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193110768Paris: Henry Cyral Éditeur 1931. Legature con lieve sbucciatura sulle cerniere e qualche graffietto ma complessivamente ben conservati. Uno strappetto di un paio di centimetri sul margine esterno di pagina 1 del primo tomo. Due volumi in legatura coeva in mezza pelle con angoli titoli dorati su tasselli fregi dorati e falsi nervi cm15x20 pp 6 376 4 6 339 7 illustrazioni a colori di Daniel Girard Paris 1890-1970. Raffinata edizione illustrata dei romanzi e racconti di Voltaire tirata in 850 esemplari questo uno degli 800 su Vélin de Rives da Henry Cyral. Conservate nella legatura le brossure illustrate di entrambi i volumi. Henry Cyral, Éditeur unknown
17500074571750. First Edition of most if not all the copper engravings presumed. Full Morocco. Near Fine. Hubert Gravelot Hyacinthe Rigaud Robert Gardelle Charles-Andre Van Loo Jannet La Tour. Also various engravers. An interesting collection of copper engraved plates relating to Voltaire and these mostly illustrations from his dramatic works including "Henriade" the most represented of the works and as so happens one of the very few that occasionally still known by non-Voltaire scholars and that might enjoy a production in the modern era "Tancrede" "La Princesse de Navarre" "L'Enfant Prodigue" "Socrate" "L'Orpheline de Chine" "Horace" "Nanine" "La Prude" "Semiramis" "Le Duc de Foix" etc. We believe these are without exception also copper engravings issued during Voltaire's lifetime and all of them date to the 18th Century. The plates we stress were not issued as the suite here; this suite was created later probably by or on behalf of the bibliophile whose decorative bookplate is mounted in the front -- Charles MacAllister Wilcox 1870 - 1932 who was a successful Denver business executive. all done during Voltaire's lifetime. The dramatic works include Bound by Riviere & Son in full red morocco gilt ruling and decoration raised bands turn-ins. 8vo. 25 by 19.5 cm. 50 plates including frontis the plates done by various artists and engravers but Hubert Gravelot is by far the most represented of the artists with 43 of the engravings based on his artwork. Six of the plates are portrait plates one of Voltaire as to be expected the others of Louis XIV and XV monarchs during Voltaire's lifetime Charles XII and Peter the Great monarchs Voltaire wrote biographies of and of Gravelot. This makes the point to us that the Suite of Plates is as much a tribute to Gravelot's artistry as to Voltaire his inspiration. And his artwork is vivid often seething with activity and movement. Not only is he without peer among Baroque illustrators but also the perfect choice to capture the spirit of a dramatic work. The raised bands and edges of the binding have some rubbing. Offsetting of the turn-ins onto the FEPs which we and most will find rather attractive. A few of the plates have an obvious jagged crease mark in their lower portion. Some light scattered soiling including a fox mark here and there. unknown
180724268London: Printed for J.J. Stockdale No. 41 Pall-Mall 1807. Hardcover. Very good condition. Bound in fine diced leather one of the best known histories by the famed French philosopher and author. A cautionary history of the career of the Swedish king written to for "the benefit princes might derive . should this book ever fall into their hands" p29.<br /> <br /> Translated from the French by John Joseph Stockdale by M. de Voltaire ; to which are prefixed anecdotes of Peter the Great . ; translated from the French by John Joseph Stockdale .<br /> <br /> 8vo frontispiece portrait iv 483pp. Top of spine slightly chipped. Owner signature laid down at top corner title page Orlton Cooper otherwise bright and clean. OCLC: 1008272773. Printed for J.J. Stockdale, No. 41, Pall-Mall hardcover
1950GB000LQR2DQI5N00Carlton House New York 1950. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Carlton House, New York hardcover
195424637Privately Printed for the editor at the University Press Cambridge 1954. Sm. 8vo. First Edition thus on laid paper with a portrait frontispiece original tissue guard present; marbled boards blue cloth back lettered and tooled in gilt boards lightly faded else a very good bright clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 400 COPIES. Privately Printed [for the editor] at the University Press, Cambridge, 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
195830214<p>HBDJ 1958 1ST EDITION THUS EARLY ISSUE REPRINT LARGER FORMAT VG/VG BACK OF Dustjacket says few of 500 Authors Blue Cloth Gold gilt Spine cvr ORANGE TOPSTAIN Book is mildly and uniformly age toned securely bound no gutter splits. and outside of inked signature on half title page free of other PO markings and blemishes and Cover is clean outside of light rubbing on rear panel with mild shelving bumping to the corners headband and tail and clear crisp and distinct gilt lettering on the spine. Dust Jacket is unclipped NO PRICE clean and bright with some fading along the spine mild chipping along the head and tail. 475 PGS INDEX His wars brought miseries to common People of Europe Hangings Burnings Torture on Vague Suspicion Voltaire HAD TALENT FOR SATIRIC VERSE Philosophy & Studied under Notorious Duc de Vendome Grand Prior of Order of Knights Templar. Voltaire had Obsession of King that was Trifle Excessive VOLTAIRE'S FATHER WAS LAWYER TO NOBLEST HOUSES Voltaire pretending to work in Paris as an assistant to a notary spent much of his time writing poetry. When his father found out he sent Voltaire to study law His wit made him popular among some of the aristocratic families with whom he mixed Voltaire was imprisoned in the</p> EVERYMAN’S Library DENT LONDON DUTTON hardcover
196629198HBDJ 1966 1ST EDITION THUS EARLY ISSUE REPRINT LARGER FORMAT VG/VG BACK OF Dustjacket says few of 500 Authors Blue Cloth Gold gilt Spine cvr ORANGE TOPSTAIN Book is mildly and uniformly age toned securely bound no gutter splits. and outside of inked signature on half title page free of other PO markings and blemishes and Cover is clean outside of light rubbing on rear panel with mild shelving bumping to the corners headband and tail and clear crisp and distinct gilt lettering on the spine. Dust Jacket is unclipped clean and bright with some fading along the spine mild chipping along the head and tail. 475 PGS INDEX His wars brought miseries to commonPeople of Europe Hangings Burnings Torture on Vague Suspicion Voltaire HAD TALENT FOR SATIRIC VERSE Philosophy & Studied under Notorious Duc de Vendome Grand Prior of Order of Knights Templar. Voltaire had Obsession of King that was Trifle Excessive VOLTAIRE'S FATHER WAS LAWYER TO NOBLEST HOUSES Voltaire pretending to work in Paris as an assistant to a notary spent much of his time writing poetry. When his father found out he sent Voltaire to study law His wit made him popular among some of the aristocratic f<br /><br /><br /> EVERYMAN’S Library DENT LONDON DUTTON hardcover
1785271221785. pages de titre absentes - Kehl de l'Imprimerie de la sociÂŽtÂŽ littÂŽraire typographique 1785. 2 vol. au format in-12 177 x 113 mm de 1 f. bl. 428 pp. et 1 f. bl. ; 1 f. bl. 399 pp. et 1 f. bl. Reliures uniformes de l'ÂŽpoque de plein veau glacÂŽ porphyre guirlande fleuronnÂŽ dorÂŽe encadrant les plats dos lisses richement ornÂŽs d'un filet d'encadrement dorÂŽs caissons d'encadrement dorÂŽs caissons dentelÂŽs dorÂŽs roulettes dorÂŽes larges fleurons dorÂŽs semis de pointillÂŽs dorÂŽs piÂces de titre de maroquin ÂŽbÂne piÂce de tomaison de maroquin fauve titre dorÂŽ tomaison dorÂŽe palette dorÂŽe en tÂte et queue jeu de petits filets obliques dorÂŽs sur les coupes tranches jaspÂŽes. Ensemble - sous reliures dÂŽcoratives du temps - complet des deux volumes constituant Les Annales de l'Empire ; ici proposÂŽs dans la cÂŽlÂbre ÂŽdition des Oeuvres complÂtes de Voltaire ÂŽtablie par les soins et aux frais Beaumarchais dite ÂŽdition de Kehl. ''Cette cÂŽlÂbre ÂŽdition ÂŽtait la plus complÂte la plus belle et la mieux ordonnÂŽe qui ežt paru jusqu'alors des Oeuvres de Voltaire. C'est sous le point de vue typographique que Beaumarchais mÂŽrite des ÂŽloges''. in Brunet. ''Cet ouvrage ne manque pas d'intÂŽrÂt pour ce qui concerne la conception de son auteur pour ce qui relÂve de l'ÂŽvolution des sociÂŽtÂŽs. L'ouvrage contient un vÂŽritable panorama des faits non seulement militaires politiques et religieux mais aussi sociaux.'' B. Bernard in Dictionnaire Voltaire p. 20. Graesse VII TrÂŽsor de livres rares et prÂŽcieux p. 390 - Brunet V Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres 1353 - Cioranescu III Bibliographie de la littÂŽrature franÂaise du XVIIIÂme siÂcle 63884 - Rahir La BibliothÂque de l'amateur p. 679. Angles ÂŽlimÂŽs. LÂŽgÂres altÂŽrations superficielles affectant les reliures. Pages de titre absentes. Quelques rousseurs ou t‰ches claires dans les corps d'ouvrages. Nonobstant bonne condition. b42961 unknown
1930000010961New York: Illustrated Editions Company 1930 1930. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 5 8-144 pp. Quarter brown cloth over blue paper boards with a red and gold decoration on the front board gold lettering blocked in red on the spine with a gold decoration on the spine. Illustrated by a frontispiece and with five full-page illustrations by Mahlon Blaine. A name on the free front endpaper and heavy toning to the pastedowns; jacket shows significant foxing to the reverse and two chips. Illustrated Editions Company [1930] hardcover
1930000011623New York: Williams Belasco and Meyers 1930 1930. Later edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. 4 7-144 pp. Navy cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine gold decoration on the front board. Price of $7.50 on the front panel of the dust jacket. With six full-page illustrations by Mahlon Blaine. With the glassine dustwrapper. Included is a publisher's announcement advertising Blaine's Candide and Aubrey Beardsley's Salome. A striking edition of Voltaire's masterful lampoon of Leibniz' "best of all possible worlds" theory. The jacket and the glassine wrapper have a few chips. Williams, Belasco, and Meyers [1930] hardcover
1929190846<p>New York: Random House 1929. First thus. HC w DJ. MV Good/Fair. Magenta cloth gilt titling & decoration moisture stained light soiling to edges FO gift inscription to FFEP FO name to prelim shaken. Unclipped DJ no price edgeworn rubbed soiled moisture stain to front now in Brodart. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. The first of the Random House Reprints set by hand in Garamond type and printed on a specially made paper by the Pynson Printers. Contains all the illustrations made by Rockwell Kent for the Random House limited edition of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight. PLEASE NOTE: We are happy to provide photos. Please contact us for any specific requests. BUYING AND SELLING USED AND RARE BOOKS FROM HISTORIC EAST NASHVILLE SINCE 2012.</p> Random House hardcover
1975280735New York: Random House 1975. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Reissue 1 of 10000 copies. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Fine in boards as issued in fine slip case. Random House hardcover
1928645163Random House 1928. First Thus. Leather Binding. Fine. Copy #1353 of 1470 numbered copies the entire edition signed by artist. Housed in a beautiful custom leather binding in half blue morocco over matching cloth spine with raised bands and gilt tooling edges untrimmed spine a trifle faded with very slight traces of wear. Kent Rockwell illustrator; Over 100 Engraved Illustrations. 111 1 pages. Uncredited English translation; introductory bibliographical note by Charles Edmund Merrill Jr. Notable for being the first book ever to carry the Random House imprint. Printed on all rag French paper by the Pynson Printers April 1928; signed and numbered by Kent on limitation page. Random House unknown
1927573Haarlem / New York: J. Enschedé en Zonen for the Bennett Libraries Inc 1927. Limited Edition. Near fine. Clara Tice 1888 - 1973. 8vo 9 x 5 3/4 inches 228 x 147 mm. 2 parts in 1 volume with continuous pagination: 10 182 pp. 7 index 10; 10 etched plates by CLARA TICE including hand-colored frontispiece each with tissue guard with legends printed in red. Copy 541 of the limited edition of 1000 copies set by hand in Didot type and printed on 'papier à la cuve' t.e.g. one page unopened. Etching at p.54 with loss in the lower corner not affecting the image paper somewhat toned at edges and occasional small tears to some sheets but copy is in near fine condition paper supple. Half cloth binding with marbled boards; gilt title on spine slightly rubbed some bumping and wear at corners and edges 2-inch crack to top of front hinge but binding tight and square.<br /> All for the Best. This edition enriched by Clara Tice's racy and whimsical illustrations is an "Exact reprint of the earliest English text" and was printed in Holland by the Johann Enschedé en Zonen of Haarlem founded in 1703. The verso of the title page states it was "set entirely by hand from type cast by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen from original Didot matrices." It bears amusing legends on the tissue guards printed in red: "Their hands strayed"; "Cut off only one of the buttocks"; "Their veils dropt".<br /> <br /> Clara Tice 1888 - 1973 drew racy illustrations at a time when ladies did not engage in such things and when Anthony Comstock's Society for the Suppression of Vice was very active. Tice attracted their unwanted attention for one of her early exhibitions at Polly's Restaurant in Greenwich Village in 1915 and it helped to jump-start her career. Vanity Fair dubbed Tice the "QUEEN OF GREENWICH VILLAGE". According to The New York Times 27 June 1920 she was the first woman in Greenwich village to bob her hair. Tice also created a cartoon strip and posters and she is included in the New York Dada Movement. J. Enschedé en Zonen for the Bennett Libraries Inc unknown
196912611DESCH 1969. 1. softcover. DESCH paperback
1952316680Paris: Gibert Jeune Librairie d'Amateurs 1952. Softcover. Near Fine. Limited edition. Small octavo. Illustrations by Umberto Brunelleschi. Some toning with wear to the spine ends near fine in pictorial wrappers with very good chipped and torn original glassine dustwrapper. One of 3000 numbered copies. Includes titillating illustrations throughout: 16 color and 23 black and white. Gibert Jeune Librairie d'Amateurs unknown
1928219661928. S.l. Kra / Coll. ''Poivre et sel'' 1928. Un vol. au format gd in-8 213 x 164 mm de 225 pp. brochÂŽ sous couverture ˆ rabats rempliÂŽs. Un des exemplaires numÂŽrotÂŽs du tirage sur vÂŽlin de Rives seul papier. Il s'agrÂŽmente - ici en premier tirage - de savoureuses compositions en couleurs de Jack Pruvost. ''Natif de Merville il a illustrÂŽ Candide de Voltaire''. in BÂŽnÂŽzit. Oeuvre ironique dÂs les premiÂres lignes volontiers sarcastique ˆ l'ÂŽgard le conservatisme social de la noblesse arrogante elle s'avÂre annonciatrice du Figaro de Beaumarchais. Mais Candide est ÂŽgalement un rÂŽcit de formation narrant le voyage qui transformera son hÂŽros ÂŽponyme en philosophe. En somme un TÂŽlÂŽmaque d'un genre nouveau. MahÂŽ RÂŽpertoire des ÂŽditions de luxe p. 199 - BÂŽnÂŽzit VIII Dictionnaire des peintres p. 514. Plats prÂŽsentant un ÂŽclat lÂŽgÂrement altÂŽrÂŽ. Marques brunes en tÂte et queue du dos ; lequel est en outre lÂŽgÂrement ridÂŽ. Rares et discrÂtes rousseurs dans le texte. Un feuillet lÂŽgÂrement effrangÂŽ. Du reste belle condition. Exemplaire non coupÂŽ. b42961 unknown
FLFR0349Genève : Cramer 1764. 440 S. 1 Bl. Pergamentband d. Zt. sehr gut erhalten im Text frisch u. nahezu fleckenfrei [Genève] : [Cramer], 1764. unknown
FLFR0350Genève : Cramer 1764. 405 S. Pergamentband d. Zt. sehr gut erhalten im Text frisch u. nahezu fleckenfrei [Genève] : [Cramer], 1764. unknown
2309MA102<p>Tome I Tome II III IV e V Réimprimées D'Après Les Meilleurs Textes. Sous la direction de Louis Barré. Illustrées par Charles Mettais et Eugéne Bocourt. Oeuvres Complètes de Voltaire. Philosophie edition J. Bry. J. Bry Ainé Libraire Éditeur. Paris. 1856.</p>_x000d_<p>5 Volumes de 235x14 cm. Com iii 300; iii 300; iii 298; iii 316; iii 315 págs. Encadernações com as lombadas em pele com ferros a ouro. Ilustrados no texto com gravuras a preto e branco.</p>_x000d_<p>Exemplar com danos e desgaste na encadernação e manchas de oxidação e humidade nas folhas em todos os volumes etiqueta da 'Livraria Académica' nos verso da pasta anterior danos nas folhas preliminares e rasgo sem perda de papel afetando a leitura na pág. 187 do primeiro volume; carimbo oleográfico na pág. 99 do terceiro e quarto volume e danos com perda de papel à cabeça da lombada e das folhas preliminares do quinto volume.</p> I-129-A-33 hardcover
51861Genève Cramer et Bardin 1775. Leder gebunden; Rückengoldprägung je 1 rotes und schwarzes Rückenschild / Anz. Seiten: 452 / 13 x 205 cm / Zustand: gut leichte bis mässige Gebrauchsspuren; Ecken bestossen Einband berieben mit leicht Kratzspuren Papier durchwegs leicht stock- fleckig 1 Seite mit kleinen Fehlstellen vorderer Vorsatz und Titelblatt fehlt Vorsätze und Innendeckel verkritzelt Genève, (Cramer et Bardin), 1775 unknown
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
1732232001732. A GenÂve chez les FrÂres Kramer 1776. 2 tomes reliÂŽs en un volume au format in-12 168 x 103 mm de 2 ff. n.fol. 1 frontispice gravÂŽ n.fol. xxiv - 182 pp. et 1 f. bl. ; 2 ff. n.fol. 192 pp. et 1 f. bl. Reliure de l'ÂŽpoque de plein veau glacÂŽ et marbrÂŽ havane filet ˆ froid encadrant les plats lesquels s'ornent en leur centre des armes dorÂŽes de Morand de la Perelle dos ˆ nerfs ornÂŽ de filets gras ˆ froid caissons d'encadrement dorÂŽs fleurons dorÂŽs semis de pointillÂŽs dorÂŽs piÂce de titre de maroquin vieux-rouge titre dorÂŽ palette dorÂŽe en queue. Ensemble complet de ses deux tomes ; ici reliÂŽs en un volume. Le premier s'ouvre sur un joli frontispice gravÂŽ figurant le souverain Exemplaire sous reliure aux armes de Morand de La Perelle. ''Cet ouvrage est d'un tel intÂŽrÂt la narration en est si simple et si rapide le style si colorÂŽ et attachant qu'on le lut pendant longtemps comme une oeuvre romanesque. Ce que narre ici Voltaire para”t tenir autant de la fiction que de la rÂŽalitÂŽ. Le gÂŽnie du poÂte de La Henriade se retrouve dans les principaux passages de cette prose ÂŽlÂŽgante et chaude qui semble aussi bien Âtre un poÂme hÂŽro•que qu'une belle page d'histoire''. in Le Petit Bibliographie des principales ÂŽditions originales p. 538. L'histoire de Charles XII constitue un tournant important dans la carriÂre de Voltaire puisqu'elle est le premier ouvrage historique de l'auteur. L'idÂŽe lui vint pendant son exil anglais aprÂs sa rencontre avec le baron Fabrice un familier du roi suÂŽdois. Charles XII exerÂant alors une vÂŽritable sÂŽduction sur Voltaire ''Homme unique plut™t que grand homme dira-t-il de lui admirable plut™t qu'ˆ imiterÈ et fascinÂŽ par la personnalitÂŽ ÂŽtonnante de cette figure historique et contemporaine c'est alors que Voltaire dÂŽcide d'en esquisser le portrait. DÂŽbarrassÂŽe de la versification contraignante de l'ÂŽpopÂŽe la ÇgesteÈ de Charles XII tient ˆ la fois de la dramaturgie et du reportage fait de tÂŽmoignages et de Çchoses vuesÈ. AprÂs avoir obtenu le privilÂge autorisant son impression le manuscrit est aussit™t confiÂŽ aux soins d'un ÂŽditeur. Revenant sur leur dÂŽcision les autoritÂŽs le firent pourtant retirer de la vente craignant un incident diplomatique avec la Pologne o rÂŽgnait encore Auguste II jadis fort malmenÂŽ par son voisin du Nord. Voltaire laisse ici entrevoir en son admiration pour les Çsouverains civilisateursÈ ˆ travers le portrait qu'il fait de Pierre le Grand il y reviendra longuement dans son Histoire de l'Empire de Russie sous Pierre le Grand mais s'indigne aussi et surtout devant les atrocitÂŽs dont sont capables les hommes fussent-ils de grands rois." Bengesco I Bibliographie des oeuvres de Voltaire 1280 - L'oeuvre imprimÂŽ de Voltaire ˆ la BibliothÂque nationale 3155 - Pour des ÂŽditions antÂŽrieures : QuÂŽrard IV La France littÂŽraire p. 510 Cioranescu III Bibliographie de la littÂŽrature franÂaise du XVIIIÂme 64391 - Brunet V Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres 1364. Restaurations anciennes en marge des plats ainsi qu'en queue du dos. LÂŽgers frottements affectant la reliure. Quelques feuillets brunis. Claires rousseurs dans le corps d'ouvrage. Quoique parfois prononcÂŽes celles ci n'entravent cependant pas la lecture. Petite dÂŽchirure en marge d'un feuillet. Nonobstant bonne condition. b42961 unknown
115135ABParis: Blaizot; 1927. 225 x 27 cm. 6 Bll. 176 S. 3 Bll. Halbfranzband in Maroquin. Pergamentüberzug mit goldener Spiralmusterprägung. Meistereinband von und gestempelt mit "René & Michel Kieffer". Sehr guter Zustand. Kurzroman von Voltaire in dem ein Nordamerikaner an der Küste der Bretagne landet und durch eine Verwechslung bei einem Prior und dessen Schwester aufgenommen wird. Durch seine Ehrlichkeit weil er "ganz naiv stets sagt was er denkt und tut was er will" nennt man ihn den Harmlosen; und da ihm die Kunst der Heuchelei fremd ist stehen ihm viele Enttäuschungen in der Adelsgesellschaft des franz. 18. Jhdts bevor. Voltaire erreicht es so die europäische Kultur in ihrem Zusammenstoß mit der unverbildeten Person des Harmlosen lächerlich und fragwürdig zu machen. siehe auch KLL. Eines von 350 num. Exemplaren auf Vélin-de-Rives-Bütten. Die Zeichungen und der Buchschmuck in diesem Band von Bernard Naudin 1876-1946 zählen zu seinen schönsten Arbeiten. 1927 unknown
