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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
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
12457London. Printed by J. Nourse. 1774. F. Hardcover. 8vo. 21.5cm ii1861p. book ad. first edition in English in full tree calf gilt decorated spine panels wanting labels upper hinge shaken otherwise very good to fine copy n14. - Poet historian and philosopher he is general know as Voltaire 1694-1778. London. Printed by J. Nourse. 1774 hardcover
2119828Geneva: Cramer. 1765. Two vols 8vo. Contemporary sprinkled calf spines ornamented in gilt and with morocco lettering-pieces all edges gilt marbled endpapers bound as vols '24' and '25' but published separately; pp. I: 280; II: 288 woodcut vignettes and headpieces; a little wear to corners p. 6 of vol. II with small paperflaw otherwise a beautiful clean and fresh set.An early edition in a charming contemporary binding.First published in 1759 and revised repeatedly by Voltaire until 1775 the Histoire de l'Empire de Russie sous Pierre le Grand draws on privileged information gathered through his connections with Catherine the Great and Frederick the Great. Written at the request of the Russian court the work presents Peter the Great as the architect of Russia's transformation into a modern European power. unknown
1762D17370Londres: Robert Freemann" i. e2 Geneva 1762. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Modern leather scuffed light discoloration on covers; starry endpapers; contents with varying spotting throughout. Bookplate of Francis John Hughes. <br/><br/> Robert Freemann" [i. e2, Geneva] hardcover
1723D17367Geneva: "A Geneve Chez Jean Mokpak" i. e. Rouen: Viret 1723. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. viii 231 pages. Contemporary calf spine ends chipped front joint partly cracked; Marginal dampstaining at beginning and end. Bookplate of Francis John Hughes <br/><br/> "A Geneve, Chez Jean Mokpak" [i. e., Rouen: Viret], hardcover
176818133A Geneve but London 1768. 8vo 184 pp. Some occasional light foxing. Modern calf black spine label. A pirated printing of the first edition. French text. A Geneve [but London] unknown
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
1880260409Paris: Chez J. Lemonyer Libraire 1880. Frontispieces and 20 headpieces. 2 vols. 8vo. Bound in three quarters green morocco spines faded uniformally to brown printed wrappers bound in by Flammarion. Fine. Frontispieces and 20 headpieces. 2 vols. 8vo. <br/><br/> Chez J. Lemonyer, Libraire 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,
elala5774London: Au dépens de la Compagnie 1757. Originally published at The Hague in 1738 this collection of writings begins with the letter on the soul. It should not be confused with Voltaire’s Lettres Philosophiques Letters Concerning the English Nation. Bengesco II p. 20 1558n. 8vo. pp. 285 3. woodcut tailpieces. 19th century bds. worn. elala5774 London: Au dépens de la Compagnie, 1757 unknown
elala5775London: Au dépens de la Compagnie 1775. Originally published at The Hague in 1738 this collection of writings begins with the letter on the soul. It should not be confused with Voltaire’s Lettres Philosophiques Letters Concerning the English Nation. Bengesco II p. 20 1558n citing 8vo. 12mo. pp. 316. Uncut in original wrs. elala5775 London: Au dépens de la Compagnie, 1775 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
179635912Catskill NY: Printed by T. & M. Croswel for selves and J. Fellows & E. Duyckinck New York 1796. 8 336 pp. Disbound textblock split. Title page engraving of Voltaire by Peter R. Maverick. Good. <br /> <br /> An early Catskill imprint; printing began there in 1792. Evans located no earlier American edition of this work; NAIP records a 1795 New York printing with only three locations. The Publisher's preliminary Advertisement notes "the great noise which the following work has made in foreign parts on account of the author's freedom in regard to matters of religion."<br /> Evans 31518. Printed by T. & M. Croswel for selves and J. Fellows & E. Duyckinck, New York unknown
179665253Catskill: Printed by T. and M. Croswell for selves and J. Fellows & E. Duyckinck New York 1796. First American edition. This edition was first published in 1764. Engraved title with vignette portrait by P. R. Maverick of New York. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary sheep morocco label; front joint cracked. Marginal browning of text browning or staining of endpapers else a very good copy with the contemporary signature of John Gebhard Jr on free endpaper. First American edition. This edition was first published in 1764. Engraved title with vignette portrait by P. R. Maverick of New York. 1 vols. 12mo. The editor notes on the advertisement leaf that he recognizes that there might be criticism for the translation and publication of this work "on account of the author's freedom in regard to matters of religion" but feels that the quality of the work exceeds its criticisms and the "True religion is not afraid of bearing the strictest examination." There was strong interest in the French writers of "free thought" and "intellectual liberalism" in America in the eighteenth-early 19th century especially Voltaire and Condillac. The Enlightenment in France greatly influenced the American enlightenment. Library Company of Philadelphia "First American Editions" p. 5; Shipton and Mooney 31518 Printed by T. and M. Croswell for selves and J. Fellows & E. Duyckinck, New York unknown
111490Sans lieu ni mention d'éditeur [Genève, Cramer], 1759- 1763 [1761], 2 volumes in-8 de 195 x 120 mm environ, frontispice aux deux médailles, XXXIX pages, 302 pages - (2) ff. (faux-titre, titre), XVI pages, 318 pages, (1) f. blanc. Pleines reliures d'époque, dos à 5 nerfs portant titres et tomaisons dorés sur pièces de cuir, caissons ornés, coupes filetées, gardes marbrées. Frontispice et bois gravé in-texte (plan) présents, sans les cartes de la Russie. Mors fragilisés, une coiffe manquante et des épidermures, des rousseurs, état correct malgré les défauts signalés.
1878LFA-126734928Un feuillet format 80 x 120 mm, s.d. (1878 ou légèrement avant), Imp. Ducoulombier, très bon état
197763279Lincoln MA: Penmaen Press 1977. Deluxe Limited Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 33pp. Quarto 28.5 cm 1/2 black cloth over red marbled boards. Black endleaves. Pages bound in French-fold fashion. Very good plus with bumping to the foot of the spine. Housed in a black cloth slipcase that is in very good condition with light surface and edge wear. Dance 225. Illustrated with six Lynd Ward engravings. Translated by Anthony Hecht. Introduction by Arthur Wilson. Signed by Ward Wilson and Hecht on the limitation page. This Deluxe edition was limited to a 100 roman numeral copies this is copy LI 51. Penmaen Press hardcover
176954921769. A Amsterdam Lausanne chez Jean-Jacques du Fay Grasset 1769. 2 tomes reliÂŽs en 1 fort vol. in-8 202 x 121 mm de 1 f. bl. viii - 235 pp. ; viii - 235 pp. et 1 f. bl. Reliure de l'ÂŽpoque de plein veau marbrÂŽ havane filet ˆ froid encadrant les plats dos ˆ nerfs ornÂŽ de doubles caissons d'encadrement dorÂŽs doubles filets dorÂŽs jeu de filets obliques dorÂŽs sur les nefs fleurons dorÂŽs semis de pointillÂŽs dorÂŽs piÂce de titre de maroquin vieux-rouge titre dorÂŽ palette dorÂŽe en queue filet dorÂŽ sur les coupes toutes tranches rouges. Seconde ÂŽdition en partie originale publiÂŽe ˆ la mÂme date que la premiÂre. ''TraumatisÂŽ par la dramatique affaire du chevalier FranÂois-Jean de La Barre condamnÂŽ ˆ Âtre exÂŽcutÂŽ aprÂs avoir subi un supplice inhumain Voltaire avait ˆ cÃur de dÂŽnoncer les excÂs d'une institution qui rendait si mal la justice. L'hostilitÂŽ de Voltaire envers le Parlement de Paris n'avait rien ˆ voir avec les querelles contemporaines: en retraÂant son histoire le philosophe entendait jeter le discrÂŽdit sur le fonctionnement de lÕinstitution et mettre en ÂŽvidence l'arbitraire et la barbarie des jugements rendus. Pour ce faire l'auteur procÂde non en polÂŽmiste mais en historien. C'est avec objectivitÂŽ que Voltaire dresse son ÇrÂŽquisitoireÈ adoptant pour ce faire une perspective chronologique. Il rÂŽvÂle ainsi le caractÂre redoutable de cette institution gangrenÂŽe par la vÂŽnalitÂŽ des charges et un profond obscurantisme. Voltaire insiste c'est ce parlement qui condamna la marÂŽchale d'Ancre pour sorcellerie qui rendit des arrÂts justifiant la Saint-BarthÂŽlemy et enregistra la bulle Unigenitus sous la pression du cardinal Dubois qui ordonna le supplice infligÂŽ ˆ Damiens indigne selon lui d'une sociÂŽtÂŽ civilisÂŽe''. ValÂŽrie Crugten-AndrÂŽ. ''Cet ouvrage fit beaucoup de bruit dÂs l'instant qu'il parut. On sut bient™t d'o venait le livre on en nommait l'auteur. Voltaire qui savait ce qu'il pouvait gagner ˆ irriter les membres du Parlement fut tellement effrayÂŽ de cette proscription qu'il s'empressa d'ÂŽcrire de tous c™tÂŽs qu'il n'ÂŽtait point l'auteur de cet ouvrage. Il n'osa pas mÂme en faire la confidence ˆ ses plus intimes amis tels d'Argental et d'Alembert. ''Il me para”t absurde ÂŽcrivait-il ˆ ce dernier de m'attribuer un ouvrage dans lequel il y a deux ou trois morceaux qui ne peuvent Âtre tirÂŽs que d'un greffe poudreux o je n'ai assurÂŽment pas mis le pied ; mais la calomnie n'y regarde pas de si prÂs. Je vous demande en gr‰ce d'employer toute votre ÂŽloquence pour dÂŽtruire un bruit encore plus dangereux que ridicule''. Le Parlement renonÂa toutefois ''pour le moment ˆ l'inutile cÂŽrÂŽmonie de bržler le libelle et au soin plus sÂŽrieux d'en chercher l'auteur''. in QuÂŽrard. Elle finira pourtant par Âtre saisie et dÂŽtruite. Le prÂŽsident Desportes reconnut que le ''rÂŽcit des faits dÂŽpeints dans l'ouvrage ÂŽtait d'une grande exactitude''. Barbier IV Dictionnaire des ouvrages anonymes 786 - Cioranescu III Bibliographie de la littÂŽrature franÂaise du XVIIIÂme siÂcle 64425 - QuÂŽrard X La France littÂŽraire p. 362 - Bengesco 1247 - Peignot II Livres condamnÂŽs 189. Angles ÂŽmoussÂŽs. Petit dÂŽfaut au mors supÂŽrieur. Quelques feuillets brunis et rares rousseurs dans le texte. Nonobstant bel ensemble. b42961 unknown
17695492A Amsterdam [Lausanne ?], chez Jean-Jacques du Fay [Grasset ?], 1769. 2 tomes reliés en 1 fort vol. in-8 (202 x 121 mm) de 1 f. bl., viii - 235 pp. ; viii - 235 pp. et 1 f. bl. Reliure de l'époque de plein veau marbré havane, filet à froid encadrant les plats, dos à nerfs orné de doubles caissons d'encadrement dorés, doubles filets dorés, jeu de filets obliques dorés sur les nefs, fleurons dorés, semis de pointillés dorés, pièce de titre de maroquin vieux-rouge, titre doré, palette dorée en queue, filet doré sur les coupes, toutes tranches rouges.
2021__1684482917Bucknell Univ Pr 2021. Paperback. New. bilingual edition. 467 pages. French language. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches. Bucknell Univ Pr paperback
1959R260116560RIVAROL. 1959. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos frotté, Intérieur frais. 92 pages. Couverture illustrée en jaune et noir. Nombreuses illustrations en noir et blac hors texte de Ben.. . . . Classification Dewey : 847-Satire, humour
1959R240048660EDITE PAR RIVAROL. 1959. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. défraîchie, Dos abîmé, Intérieur acceptable. 92 pages - quelques illustrations en noir et blanc dans et hors texte - coins frottés et pliés - coiffe en tête et pied abimée.. . . . Classification Dewey : 847-Satire, humour
641301 plaquette de 30 pages, sans date, brochée.
2852in 12 broché couverture illustrée,faux-titre,titre,212 pages,illustrations hors-texte éditions du Soleil 1946 (voyage au pays du Gaullisme)