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176424563Londres: aux depens de la compagnie 1764. 8vo pp. xvi 384; engraved frontispiece and 20 engraved plates; 20th-century full crimson straight-grain morocco by Zaehnsdorf decorative gilt border on covers gilt-paneled spine and preserving the original blue printed wrappers which are bound in. First published without plates at Louvain in 1755. This is likely a 'variorum' edition probably Dutch based on the first authorized edition of 1762 Geneva with variant readings from earlier piracies. Bengesco 491. aux depens de la compagnie unknown
88202Paris A. Sautelet Verdière Furne A. Dupont 1827. Ganzleder gebunden; rote goldgeprägte Einbände Goldschnitt marmorierte Vorsätze / 3 Bände / Anz. Seiten: 1848 2168 2235 / 135 x 20 x 27 cm / Zustand: sehr gut geringe Alters-/ Gebrauchsspuren; Einbände nur geringfügig berieben Papier etwas gebräunt und leicht fleckig die hintersten Blätter von Band 1 an unterer Ecke knickspurig Bibl.-stempel auf Titelseiten handschr. Nummerierung auf Vorsätzen Paris, A. Sautelet, Verdière, Furne, A. Dupont, 1827 unknown
173446420<p>Basle i.e. London : by W. Bowyer 1734. First edition. Although an English translation had been published in London as "Letters Concerning the English Nation" in 1733 this is the first appearance of the original French text of the book now generally known as the "Lettres Philosophiques" and as "the first bomb thrown at the Ancien Régime". It has been said of Voltaire that "he came to England a poet and left it a philosopher": however that may be this book resulting from his stay in 1726-1728 is "one of the greatest and most influential works of the eighteenth century and beyond . the book that taught the whole of Europe how to think" Voltaire Foundation. The letters contrasting English and French thinking deal variously with religion in England - Quakers Anglicans Presbyterians and Socinians; politics parliament and Magna Carta; trade commerce and the businessman who "contributes to the felicity of the world"; English empiricism and Francis Bacon John Locke and Isaac Newton; and literature - Shakespeare above all Wycherley Congreve Swift and Pope etc. The London publishers' preface is interesting on the author's extreme reluctance to sanction a French-language edition - they had suppressed this edition for an entire year but others were now preparing illicit editions and they now had to displease the author to please the public. The furore which greeted the French editions when they appeared probably justified Voltaire's reluctance and the use here of a fake Basle imprint. Foolscap 8vo 171 x 103mm. viii228xxpp. Bound in a creditable modern rendition of early eighteenth-century full panelled calf; sprinkled edges; a few slight marks; Voltaire's name added to title-page in manuscript; faint fringe of very pale discolouration to fore-edge throughout text barely visible in most places; a few minor internal marks and tiny flaws but a good copy of one of the key books of the Enlightenment. Eighteenth-century 1768 ownership inscription now obscured.</p> Basle [i.e. London : by W. Bowyer], 1734. hardcover
1731231308Paris: Josse 1731. First. hardcover. very good. Slim 8vo pp. xxix 3. 110 3 approbation and errata. Decorative copper engraved head-pieces a few contemporary ink annotations full gilt brown calf covers lightly warped and rubbed with a bright gilt heraldic crest on front and back red edges. Paris: J.F. Josse 1731. First Edition. Scarce. Very good.<br/> <br/> Josse unknown
elala3798London Paris: Prault 1738. Second Edition the first to contain the 26th chapter on fluxions. ìOwing to Descartesí great influence and Newtonís dispute with Leibniz the spread of Newtonís thought on the Continent took about fifty years. One of his greatest champions was Voltaire whose …lÈmens De La Philosophie De Neuton 1738 was widely read.î Printing and the Mind of Man It was during his exile in England from 1726 to 1729 that Voltaire became acquainted with Newtonís scientific methods and achievements. His Letters Concerning the English Nation first published in 1733 contained four letters on Newton including the first account of the famous story about the falling apple which inspired Newtonís law of gravitation. His celebrated popularization of Newtonian principles the …lÈmens served to establish the pre-eminence of empirical philosophy in eighteenth century France. The work is dedicated to Voltaireís mistress the Marquise de Ch‚telet whom he assisted in a French translation of Newtonís Principia. Bengesco 1570. Cioranescu 64736. Gray 156. cfBabson 120. See Printing and the Mind of Man 161. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l. xvi 4 328 12. lacking half-title errata & portrait of Voltaire. title in red & black with engraved vignette by Duflos. engraved frontis. portrait of Newton by P.Dupin possibly inserted. folding engraved table 6 engraved plates & numerous engravings in the text. contemporary mottled calf rebacked corners & edges renewed occasional browning London [Paris: Prault], 1738 unknown
1785mon0003500177SociÔøΩtÔøΩ LittÔøΩraire-Typographique 1785-01-01. Leather Bound. Very Good. . Kehl Baden 1784 - 89. Complete 70 Volume Set. 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' Famous first collected edition of Voltaire's works known as the 'Kehl Voltaire' Vols. 10 27 and 28 printed 1784 summary volume 70 printed 1789 all others printed 1785. Bound in Uniform 18th century full brown mottled calf leather. front and rear boards have floral chain decorated borders; gilt spiral design on foredges. Spines decorated in gold floral and trophy designs with gilt titles and vol numbers on red and black labels. Marbled end papers and page edges. Green silk reading ribbons are bound in. - Approx 400 pages per volume. Volume 1 frontispiece engraving of Voltaire by Moreau.; Vol 16 frontispiece portrait of Voltaire; Vol 24 engraved map. Vol 31 14 engraved plates. - All 70 Vols are well bound no cracked hinges no loose pages. Varying degrees of edge wear; a few volumes have chipping to spines or vol #s worn off. Browning or toning at times mostly end papers Otherwise A Very Good Set! SociÔøΩtÔøΩ LittÔøΩraire-Typographique hardcover
1759023043London: J. Scott and J. Gretton. Rebound in full new leather. Scholars have differed about whether this edition or the Nourse edition published in the same year was the First Edition in English. At the very least the First Edition of This Translation. One of the greatest works in all literature. According to PMM 204: The folly of philosophic and religious optimism is displayed with a vigor and wit that carries the reader away. Near Fine. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1759. J. Scott and J. Gretton hardcover
1799ST17632cParis: de l'Imprimerie de Crapelet an VII 1799. 228 x 150 mm. 9 x 6". Two volumes. <br/> Very attractive 19th century red morocco by Capé stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in French fillet border raised bands compartments with central quatrefoil surrounded by lacy gilt tooling gilt lettering gilt dentelles all edges gilt. Housed in a later marbled slipcase. WITH engraved frontispiece by Gaucher and 21 ENGRAVED PLATES after Marillier Monsiau and Ponce as called for AND EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH 46 PLATES comprised of a suite of 20 small plates a suite of 21 large plates and five portraits. Verso of front free endpaper with the bookplate of Jacques Bastenet. Cohen-de Ricci 1035; Graesse VI 393. See also: Cohen-de Ricci 1047-48 for the plates by Moreau. ◆Two three-inch abrasions on one cover and a hint of wear to joints both very well disguised by refurbishment leather faintly soiled but the decorative bindings still lustrous and quite pleasing without any significant condition issues. Occasional mostly light foxing never serious and most of the plates clean but noticeable enough to be regrettable some of the smaller extra-illustrations slightly browned due to paper stock but still a book with considerable appeal inside and out with the engravings richly impressed.<br/> <br/> This printing of Voltaire's mock-heroic "Pucelle" a licentious burlesque based on the Joan of Arc story features the same beautiful engravings found in the Didot edition of 1795 but without the frames plus two additional suites of plates taken from other editions. The set of 20 small plates seem to be close copies of Gravelot's illustrations from the 1762 Geneva edition of "La Pucelle"; the set of 21 larger images are by Moreau all but two being before letters. The latter set probably comes from the suite of images for Voltaire's "Oeuvres" published by Renouard in 1802 of which there were just 40 copies before letters according to Cohen-de-Ricci. Capé was one of the most distinguished binders in France in the middle years of the 19th century being especially well known for the delicacy of his work as evidenced by our spines. He was the binder to the Empress Eugénie and Béraldi calls him "the Bozérian of the second Empire.". de l'Imprimerie de Crapelet unknown
17681591281768. First Edition. paperback. 182pp. half-title; woodcut title page vignette. sewn; unlettered buff wrappers. N.p. Geneva 1768.<br/> <br/> One of Voltaire's best known prose works it came out in many editions the same year. This is presumably the first and conforms to the copy in the Bibliotheque Imperiale.<br/> <br/> unknown
1905Geneva: Cramer 1765-1768. Five volumes. A GORGEOUS COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION with ALL HALF-TITLES PRESENT of one of Voltaire's most important and fascinating works a haphazard collection of philosophical and literary pieces which clearly demonstrate the depth and scope of his genius. The original intention was to publish only three volumes and for that reason many bibliographers consider the first three volumes a complete work in itself although Voltaire continued until the 19th volume appeared in 1776. I offer here the first three volumes along with the next two. In his introduction to the third part Voltaire points out that some of the works which appear here had been published before but only incorrectly and incompletely. He goes on to assert that many of the other works originally printed alongside them and attached to his name were not in fact by him. His reason for publishing this collection therefore was to present a definitive and complete text of many of his most important works many of which are printed here for the first time. Included are his commentary on Beccaria his Traite sur la tolerance with documentation that had not previously been published and dozens of other pieces. Volume 3 is complete with the supplement which is often missing. Due to their subversive nature they all ended up on the Catholic Church's Index of Prohibited Books these books were published without the name of the author the name of the publisher or the place of publication. Due to their popularity they were reprinted by Cramer and mercilessly pirated by other publishers. Most sets are mixed with different printings by different publishers. The volumes I offer here however are first printings throughout. Nicely printed on fine laid paper with numerous head- and tailpieces. 8vo. Bound in very attractive contemporary half French calf and decorated boards spines in six compartments leather spine labels. Minimal traces of wear to corners else fine and bright with large margins and no defects inside or out. Bengesco 2212; B.N. vol. 214 part I columns 82-86; Barbier III 531-532. A very rare and important set in contemporary bindings and in excellent condition. <br/><br/> Geneva: Cramer, 1765-1768 hardcover
1764elala166Geneva: Cramer 1764. 1764. 8vo. pp. xvi 386 2. complete with half-title. woodcut title vignette. A fine copy in contemporary mottled calf gilt back. First Edition. Bengesco I 660. Cioranescu 63982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. [Geneva: Cramer], 1764. Hardcover
173871163Amsterdam 1738-1750. 8vo. Samtidige pergamentryggbind med tittelfelter i lysebrunt skinn og marmorerte dekler. Voltaires graverte portrett som frontispiece i bind I. Tittelbladene trykt i rødt og svart. 6 XXXII 1 1 blank 349 1 1 blank ; 4 366 1 1 blank ; 2 372 ; 4 377 1 blank 16 ; 6 v 1 135 1 blank XXII 102 24 112 ; 8 420 ; 16 415 1 blank ; 4 142 1 1 blank 152 1 1 blank XII 2 115 1 blank s. Med 21 kobberstikk utenom pagineringen. Tallrike kobberstukne vignetter. Chez Etienne Ledet & Compagnie Fransk. <br/><br/><em>Et flott sett. De fleste kobberstikkene er i bd. I som omfatter “La Henriadeâ€. </em> unknown
18192003020120Paris: Renouard 1819-1822 1819. Hardcover. Very Good. 64 volume set of 66. Uniformly bound in later 1/4 leather over yellow marbled boards. Gilt stamped spines. Good bindings and covers. Minor scattered foxing. 164 engraved portraits and plates including folding and facsimiles. Refs: Brunet V.1355 Bengesco IV 2149. Carteret III 16. Querard X 379. Vicaire VII 1137 <br> T. 1-7. Theatre 1819 7 v. . T. 8. La Henriade 1819 434 p. T. 9. La Pucelle d'Oleans 1819 371 p. T. 10. Poemes 1819 479 p. T. 11. Epitres et stances 1819 352 p. T. 12. Contes en vers. Satires et poesies melees 1819 408 p. T. 13-16. Essai sur les moeurs et l'esprit des nations 1819 4 v. . T. 17-18. Le siecle de Louis XIV 1819 2 v. . T. 19. Precis du siecle de Louis XV 1819 456 p. T. 20. Histoire de Charles IX 1819 338 p. T. 21. Histoire de l'empire de Russie 1819 404 p. T. 22. Annales de l'Empire 1819 636 p. T. 23. Histoire du Parlement de Paris 1819 514 p. T. 24-25. Melanges historiques 1819 2 v. . T. 26-27. Politique et legislation 1819 2v. T. 28. Physique 1819 611 p. T. 29-31. Philosophie 1819 3 v. . T. 32. Dialogues et entretiens philosophiques 1819 559 p. T. 33-38. Dictionnaire philosophique 1819 6 v. . T. 39-40. Romans 1819 2 v. . T. 41. Faceties 1821 432 p. T. 42-43. Melanges litteraires 1821 2 v. . T. 44-45. Commentaires sur Corneille 1821 2 v. . T. 46-57. Correspondance 1821 12 v. . T. 58. Correspondance avec l'imperatrice de Russie ; Lettres de plusieurs souverains a M. de Voltaire ; Lettres des princes de Prusse etc. et de M. de Voltaire. 1821 323 104 p. T. 59-61. Correspondance avec le roi de Prusse 91821 3 v. . T. 62. Correspondance avec d'Alembert 1821 756 p. T. 63. Lettres inedites de Voltaire a Mademoiselle Quinault a M. d'Argental au president Henault a M. Damilaville a Madame d'Epinay et autres personnages remarquables 1822 388 p. T. 64. Vie de Voltaire / par Condorcet. Memoires pour servir a la vie de M. de Voltaire ecrits par lui-meme. Commentaire historique sur les oeuvres de l'auteur de "La Henriade" 1822 495 p. <br> This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Paris: Renouard [1819-1822] hardcover
1785862N27Paris: De l'Impremerie de la Societe Litteraire Typographique 1785. Leather. Fair. 8" by 5". None. Forty three leather bound volumes from the Complete Works of Voltaire. 43 volumes from the complete works of Voltaire. Published in French. The present collection of the French philosopher's works includes volumes 2-10 12 14-17 20-23 25 27 32-35 37 45 51 60 63-69 70-77 and 89. With four plates to volumes two three and six. With three plates to volume four. With seven plates to volumes five and nine. With nine plates to volume eight. With ten plates to volume nine. With five plates to volume ten. The present collection opens with the theatrical works of Voltaire which is followed by his poetry including his epic poem the Henriade. In his Essay on the Universal History Manners and Spirit of Nations Voltaire discusses the history of Europe before Charlemagne until the age of Louis XIV. This is followed by his History of the Russian Empire Under Peter the Great his writings on politics and legislation some miscellaneous literary criticism and his commentary on the dramatic works of Pierre Corneille. The latter volumes are comprised of Voltaire's letter exchanges. Voltaire was a French Enlightenment writer philosopher and historian famed for his wit his criticism of Christianity and slavery and advocation of the separation of the church and state. The versatile and prolific writer produced works in many literary forms including plays novels essays but also scientific expositions. In a full contemporary calf binding. Externally sound. The rear board of volume 64 id disbound but present. The remaining volumes are lightly rubbed to the boards with some cracking to the leather along the spine. Volume 27 is missing some calf to the front extremity. Generally lightly rubbed to the head and tail of the spine although some volumes including 14 27 32-34 and the majority of the volumes in the 70s are missing a slither of calf to the head or tail of the spine or both. The front joints of volumes 10 16 20 33 and 45 are rather tender. Although the hinges are better to the latter volumes they are starting but firm to the majority of the earlier volumes.The front hinges are particularly tender to volumes 9 15 16 20 45 60 and 89 and the rear hinges are loose in volumes 10 and15. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with some patches of light foxing. Fair De l'Impremerie de la Societe Litteraire Typographique hardcover
1928059808New York: Random House 1928. 1st Edition Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fair. 111 Pp. #423 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 Plain Opaque Dust Jacket Browned Small Losses 3/4" Water Spot On Front Panel. <br/> <br/> Random House hardcover
181714013121Paris: Th. Desoer 1817. Full grained dark maroon leather all edges gilt bottom cover edges gilt tooled. Owner's name stamp on title and one text page of each volume; moderate to heavy foxing cover edges lightly rubbed but some somewhat more heavily rubbed spots and dry spine edges header of volume 13 chipped else nice clean tight bright set: VG. 8vo. Frontispiece of Voltaire in Volume I. A photo of a portrait of Voltaire has been laid in in lieu of a frontispiece. in volume 16 discoloring the paper Th. Desoer hardcover
120790London Printed for D. Wilson and T. Durham in the Strand 1754. . First edition; 12mo 17.5 x 10.5 cm; presentation inscription in pen to front free endpaper verso related bookplate to front pastedown ownership inscription in pencil to front free endpaper recto C1-3 and G12-H1 trimmed close at fore-edge; contemporary sprinkled calf double gilt-filet borders spines likewise ruled in gilt corners slightly bumped small split upper joint a little weak but holding very good; xv 1 284pp.<br /> The first edition of this scarce collection of works and letters by Voltaire 1694-1788 in English translation including his philosophical novella Zadig excerpts from the Dictionnaire Philosophique the whole of which was not translated into English until 1765 and the first letter from Frederick II of Prussia to Voltaire and his reply. <br /><br />The translator Joseph Collyer 1714/5-1776 was a bookseller and treasuer of the Stationer's Company. Although the title-page of the present work designates him as the 'Author of Felicia to Charlotte' this novel is usually attributed to his wife Mary Collyer 1716/7-1762 best-known as the English translator of Marivaux's La vie de Marianne.<br /> ESTC T47430. London, Printed for D. Wilson, and T. Durham, in the Strand, 1754. unknown
117621Glasgow Printed by Robert Urie 1759. . Fourth edition; 12mo 18 x 10.5 cm; a little toned front hinge reinforced; contemporary tree calf contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to spine joint and headcap repaired slightly scuffed and rubbed very good; 6 3-149 13pp.<br /> An early Glasgow printing of this interesting outsider's take on English society and its people precipitated by Voltaire's exile to Great Britain in 1726. <br /><br />The resulting Letters first published in 1734 following his return to Paris express his great admiration for the comparative religious freedom enjoyed by England's Quakers and Socinians as well as its constitutional monarchy 'where the Prince is all powerful to do good and at the same time restrain'd from committing evil' the implication being that England could provide a model for France's reform p.53. When the French edition was published the following year without the approval of the royal censor as Lettres Philosophique it caused a storm with copies confiscated and publicly burnt and Voltaire again forced to flee Paris.<br /><br />The work remains one of Voltaire's most widely known and read texts which helped introduce Bacon Locke and Newton to Europe's Enlightenment thinkers. It also contains an early account of Newton's famous discovery of gravity passed on to Voltaire by Newton's niece Catherine Barton as well as an early translation into French verse of Hamlet's soliloquy from Act 3 Scene 1: 'Demeure il faut choisir & passer à l'instant / De la vie à la mort ou d l'Etre au neant.' p.173.<br /><br />Widely ranked as Voltaire's most important early philosophical work and 'the first bomb hurled against the Ancien Régime' Babson.<br /> ESTC T137639. Glasgow, Printed by Robert Urie, 1759. unknown
1777ST20535-04La Haye The Hague but Geneva: Aux dépens des Libraries 1777. FIRST EDITION. 215 x 140 mm. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2". 1 p.l. 303 3 pp. <br/> Publisher's marbled paper wrappers flat spine edges untrimmed. A Large Paper Copy. Benesco 1860. Andrew R. Morehouse "The Voltaire Collection in the Rare Book Room" The Yale Library Gazette 17 no. 4 1943 p. 75.<br /> Paper wrappers a bit faded as expected slightly defective at corners and a little curled otherwise and perhaps even so A VERY FINE COPY--the text within immense margins entirely clean fresh and bright.<br/> <br/> This is a remarkable survival in its original wrappers of a work related to one of the most resonating controversies of Voltaire's life and writings--the question of his anti-Semitism. A giant of the Enlightenment and one of the greatest of French writers and philosophers Voltaire real name François-Marie Arouet 1694-1778 writes here in response to "Lettres de quelques Juifs portugais allemands et polonais à M. de Voltaire" a 1776 critique by Antoine Guénée objecting to the anti-Semitism especially as expressed within a commercial context in our author's "Dictionnaire Philosophique." Deeply philosophical and leavened with satire the 120 chapters of the seminal "Dictionnaire" were widely read much condemned and not infrequently burned as they challenged religious authority advocated for toleration and dealt with many social and political issues from an uncomfortable Enlightenment perspective. And there can be no doubt that Voltaire's "Dictionnaire" does in fact contain critical remarks about the Jews; at the same time the author's criticism is extended with equal warmth to organized religion in other forms. In the present response to Guénée Voltaire is nothing if not scathing which in the end works against him. As Voltaire scholar Andrew R. Morehouse wryly puts it the text here expands upon Voltaire's previous points in such a way as to "justify the accusation that he is cruelly anti-Semitic." This work is not exactly rare but it is very unusual to find it in original wrappers as here particularly in such fine condition. Aux dépens des Libraries unknown
3439Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles / D. Jouaust 1880. FIRST EDITION of one of Voltaire's most unusual works with a lot of explicit erotic verse. A SPECIAL LARGE-PAPER COPY ON CHINESE PAPER PRINTED FOR JOUAUST THE PUBLISHER. 2 leaves; XL 151 pp. plus frontispiece etched portrait of Voltaire also on Chinese paper. 8vo. Bound in contemporary cloth with leather spine label surely for Jouaust whose engraved bookplate is on the front pastedown. Entirely uncut and unopened. Leather spine label worn else fine and bright. Bengesco 1891 vol. II p. 363. <br/><br/> Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles / D. Jouaust, 1880 hardcover
17687816<p>Glasgow: Printed for Robert Urie 1768 Three English-language editions were printed in 1768 one in London one in Dublin and one in Glasgow. All have different collations and none name a translator. The Urie edition is rare: ESTC lists seven copies three in North America Toronto North Carolina Huntington Library. . Contemporary speckled calf with red calf spine label. Octavo in fours. Binding extremities lightly worn occasional light marginal dampstaining. Old ink signature on title-page later ink signature and address on front free endpaper bookplate of a third owner on front pastedown. Overall a good clean copy with wide margins possibly a large paper copy.</p> Printed for Robert Urie,
ALDR0328A Londres 1775. 8°. XV 447 S. mit 21 v. 22 gest. Taf. Titelblatt mit Zierrahmen u. kleiner Vignette mit Kopf- u. Zierleisten sow. kleinen Schlussvignetten Textseiten mit Doppellinien gerahmt. Marmorierter Lederband d. Zeit restauriert Kanten berieben Fehlstellen unterlegt. eine Lage locker. Seiten und Tafeln gering verfärbt oder fleckig Besitzstempel am Titelblatt Ex libris -Stempel Erich Cimbal. Rose. Erotic Books 357. Vgl. Cohen 2 243f. Cohen/Ricci 103.1 Bengesco I500 - aufwendig gestaltete mit fingiertem Autor und Druckort sow. ohne Verlegernamen herausgegebene Ausgabe der Pucelle dOrleans Voltaires heroisch satirischem Versepos über die Jungfrau von Orleans Jeanne dArc in welchem der Dichter den Glauben an Wunder und Vorsehung und die Glorifizierung der Jungfräulichkeit heftig kritisiert und verspottet. Das Werk erschien nach einigen unvollständigen Raubdrucken erstmals 1762 unter Voltaires Namen und erfuhr obwohl es von der katholischen Kirche auf den Index gesetzt wurde und nur geheim publiziert werden konnte zahlreiche oft unauthorisierte Ausgaben. Allein aus dem Jahr 1775 sind u. a. Ausgaben unbekannter Herkunft eine aus Genf und mehrere mit dem vorgeblichen Druckort London nachzuweisen. Die unsignierten gestochenen Tafeln mit ironisch drastischen Darstellungen erotischer Szenen werden meist Claude Louis Desrais um 1746-1816 zugeschrieben. Das Frontispiz ist anstelle der fehlenden sechsten Illustrationstafel eingebunden. Die fehlende Tafel liegt in Kopie bei. A Londres 1775. unknown
1103-15Neufchatel 1765. 8°. 232 S. Ldr. d. Zt. Mit Rückengoldpräg. u. Rückensch. Ecken bestoßen. Haupttitelbl. fehlt. Teile davon wurden auf das Vortitelbl. mont. EA Bengesco II 156 714; Querard III 262 - Enthält 20 Briefe und Anhänge. Das Werk wurde 1771 auf den Index gesetzt. Es erschien später in 'les oeuvres completès' unter dem Titel 'Question sur les miracles'. - Contient 20 lettres et des pieces annexes. Selon Grimm un jeune etudiant en theologie reformee Voltaire proposa au digne professeur de theologie de Geneve le pasteur Claparede quelques questions sur les miracles. Les lettres furent publiees isolement sous divers pseudonymes. L'ouvr. Sera repris dans les oeuvres sous le titre "Questions sur les miracles".Scandaleux l'ouvrage fut place a l'index en 1771. [Neufchatel] 1765. unknown
ALDR0052Genève Cramer 1765. 8°. 390 340 404 392 344 356 368 328 366 398 440 u. 334 S. Titelei in Pag. Mit Front. von Watelet nach Pierre und 34 Kupferstich-Tafeln nach Gravelot. Marmorierte Kalbslederbde. der Zeit auf Rücken mit reichen Verz. sowie m. Titel und Bandnr. in Goldpräg. auf 2 mont. Papierschi. Stehkantenvergoldung marmor. Vorsätzen sowie umseit Rotschnitt. Einbände stärker berieben Kapitale und Ecken größtenteils schadhaft Buchdeckel tlw. m. Schabspuren Leder am Rücken brüchig und z.Tl. unvollständig vorhanden im Text weitgehend fleckenfreie und schön erhaltene Ausgabe. - Alle Bände mit gest. Adelsexlibris Bde. 1 u. 2 mit Namenseintrag v. alter Hand 'Ger. Nicolas . Roterodami 1772'. Brunet II 281; Graesse II 267; Ebert 5229; Reynaud Sp. 95; Bengesco II 141. - Die berühmte von Voltaire edierte Gesamtausgabe hier die zweite rechtmäßige Ausgabe mit den gleichen Illustrationen wie die der ein Jahr zuvor ebenda erschienenen Erstausgabe. Enthält sämtliche Bühnenstücke von Pierre Corneille einige Stücke seines jüngeren Bruders Thomas sowie Bühnenwerke von Jean Racine. Band 1 mit einer gedruckten Widmung von Voltaire an die Mitglieder der 'Académie Francaise'. - ""Diese Ausgabe veranstaltete Voltaire bekanntlich zum Besten der Urenkelin von Corneille"" Ebert / ""Belle édition a été longtemps regardée comme la meilleure que l'on eût de ce poete et les exemples avaient acquis une certaine valeur "" Brunet. / ""Belle édition que Voltaire fit imprimer par souscription chez les frères Cramer à Genève en l'accompagnant de commentaires afin de doter une descendante du grand Corneille qu'il avait recueillie. Toute l'Europe y prit part."" Cohen/R. Sp. 255 zur EA. [Genève], [Cramer] 1765. unknown
882141LondonLondon: John Brindley 1749 3/4 Tan Calf. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Engraved frontis.238pp. rebacked with new tan morocco spine raised bands and gold lettering over original marble boards. Contents slightly age toned binding rubbed and soiled corners bumped but a very nice copy. Probably the First English Edition. LondonLondon: John Brindley, 1749 hardcover
