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197652707Place_Pub: London: The Folio Society 1976. very good in very good box. 285 illus. endpaper maps appendix index slight soiling and wear to box. Introduction by R. M. Hatton. This biography of Charles XII was first published in 1731. Voltaire broke with the tradition of the biography genre of the period to focus dramatically on one main character cutting ruthlessly all information which he judged irrelevant tedious or not fitting his conception of the central figure. The Folio Society unknown
1825037786Hartford: Silus Andrus 1825. Full Calf. Good. 276pp. Includes the six-page Preface to the Edition of MDCCL. Bound in old calf red spine label with gilt lettering and rules; some scuffing and faint foxing. 7" x 4.25" American Imprints 23182 First published in the US at Hartford by Andrus and Judd 1750. Silus Andrus unknown
173223422London: C. Davis and A. Lyon 1732. 8vo pp. 12 371 1; engraved frontis portrait and a folding map; contemporary paneled calf gilt-decorated spine red morocco label; some rubbing but generally good and sound or better. C. Davis and A. Lyon unknown
1952ILTeVOLT35New York: The Limited Editions Club 1952. 1952. 8vo. pp. 172 2 leaves incl. colophon. leaves with illustrated borders blank leaves & endpapers. numerous hand-coloured text illus. A very good copy in original cloth with elaborate gilt design. with slightly worn slipcase. Limited to 1500 numbered copies. Planned with decorations and illustrations completely finished by the Illustrator Sauvage and produced posthumously at the request of Mme. Sauvage under the supervision of Henri Jonquières printed in Paris on special Lana paper by Priester Frères Paris set in monotype Pastonchi the illustrations key-black printed in collotype by Louis Duval Paris and hand-coloured by Étienne Girardot bound by Russell-Rutter Company NY. LEC Quarto-Millenary 233. Hardcover. [New York]: The Limited Editions Club, 1952. Hardcover
192730578London: Nonesuch Press 1927. Edition limited to 1500 copies 12mo pp. 6 156 2; original parchment-backed marbled paper-covered boards lettered in gilt on spine t.e.g. publisher's slipcase with copy number '854' and stamped with the title; generally fine. Dreyfus 48. Nonesuch Press unknown
177124235London: T. Carnan 1771. First edition in English of his famous philosophical tale L'Ingénu first published in 1767; 12mo pp. 4 210; contemporary calf-backed marbled boards neatly rebacked black morocco label on spine; two short tears entering the top margin of the title 1 internal page stained else generally very good and sound. An edition was published in Philadelphia in 1778. L'Ingénu is a young man born in Canada of French parents but brought up for twenty years among the Hurons. "He then comes to France and is recognized as the lost nephew of an old French prior and his sister . L'Ingénu's simplicity frankness and good sense produce some comical situations . The story . is both a protest against abuses of power . and an exposure of some of the absurdities of our conventions" Ox. Comp. to French Literature. T. Carnan unknown
192950556London: Scholartis Press 1929. Edition limited to 1400 copies 8vo pp. xv 1 207 1; orange paper-covered boards backed in black cloth gilt title direct on spine corners rubbed spine spotted textblock clean and sound in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing to edges and a toned spine. Nine of the twelve stories included are presented here in English for the first time. Scholartis Press unknown
18987793Philadelphia: Printed only for subscribers by George Barrie c1898 The Bibliophilist's Library Second Series. Limited to 1000 sets. Half blue morocco over blue cloth boards gilt spines with raised bands. Top edge gilt others uncut. Three volumes octavo. Numerous plates. Printed on Japan vellum. Spines faded to brown. A very good clean set. Printed only for subscribers by George Barrie, hardcover
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
1163826405.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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177230301AB1772. 8 Bände. Lausanne François Grasset 1772. 8°. Pappbände der Zeit mit verg. Rückensch. Papier vereinzelt stockfleckig. Einbände berieben und bestossen Rücken verblichen. unknown
19817397<p>Cambridge: For Presentation to members of the Roxburghe Club 1981 Burgundy morocco over brown cloth boards gilt spine. . Large octavo. . Eight pages of facsimiles in sepia tones. A fine copy.</p> For Presentation to members of the Roxburghe Club, hardcover
SA180S-00006Signet. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. Spine cracked. Spine loosening. Signet unknown
1103098632.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1929586738New York: Rimington & Hooper 1929. Hardcover. Very Good. Limited edition. Introduction by David Garnett. Illustrations by Valenti Angelo. Small quarto. Plain cloth boards. Ink owners name on the third page. Cloth soiled and moderately stained toned along the spine lacking the spine label many pages lightly soiled very good overall. One of 49 copies numbered 981 of a total edition of 999 copies numbers 951 - 999 being printed on Zanders hand-made paper. Issued as Number One of "The Savoy Editions Rimington & Hooper hardcover
193128756New York: Rarity Press 1931. First Thus. Hardcover. Very good in boards. Spine and upper one inch of front panel are faded. Rarity Press hardcover
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
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
1989006340Dedalus 1989. Soft cover. Fine. Tim Gray. First Dedalus edition/printing small trade paperback. As New unread condition. Translated by W. Fleming. Intro by Ben Barkow. Collection of stories. ". as Proto SF is "Micromégas" the title story contained in Le Micromégas de Mr. de Voltaire avec une Histoire des Croisades & un nouveau plan de l'Histoire de l'esprit humain coll 1752; trans Tobias Smollett as Micromegas a Comic Romance for full subtitle see Checklist 1753 in which two Alien giants see Great and Small the larger from a planet circling Sirius and a smaller giant from Saturn visit Earth where their responses to human life make some satirical points not least that our species may not be so very important in the context of the much larger physical Universe that was coming to be accepted at the time Voltaire was writing. " JC/PN Encyclopedia of SF Internet 4th Ed. <br/> <br/> Dedalus paperback
1833BL4662Paris:: A. Hiard 1833. 1833. Volumes 10 & 11 only. 12mo. 256; 250 pp. Original printed wrappers; waterstained spine tender. Untrimmed. Bookplate of Ward Ritchie. Very good. Provenance: Ward Ritchie Southern California printer spent time in Paris apprenticing to Francois-Louis Schmied 1873-1941 one who would influence Ritchie's work for the rest of his days. A. Hiard, 1833. unknown books