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1981WRCLIT20753Cambridge: For Presentation to Members of the Roxburghe Club 1981. Quarto. Half morocco t.e.g. Manuscript facsimiles. Edited by Desmond Flower. First edition. Tiny duplicate deaccession stamps on verso of title and once in text carefully erased but still faintly visible otherwise fine. For Presentation to Members of the Roxburghe Club unknown books
1787WRCLIT71108A Geneve 1787. 164pp. 12mo. Old mottled calf gilt label. A number of edges untrimmed. Some spotting and smudging binding rubbed and joints cracked; just a good copy. The second edition noted in Barbier of one of the popular biographies of Voltaire first published the previous year with a portrait not carried over to this edition. BARBIER IV:1018. unknown books
137212Paris: Librairie d'Amateurs n.d. The Libraire d'Amateurs edition of Voltaire's satirical novella. Quarto bound in three quarter crushed morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands marbled endpapers ribbon bound in top edge gilt with 46 monochrome plates by Umberto Brunelleschi. In fine condition. Housed in a custom marbled slipcase. 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. Librairie d'Amateurs hardcover
192027654MODERN LIBRARY 1920 This COPY is a first edition from new plates with Parts I and II printed June 1930 with 268 Titles Mentioned on Dustjacket Back. HBDJ BK VG- / GOOD DJ SMALL Chip top front edge in Blue Margin Copyright states it was first publ. in 1920 in ML and the plates soon Destroyed. This COPY is a first edition from new plates with Parts I and II printed June 1930. . sunned chipped and scuffed spine 1st edn thus 268 book titles mentioned on Back DJ limp green covers. Small Octavo.16mo Upper page ends are dyed green in color OR TOPSTAIN light FADE Dimensions: 4.50" x 6 3/4 in 236 pgs 5 pgs ADS Small Octavo GREEN Flexible Cloth The publisher's logo is embossed into the front cover in lightly worn gilt. The Title is embossed into the spine in Faded Gold Gilt light wear rub.Order coupon on rear panel of DJ with 95 Cents Tiny chips tears wear Extremities DJ Toledano #2 in green CLOTH. The classic attack on "Optimism" in which we meet Dr. Pangloss and Cunegonde in addition to Candide. Voltaire spent 3 days composing his Satanic Masterpiece in 1759 Satire . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. MODERN LIBRARY hardcover
198195056Berkeley: Arif Press 1981. Hardcover. Fine. Translated by P. H. Hanssen. Slim small octavo. Cloth with applied paper label. Fine. One of 150 copies. Arif Press hardcover
1977020413Lincoln: Penmaen Press 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Light marking to cloth along spine. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Lynd Ward. Quarto in cloth-backed boards. Of 200 numbered copies of this special edition this copy not numbered but marked "O.S." out-of-series. Illustrated with six wood engravings by Lynd Ward. SIGNED by artist Lynd Ward Anthony Hecht the translator and Arthur Wilson who wrote the introduction. Hand-printed by Michael McCurdy and Evelyn Clarke with Ward's engravings struck from the blocks. There were also 100 deluxe copies and 200 trade copies. Prospectus laid in. <br/><br/> Penmaen Press hardcover
1802mon0000032325<p>Paris Pierre Didot l'A�ne et d 1802. Half Leather. Very Good. in x in x in. Unread. Foxing to end pages. No markings in book. Binding is fine. Leather wrapped spine and corner corner tips all of which are rubbed.</p> Paris, Pierre Didot l'A�ne, et d hardcover
1973mon0000020382Limited Editions Club 1973. Hardcover. Like New. in x in x in. Unread. Limited numbered edition this being book number 179. Signed by the illustrator. No markings in book. Binding is tight. There is a round perhaps bookplate on front free page that has 3 initials. Slipcase as some rubbing to covers and a bump to spine edge. Limited Editions Club hardcover
1981123982Berkeley CA: The Arif Press 1981. cloth label on spine. Arif Press. 12mo. cloth label on spine. 16 2 pages. Limited to 150 copies. Translated from the French by P.H. Hanson. Frontispiece facsimile of 1784 engraving. The Arif Press unknown books
16958Voltaire. Candide. Franklin Library. Pennsylvania: Franklin Library 1979. Hardcover. A Limited Edition. Original binding. Bound in one quarter premium full leather. Covers Accented in Gilt motifs. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges with silk ribbon page marker and decorated endsheets. Translation of Tobias Smollet This version also includes many with illustrations of Antoni Clave. Candide is a satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. A beautiful book in pristine condition.<br /> <br /> Candide is living a sheltered life with his mentor Professor Pangloss who's mantra is "all is for the best" in the "best of all possible worlds" but as the fantastical and fast-moving plot continues Candide slowly and painfully is disillusioned as he witnesses and experiences great hardships. Voltaire concludes Candide with a practical precept "we must cultivate our garden" in lieu of the "all is for the best" in the "best of all possible worlds". Candide has enjoyed both great success and great scandal. Immediately after its secretive publication the book was widely banned to the public because it contained religious blasphemy political sedition and intellectual hostility hidden under a thin veil of naïveté. Today Candide is recognized as Voltaire's magnum opus and is often listed as part of the Western canon. unknown
16958Voltaire. Candide. Franklin Library. Pennsylvania: Franklin Library First Edition 1979. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A Limited Edition. Original binding. Bound in one quarter premium full leather. Covers Accented in Gilt motifs. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges with silk ribbon page marker and decorated endsheets. Translation of Tobias Smollet This version also includes many with illustrations of Antoni Clave. Candide is a satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. A beautiful book in pristine condition.<br/><br/>Candide is living a sheltered life with his mentor Professor Pangloss who's mantra is "all is for the best" in the "best of all possible worlds" but as the fantastical and fast-moving plot continues Candide slowly and painfully is disillusioned as he witnesses and experiences great hardships. Voltaire concludes Candide with a practical precept "we must cultivate our garden" in lieu of the "all is for the best" in the "best of all possible worlds". Candide has enjoyed both great success and great scandal. Immediately after its secretive publication the book was widely banned to the public because it contained religious blasphemy political sedition and intellectual hostility hidden under a thin veil of naïveté. Today Candide is recognized as Voltaire's magnum opus and is often listed as part of the Western canon. unknown books
19281393977London UK: John Lane The Bodley Head LTD 1928. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. Octavo xxxiii 220 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Black spine with blue lettering and motif. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering has mild shelving wear. Boards have fraying along the rear head edge mild bending wear along the corners and mild fraying along the front tail fore corner and rear tail edge. Textblock has stains on pages xxxiv and 1 and 128-129 splitting along the gutter between pages 33-128 and mild age toning. Shelved in Room C. 1393977. Special Collections. John Lane The Bodley Head LTD hardcover
197721835Lincoln Massachusetts: Penmaen Press 1977. First English language edition. Hardcover. vg. 4to. 34pp. Black half clothed binding over b/w illustrated boards in black cloth covered slipcase. Some wear and rubbing to slipcase. Half Title. Frontispiece. Pages uncut. "Translated into English by Anthony Hecht with six wood engravings by Lynd Ward and an introduction by Arthur Wilson". A poem by Voltaire about the devastating earthquake that struck Lisbon on Nov. 1st 1755. A special edition of 200 signed by Hecht Ward and Wilson. In French and English. In very good condition. Penmaen Press hardcover
027465A GENEVE, sans nom, 1764 0 un volume in-8° (125 x 195mm), XII 314 pp. Reliure en basane fauve marbré, dos lisse orné, tranches rouges, gardes " grand tourniquet " (reliure époque). (volume légèrement frotté, restauration ancienne sur les coiffes, restauration ancienne maladroite dans les marges du feuillet 159-160, présence de rousseurs pâles). Première édition pour le " Supplément au discours aux Welches ".
15691Genève, s.n., 1764. In-8, XII-314-(2) pp., reliure de l'époque, plein veau raciné, filet estampé à froid en encadrement sur les plats, dos lisse richement orné, pièce de titre, tranches carmin (mors usés).
40938Lausanne Chez Grasset, Libraire 1770 in 12 (17x10) Les 2 parties reliées en 1 volume reliure pleine basane fauve de l'époque, dos à nerfs orné, pièce de titre de cuir beige, tranches teintées rouge, 179 pages et 155 pages. Sixième édition corrigée. Bon exemplaire ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request )
1934122331934 broché (paperback) petit in-quarto, dos et couverture rempliée imprimés et illustrés (spine and cover printed and illustrated) restauration très discrète en bas du dos (very discrete repair in bottom of the spine), tranches non rognées (edges no smoothes), tiré à 2500 (2500 copies were printed), illustrations de Louis Berthommé Saint-André - 16 hors-texte couleurs (full page engraving in colours) - gravures tirées par G. Duval et coloriées par E. Vairel Fils et cul-de-lampe en noir (tailpiece in black), 145 pages, 1934 à Paris Editions de la Bonne Etoile,
1946162341946 Paris, Lefèvre, 1946, in-12, cart., sous étui cart. ocre, dos polygonal, illustré de chevaux à queue de poisson, 168 pp. Ouvrage établi avec le concours d'Henri Jonquières, un des 450 exemplaires sur vélin de Lana, numéro 201. Contient 24 gravures sur bois de Marino ANDREU.
176531733A Paris, chez Janet, 1817. Un vol. au format pt in-12 (147 x 88 mm) de 1 f. bl., 1 frontispice gravé n.fol., xxxvi - 179 pp. et 1 f. bl. Reliure signée de l'époque d eplein veau glacé olive, dentelle d'encadrement à froid et filet d'encadrement à froid terminé par de petits fleurons angulaires dorés portés sur les plats, dos à nerfs orné de filets à froid, filet en pointillés doré sur les nerfs, roulettes à froid, larges fleurons dorés, filets dorés, palette dorée en queue, filet stylisé doré sur les coupes, tranches dorées, dentelle intérieure dorée.
1765317331765. A Paris chez Janet 1817. Un vol. au format pt in-12 147 x 88 mm de 1 f. bl. 1 frontispice gravÂŽ n.fol. xxxvi - 179 pp. et 1 f. bl. Reliure signÂŽe de l'ÂŽpoque d eplein veau glacÂŽ olive dentelle d'encadrement ˆ froid et filet d'encadrement ˆ froid terminÂŽ par de petits fleurons angulaires dorÂŽs portÂŽs sur les plats dos ˆ nerfs ornÂŽ de filets ˆ froid filet en pointillÂŽs dorÂŽ sur les nerfs roulettes ˆ froid larges fleurons dorÂŽs filets dorÂŽs palette dorÂŽe en queue filet stylisÂŽ dorÂŽ sur les coupes tranches dorÂŽes dentelle intÂŽrieure dorÂŽe. Exemplaire revÂtu d'une dÂŽlicate reliure romantique du temps ; signÂŽe P. Thouvenin Jeune en queue du dos. L'ouvrage s'ouvre sur un portrait-frontispice gravÂŽ figurant Henri IV et recÂle en outre trois planches gravÂŽes ˆ l'eau-forte signÂŽes Desenne dans la plaque. 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.'' Ramsden French bookbinders p. 204 - FlÂŽty Dictionnaire des relieurs franÂais p. 100. Angles et coiffe supÂŽrieure ÂŽlimÂŽs. Petit dÂŽfaut affectant le mors supÂŽrieur du premier plat. Quelques claires rousseurs dans le corps d'ouvrage. Du reste bonne condition. b42961 unknown
0469-16Wien Privatdruck 1910. 12°. 77 S. Mit 4 Taf. nach Kupferstichen. OKart. [Wien], Privatdruck [1910]. unknown
184333932AB1843. Leipzig Brockhaus = Ausgewählte Bibliothek der Classiker des Auslandes Band 17 1843 8° XLVIII 206 S. mit Zeilenzählern Glanzvorsatzseiten Text: Fraktur Leineneinband der Zeit mit goldener Rückenbeschriftung der Rücken etwas aufgehellt alter Besitzervermerk auf Vorsatzseite zu Beginn und am Schluß etwas altersbraunfleckig sonst ein schönes sauberes Exemplar. Abholung im Ladengeschäft in Frankfurt am Main Nordend ggü. Musterschule möglich. Das spart die Portokosten. Pickup at the store in Frankfurt am Main Nordend close to Musterschule is possible. It saves the shipping costs. unknown
99463Paris La Porte 1777. . Französisch-lateinischer Paralleldruck des Gedichtes zu Ehren von Henri IV. zuest 1723. Die lateinische Übersetzung wohl vom Drucker und Verleger Antoine Louis Guillaume Catherine La Porte 1746-1817 selbst. - Einband bestoßen ob. Kapital abgestoßen Paris, La Porte, 1777. unknown
0880-14Genève 1778. 16°. 2 Bll. 168 S. Mit gest. Titelportr. Henri IV gest. v. Louis Le Grand. HLdr. d. Zt. Mit Rückengoldpräg. Etw. berieb. Bengesco I 391 - Voltaire verfasste 'La Henriade' zu Ehren König Heinrich IV. In diesem 1723 erstmals erschienenem Epos schildert er die Endphase der französischen Religigionskriege des 16. Jahrhunderts und feiert König Heinrich IV als Friedensstifter und Retter der Nation. Genève 1778. unknown
1978Q-0553120026Bantam Classic 1978-01-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Bantam Classic paperback
