 41 - Monod I Manuel de l'amateur de livres illustrÂŽs modernes 11434 - Osterwalder I Dictionnaire des illustrateurs p. 214. Un fermoir du coffret absent. Couverture renfermant les suite nettement piquÂŽe. TrÂs rares au premier plat couverture du volume de texte. Excellente condition intÂŽrieure. Rare. b42961 unknown
1658-05Amsterdam Jacques Desbordes 1738. gr.-8°. Gest. Portrait Voltaires gest. Frontisp. Portr. Newtons v. I. Folkema nach L. F. Dubourg Tit. in Rot u. Schwarz mit gest. Vign. v. Duflos 399 1 S. Mit 6 Kupfertaf. 106 Textkupfern dav. 48 ornament. Vign. u. 58 naturwissensch. Kpf. 3 Textholzschn. u. 1 gefalt. Tabelle in Kupfer. Pbd. d. Zt. m. hs. Rückentit. Berieb. Frontip. u. Tit. m. Nummernstempel 2 Bll. m. Einriß. Fast fleckenfreies unbeschnittenes Exemplar in einem Interimsband. Cohen-de Ricci 1037f.; Sander 1996; Gray Newton 155 - Zweite Ausgabe der Erstausgabe welche im selben Jahr bei Etienne Ledet in Amsterdam erschienen ist. Die ornamentalen Kupfer stammen u. a. v. L.-F. Dubourg J. Folkema F. M. La Cave B. Picart J. v. Schley. - Hervorragendes Beispiel für die französische Buchillustration des Rokokos in dem sich Illustrationen und aufgeklärte Naturwissenschaften harmonisch miteinander verbinden. - Voltaire verhalf mit diesem Werk die Erkenntnisse Newtons am Kontinent zu verbreiten. - "One of his Newton's greatest champions in France was Voltaire whose 'Elemens.' was wideley read. / Die Principia sind ein schwieriges Werk und so ist es nicht überraschend daß es nur wenige Zeitgenossen vollständig gelesen haben. Einer seiner berühmtesten Verfechter war in Frankreich Voltaire dessen 'Elemens de la Philosophie de Neuton' von 1738 in weiten Kreisen gelesen wurden" Carter-Muir S. 304. Amsterdam, Jacques Desbordes 1738. unknown
17678679Lausanne [pour Paris], sans nom, 1767. 2 tomes en un volume in-12 de [4]-118; [4]-120 pages, plein veau brun moucheté, dos à nerfs orné de filets et fleurons dorés, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, plats frappés au centre des armes de Jean Bouhier, président du parlement de Bourgogne, membre de l'Académie française.
1775044596Genève et Paris: Cramer et Bardin 1775. Edition encadrée" Complete set of all 40 volumes with the engraved frontispieces where issued all pages printed within the wood-engraved frames octavo format. Uniformly bound in mottled calf with gilt spine trim and lettering; some leather chipping mostly at the head of some spines. all edges marbled. Contents: t. 1 La Henriade divers autres poëmes et toutes les piéces relatives à l'épopée. t. 2-10 Ouvrages dramatiques précédés et suivis de toutes les piéce qui leur sont relatifs. t. 11 La Pucelle d'Orléans poëme suivie du Temple de Gout &c. t. 12-13 Mélanges de poësies &c. t. 14-17 Essai sur les moeurs et l'esprit des nations; et sur les principaux faits de l'histoire depuis Charlemagne jusqu'à Louis XIII. t. 18-20 Siècle de Louis XIV auquel on a joint un précis du siècle de Louis XV et un autre morceau d'histoire. t. 21 Histoire de Charles XII roi de Suède avec les pièces qui y sont relatives. t. 22 Histoire de l'Empire de Russie sous Pierre le Grand divisée en deux parties. t. 23-24 Annales de l'Empire depuis Charlemagne fragmens sur quelques revolutions dans l'Inde fragmens sur l'histoire générale et divers autres morceaux historiques. t. 25-30 Questions sur l'Encyclopédie par des amateurs. t. 31-32 Romans philosophiques élémens de Newton précédés et suivis de divers morceaux intéressans. t. 33-37 Mélanges de littérature d'histoire et de philosophie. t. 38-40 Piéces détachées attribuées à divers hommes célèbres. Cramer et Bardin unknown
1901310390New York: St. Hubert Guild 1901. 168 designs.done by the Craftsmen of the St. Hubert Guild many hand-coloured. 22 vols. 8vo. Bound in three quarters crimson morocco gilt spines t.e.g. by Bennett NYC. Fine. 168 designs.done by the Craftsmen of the St. Hubert Guild many hand-coloured. 22 vols. 8vo. St. Hubert Guild unknown books
173327422London: Printed for C. Davis and A. Lyon 1733 1733. First edition. Cf. Bengeso 1558; Sabin 100751 noting Voltaire's letters on William Penn and the Pennsylvania Quakers. Fine copy. 8vo contemporary paneled calf rebacked with a new spine and raised bands. The first appearance of an early and important prose work by Voltaire a series of epistolary observations comparing British and French society culture science and philosophy. Written when he was living in England 1727-28 Voltaire's opinions shed a favorable light on British institutions and individuals including Sir Isaac Newton. Voltaire tells an early version of the apple falling from the tree story that inspired Newton's theory of gravity. When Letters was published on the continent as Lettres Philosophiques 1734 it was condemned by French authorities and precipitated one of Voltaire's many conflicts with the crown. <br/><br/> London: Printed for C. Davis and A. Lyon, 1733 unknown books
180832539-528Paris De l'Imprimerie des Frères Mame & Chez Antoine-Augustin Renouard 1808-16. With 178 engraved plates mostly by Moreau le Jeune. 8vo c. 210 x 140 mm. Late 19th century full red morocco gilt lettering on spines somewhat faded gilt outer and inner fillets all edges gilt. From the library of James Arthur Taylor with his engr. bookplate. Paris De l'Imprimerie des Frères Mame & Chez Antoine-Augustin Renouard 1808-16. Rare edition of Voltaire's 1694-1778 collected works illustrated with a suite of engravings mostly done by J.-M. Moreau le jeune 1741-1814. Single copies from the present edition were also sold separately by Renouard. "Cette collection de gravures est l'une des plus belles qui ait jamais été exécutée pour aucun livre" Fürstenberg. Arranged in 21 vols. by Renouard it contains of: Théatre 9 vols. 1809; Romans 2 vols. 1809 and 1808; Poèmes et discours en vers 1808; Epîtres stances et odes 1808; Contes en vers satires et poésies mèlées 1808; Siècle de Louis XIV 2 vols. 1808; Précis du siècle de Louis XV 1808; Histoire de l'empire de Russie sous Pierre le Grand 1809; La Henriade poème avec les notes et variantes suivi de l'essai sur la poésie épique 1816; La Pucelle d'Orléans poème en vingt et un chants 1816; Histoire de Charles XII roi de Suède 1816. The majority of the volumes are illustrated with 113 engravings by Moreau le Jeune. Renouard added a series of c. 65 portraits of famous peoples mostly engraved by Augustin Saint-Aubin the copper-plates of which Renouard possessed. Probably this is the best-known work of Moreau le Jeune draftsman und engraver. After the first announcement of the publication of the Kehl edition of Voltaire's complete works he started the series of illustrations without an order and on his own account. Later Moreau sold them to Beaumarchais who included them in the de-luxe edition of Voltaire's complete works printed at Kehl in 1785-89. These series was also sold separately as in the present case.- Plates partly browned text-page very clean otherwise a nice set. - Bengesco IV 2184; Quérard La France littéraire X 378-379; Bocher Catalogue de l'oeuvre pp. 582 & 618; Sander Illustr. franz. Bücher 1407; cf. Cohen/de Ricci 1047; cf. Lewine p. 566; no copy in BnF. LITERATURE: FRENCH ; LITERATUR: FREMDSPRACHIGE ; Paris, De l'Imprimerie des Frères Mame & Chez Antoine-Augustin Renouard unknown
173841520A Amsterdam, chez Etienne Ledet & Compagnie, 1738. In-8 de 1 frontispice gravé, 1 portrait, titre et 399-(1) pp., veau brun glacé, dos orné à nerfs, triple filet doré sur les plats, pièces de titre en maroquin vert, dentelle intérieure, tête dorée, non rogné (reliure du XIXe siècle).
178542634N.pl.: De l'Imprimerie de la Société Littéraire-Typographique 1785. 69 of 70 vols. Vol. 69 missing. Large 8vo 275x18 cm. Contemporary marbled boards; spines with paper title-lable of 19 volumes spines restored with contemporary marbled paper; many spines discoloured; 4 tops of spines damaged; 14 hinges more or less damaged but still holding strong. Printed on handmade paper uncut. Copies with wide margins . The set is carefully collated so we mention every minor defect: the verges of the uncut margins soiled; a small number of leaves: browned or soiled; some with light mostly marginal waterstain; margins of plates a bit soiled the frontisp.-portraits with brown spots. 1 general title and 1 sub-title missing; tear repaired in 3 leaves. On the whole a clean set. Most volumes count between 400 and 500 pages 26 volumes more than 500 pages and 9 volumes between 300 and 400 pages. with numerous engraved plates: engraved frontispiece-portrait of Voltaire engraved by Tardieu after De Largillière 6 other engraved portraits 107 of 108 engraved plates 1 engraved plan of the battle Turcs-Tartares and 1 allegorical double-page engraving in the last volume the only volume on title dated 1789. - the first posthumously printed edition with many unpublished pieces printed at Kehl in the printing office of de Beaumarchais who erected this office especially for the edition of Voltaire's works Vols 1-9: Théâtre. With frontisp. portrait and 44 engraved plates. Vol. 10: La Henriade. With 11 engraved plates. Vol. 11: La Pucelle. With 21 engraved plates a few with shorter margins: from an other copy. Vol. 12: Poemes et discours en vers. Vol. 13: Epitres. Vol. 14: Contes en vers. With 4 engraved plates. Vol. 15: Lettres en vers et en prose. Vol. 16-19: Essai sur les moeurs et l'esprit des nations et sur les principaux faits de l'histoire depuis Charlemagne jusqu'à Lous XIII. With frontisp.-portrait of Voltaire engraved by Langlois after De la Tour. Vols. 20-21: Siècle de Louis XIV. With frontisp.-portrait of Louis le Grand. Vol. 22: Précis du siècle de Louis XV. With frontisp.-portrait by Fosseyeux after Vanloo. Vol. 23: Histoire de Charles XII. Vol. 24: Histoire de l'empire de Russie sous Pierre le Grand; divisée en deux parties. with engraved plan battle Turcs - Tartares. Vol. 25: Annales de l'empire depuis Charlemagne. Vol. 26: Histoire du parlement de Paris. Vols.27-28: Melanges historiques. Vols. 29-30: Politique et législation. Vol. 31: Philosophie de Newton. With 14 explanatory engravings. Vols. 32-35: Philosophie générale: Métaphysique morale et théologie. With engraved frontisp.-portrait: buste de Voltaire. Vol. 36: Dialogues et entretiens philosophiques. Vols. 37-43: Dictionnaire philosophique. Vols. 44-45: Romans. With 12 engraved plates 4 inserted from another copy; 1 engraving missing '. cri de douleur'. Vol. 46: Facéties. Vol. 47-49: Melanges littéraires. With engraved portrait. Vols. 50-51: Commentaires sur Corneille. Vols. 52-63. Recueil des lettres de M. de Voltaire 1715-1778. Vols. 64-66: Lettres du Prince royal de Prusse et de M. de Voltaire. With engraved portrait of Frédéric II. Vol. 67: Lettres de l'impératrice de Russie et de M. de Voltaire. Vol. 68: Lettres de M. de Voltaire et de M. d'Alembert. first vol. of 2 1746-1768. Vol. 70: Vie de Voltaire par le marquis de Condorcet; suivie des Memoires de Voltaire écrits par lui-même; des Tables des Oeuvres &. With double-page allegorical engraving and 1 other engraving De l'Imprimerie de la Société Littéraire-Typographique hardcover
29017S.l. [Genève], 1771-1772. 9 vol. in-8°, basane fauve marbrée, dos à nerfs ornés de fleurons dorés, pièces de titre et de tomaison en veau havane, tranches rouges. Reliure de l'époque, petites fentes aux mors, qq. accidents aux coiffes. Bon exemplaire. (1) f., 376 pp.; (1) f., 390 pp. ; (1) f., 363 pp. et 2 planches hors-texte ; (1) f., 377 pp.; (1) f., 373 pp.; (1) f., 351 pp.; (1) f., 364 pp.; (1) f., 369 pp., (5) pp.; 378 pp. Il manque le cahier T du tome I (pp. 289 à 304) qui semble n'y avoir jamais été relié. Quelques rousseurs.[D57]
190113129The Works of Voltaire / A Contemporary Version with notes / by Tobias Smollett revised and modernized; new translations by William F. Fleming and an introduction by Oliver H. G. Leigh ; a critique and biography by the Rt. Hon. John Morley E. R. Dumont 1901 42 volumes complete a vg to near fine set bound in half leather with raised spines with marbled boards and matching marbled end-papers. 1/100 sets so labeled as the Les Delices Edition. Profusely illustrated. Formerly the set owned by 19th century Grand Rapids Lumber Baron Henry G. Dykhouse with his bookplates pn the front paste-downs. E. R. Dumont hardcover
174450051BB2 oeuvres en un volume. Paris, chez Prault. et Londres (i.e. Paris, Prault) 1744. In-8°. 2 ff. n.ch (titre, avis au lecteur), XXIV p., 115 p., 1p.bl., titre, 16 p. avec le portrait de Voltaire comme frontispice d'après le tableau de La Tour et deux gravures par Duflos. Reliure demi cuir d'époque, pièce de titre en maroquin framboise, décor doré.
1912328118Berlin: Paul Cassirer 1912. Limited. hardcover. near fine. Marcus Behmer. 40 exquisite tipped in etchings by Marcus Behmer. The etchings integrated with the text range widely in size and format from full page illustrations to historiated initials and vignettes. 77. 5 pages. Small folio original black-lettered mustard cloth Berlin: Paul Cassirer 1912. Limited edition -- Number 86 of 170 copies on "amerikanisches Japan" printed at the Pan Presse. A near fine copy of this scarce book.<br/> <br/> Voltaire: Zadig or Fate. An Oriental History. Behmer's wryly exquisite Beardsleyesque interpretation is the first of a sequence of Voltaire illustrations in modern German Pressbooks followed by editions of "Candide" by Klee Unold and Kubin. --Schauer II. 43.<br/> <br/> Paul Cassirer unknown
1759elala1495np Paris: 1759. 1759. 12mo. pp. 237 3. contemporary calf gilt back spine ends worn. Published the same year as the first. Voltaires witty and devastating attack on philosophical and religious optimism is generally regarded as his most masterful composition. Published surreptitiously no less than seventeen different printings and editions appeared in 1759. Bengesco 1440. Martin 59.25. cfCioranescu 64321. cfQuérard X 323. cfPrinting and the Mind of Man 204. BOUND WITH: POPE Alexander 1688-1744. Essai Sur LHomme Traduit de lAnglois en François Édition revûe par le Traducteur Second Édition. 12mo. pp. 2 p.l. vii-xxxvi 189 3privilege. woodcut ornaments & title vignette. Lausanne: Marc Michel Bousquet & Compagnie 1752. np [Paris]: 1759. unknown
elala2018Parma: Bodoni Press 1798. 8vo. pp. 3 p.l. 128. with initial blank. 19th century quarter roan bit rubbed some light foxing. BOUND WITH: .La Marianna Tragedia Di Voltaire Nuovamente Tradotta. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l. x 2 107. complete with initial blank. Parma: Bodoni Press 1804. BOUND WITH: .L'Olimpia Tragedia Di Voltaire Nuovamente Tradotta. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l. xii 2 135. Parma: Bodoni Press 1805. BOUND WITH: .L'Alzira Tragedia Di Voltaire Nuovamente Tradotta. 8vo. pp. 2 p.l. viii 106. some light foxing. Parma: Bodoni Press 1797. New Italian translations by Luigi Landriani of four of Voltaire's plays: a nice grouping of Bodoni imprints. Brooks 711 932 961 679. Parma: Bodoni Press, 1798. unknown
179654353London: privately printed by Catherine Maria Bury Countess of Charleville 1796. First Edition large paper copy one of just 5. The first complete English translation. Large 8vo just under 24 cm pp. 227 218. Untrimmed. Bound in later 3/4 red morocco and plain boards rubbed along the extremities without the half title. "Mostly all of the copies were destroyed the freedom of the translation being considered injurious to the memory of Lady Charleville. Only 5 copies were printed on large paper. See the notes to the Renouard copy no. 1349- sale by Sotheby June 30 1834." The preface and notes cover 5 pages. ESTC; T137636.A nice clean tight set. A poem about Joan of Arc. From Wikipedia: "Voltaire was undoubtedly one of the most controversial writers and philosophers of the Enlightenment Age and The Maid of Orleans was also certainly one of his more contentious works. An epic and scandalous satire concerning the life of the not-yet-canonised Joan of Arc "the Maid of Orleans" the poem was outlawed burned and banned throughout a great portion of Europe during the 18th and 19th centuries. Containing mockery and satirical commentary on the life and antics of its subject the poem itself has variously been described as "bawdy" and "licentious". Despite the often sexist and indecent contents of the text its notoriety and contraband status made it one of the most widely read texts concerning Joan of Arc for several centuries. Circulating throughout the banned regions by often surreptitious means the book was read by a large number of the populace. It was also disseminated by Voltaire himself to some of his colleagues and other members of the upper class the circle of people and the portion of society that the text was specifically intended for. The author 1762-1851 was the daughter of Thomas Townley Dawson she married first James Tisdall and then in 1798 Charles William Bury first Earl of Charleville. She was an invalid for many years. privately printed by Catherine Maria Bury, Countess of Charleville unknown books
