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19772284249The Easton Press 1977. Reissue. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Sauvage Sylvain. Blank publisher's bookplate laid in. Spine bands and corners a bit scuffed. 1977 Full-Leather. xix 1 131 3 pp. Tall 8vo. Dark grey full leather gilt titles and decorations all edges gilt silk moire endpapers ribbon marker bound in. Translated from the French by Richard Aldington with an introduction by Paul Morand. Color frontispiece and color and black-and-white illustrations by Sylvain Sauvage. Candide The Easton Press hardcover 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
197790897Norwalk:: Easton Press. Near Fine. 1977. Hardcover. B00H9Z9SJI . Translated from the French by Richard Aldington. Introduction by Paul Morand. Collector's edition. Large octavo bound in gray leather with gilt lettering and design raised bands along spine all edges gilt silk moire endpapers sewn-in ribbon book mark. Near fine.; 131 pages . Easton Press, hardcover books
197331777NY: Limited Editions Club. Very Good. 1973. Hardcover. B000OO2W5S . Translated from the French by Richard Aldington. Introduction by Anatole Broyard. Illustrated by May Neama. This copy is number 969 of a limited edition of 1500 copies. SIGNED by the illustrator. Near fine in a very good some light mottling slipcase. . Limited Editions Club hardcover books
197721158Norwalk:: Easton Press. Near Fine. 1977. Hardcover. B00H9Z9SJI . Translated from the French by Richard Aldington. Introduction by Paul Morand. Collector's edition. Large octavo bound in gray leather with gilt lettering and design raised bands along spine all edges gilt silk endpapers ribbon book mark. Blank Easton Press book-plate affixed to front endpage else about fine.; 131 pages . Easton Press, hardcover books
17755953Geneva: Cramer et Bardin 1775. Edition encadré" volume 11. Volume 11 only of the 40-volume "edition encadré" published in 1775 by Cramer et Bardin the last edition of Voltaire's works published under the author's supervision. Then as now La Pucelle d'Orleans was Voltaire's most consumed work so it is not surprising to find this volume detached from the its 39 companions. Voltaire's greatest poem but not the one you read in school. With Ariosto in mind Voltaire rewrote the Joan of Arc story with all the wit and critical distance of an 18th-century libertine. The result is that France's sainted woman warrior becomes the vehicle for an intelligent and licentious burlesque. Good and right-thinking people have always found it offensive but it doesn't really care. Nice binding charming illustrations. Octavo 21 cm; 420 pages portrait frontispiece by Martinet and 21 engraved plates. Text within typographic borders. Bound in contemporary etched leather scored in gilt. Spine decorated in gilt with leather labels. Marbled endpapers. Boards somewhjat splayed. Negligible loss at head and tail. Hinges starting. Upper joint reinforced. Contents clean. References: Cohen-De Ricci 1042; Bengescu Voltaire IV #2141 [Cramer et Bardin] hardcover books
197750694Lincoln:: Penmaen Press. Near Fine. 1977. Hardcover. Bilingual text: French and English. Translated from the French by Anthony Hecht. Illustrated with six wood engravings by Lynd Ward. Introduction by Arthur Wilson. Limited edition 100 copies. SIGNED by Hecht Ward and Wilson. Light mottling along front gutter else near fine in black cloth and decorated paper covered boards. No slipcase. . Penmaen Press, hardcover books
198191009NY:: Schocken Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1981. Hardcover. 0805237852 . Part of the Moonlight Editions series. Translated from the French by Anthea Bell. First printing thus. Very good in a very good minor edge wear with a few short closed edge tears dust jacket. . Schocken Books, hardcover books
179231870Paris: Chez Madame Vaux-Fleuri De l'Imprimerie de L. Potier de Lille 1792. First edition. 1-2 title verso blank leaf paged 63-64 with "Avis" and "Errata" 3-74 small woodcuts. 1 vols. 8vo. Later boards uncut. Spine and extremities rubbed with chipping a few leaves with spots else a very good copy. First edition. 1-2 title verso blank leaf paged 63-64 with "Avis" and "Errata" 3-74 small woodcuts. 1 vols. 8vo. According to the editor's "Avis" most of these fugitive pieces appear first here and some which have appeared elsewhere have been amended or corrected. Includes Mr. D. Rhullieres' "La Chanoinesse Conte" "Sur le Buste de Mirabeau" by M. Deseine"sourd et muet de naissance" and "La Mort de Patrocle Tragédie en Deux Actes¶ Commencing on page 25 is the "Epitre a Monsieur de Voltaire du 31 Decembre 1742" with the "Stances" pp. 28-30. On page 31 is the "Reponse de M. De Voltaire du Premier janvier 1743 Chez Madame Vaux-Fleuri [De l'Imprimerie de L. Potier de Lille] unknown books
179654353London: privately printed by Catherine Maria Bury Countess of Charleville 1796. First Edition large paper copy one of just 5. The first complete English translation. Large 8vo just under 24 cm pp. 227 218. Untrimmed. Bound in later 3/4 red morocco and plain boards rubbed along the extremities without the half title. "Mostly all of the copies were destroyed the freedom of the translation being considered injurious to the memory of Lady Charleville. Only 5 copies were printed on large paper. See the notes to the Renouard copy no. 1349- sale by Sotheby June 30 1834." The preface and notes cover 5 pages. ESTC; T137636.A nice clean tight set. A poem about Joan of Arc. From Wikipedia: "Voltaire was undoubtedly one of the most controversial writers and philosophers of the Enlightenment Age and The Maid of Orleans was also certainly one of his more contentious works. An epic and scandalous satire concerning the life of the not-yet-canonised Joan of Arc "the Maid of Orleans" the poem was outlawed burned and banned throughout a great portion of Europe during the 18th and 19th centuries. Containing mockery and satirical commentary on the life and antics of its subject the poem itself has variously been described as "bawdy" and "licentious". Despite the often sexist and indecent contents of the text its notoriety and contraband status made it one of the most widely read texts concerning Joan of Arc for several centuries. Circulating throughout the banned regions by often surreptitious means the book was read by a large number of the populace. It was also disseminated by Voltaire himself to some of his colleagues and other members of the upper class the circle of people and the portion of society that the text was specifically intended for. The author 1762-1851 was the daughter of Thomas Townley Dawson she married first James Tisdall and then in 1798 Charles William Bury first Earl of Charleville. She was an invalid for many years. privately printed by Catherine Maria Bury, Countess of Charleville unknown books
198579477Oxford: The Inky Parrot Press 1985. patterned paper-covered boards slipcase. Inky Parrot Press. small 4to. patterned paper-covered boards slipcase. x 1411 pages. Printed in an edition limited to 360 numbered copies. Translated by Richard Aldington. Signed by the illustrator Wilton Priestner. Profusely illustrated with slightly disturbing almost surreal line drawings that push the satirical tone of the story itself to a new level. The modern edgy drawings are evidence of the relevancy and adaptability of the work of the eighteenth-century French writer Voltaire. The imagery does not exactly match up with the moment of the story it illustrates but rather offers a highly interpretive version of the events as told by Voltaire. For example whereas the text reads ".she observed Doctor Pangloss in the bushes giving a lesson in experimental physics to her mother's waiting maid a very pretty and docile brunette" the illustration shows a couple copulating in the garden. Paper covered boards and the slipcase also with drawings by Priestner. With shoulder notes. The Inky Parrot Press unknown books
193068074NY:: Illustrated Editions Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1930. Hardcover. Translated from the French. No statement of printing. Previous owner's initials on front free endpaper else very good in a very good minor edge wear with a few small chips dust jacket. . Illustrated Editions Company, hardcover books
43771Norwalk:: Heritage Press. Near Fine. N.D. Hardcover. Translated from the French by Richard Aldington. Introduction by Paul Morand. "Sandglass" laid in. A reprint edition. Near fine in a near fine some sun fading slipcase. . Heritage Press, hardcover books
175908228Geneva: Gabriel Cramer 1759. First Edition. Full Leather. Fine. The third of the first four editions according to Bengesco 1436 and the fourth edition according to Wade see Voltaire and Candide 1959 p. 201 dated 1759 with 299 pages clandestinely printed and published by Cramer in Geneva and preceeding the other 16 different editions published throughout Europe in 1759. The present copy conforms to Bengesco 1436 in every respect which is "page by page line for line like the first edition" except for the "que ce ce fut" error on page 103 an error which was introduced by Cramer into the early printings then doubtless not "fixed" as it was correct in the first place. Note that the fleurons agree exactly with Bengesco 1436 as follows: p. 134 is a basket of fruits; p. 228 shows two horns 'a plenty; the fleuron at p. 115 is repeated on pages 179 and 193; fleuron on page 213 is signed N. C. and is repeated on page 279; page 277 is paginated 177. The present copy also agrees with Wade see Voltaire and Candide 1959 p. 201 in every respect including that page 17 is numbered 15. Both the above references to Bengesco and Wade show signatures A-N3 meaning they are bound without the Table of Chapters; the present copy like 7 of the 10 known copies of the first edition shows signatures A-N6 without the final leaves N7 a blank and without N8 instructions to the binder concerning the cancellation of two pairs of leaves B4 B9 and D6 D7. In addition to the above let us state the textual points in the present copy: page 31 B4 an unnecessary paragraph break was eliminated. The words "mais il y a une raison." do NOT start a new paragraph; page 41 B9 several short sentences about the Lisbon earthquake were rewritten as "car dit-il tout ceci est."; page 84 D6 D7 reads "Nos filles se trouverent."; page 103 reads "que ce fut." as explained above was correct to begin with then discovered by Cramer and was not "fixed"; page 125 reads "mais ils se leverent precisement."; page 242 the paragraph beginning "Candide etait afflige."; has been removed by Voltaire while the book was being printed as it was critical of German poets. Pages 121 - 168 signatures F and G are a larger type than the rest of the book. In summation the present copy agrees with the first edition except that the "que ce ce fut." error was discovered and not inserted and the fleurons differ but are by Cramer who printed the first four editions. This a wide margined copy is larger than other copies we have seen at 165 mm x 95 mm; beautifully bound in late 19th Century full tan leather with raised bands and gilt decoration on spine with a brown leather lettering piece marbled end papers all edges gilt; printed on laid paper. The text is remarkably clean and bright; a fine copy. PMM204. <br/><br/> Gabriel Cramer hardcover books
1977299843Norwalk: Easton 1977. hardcover. fine. Sauvage Sylvain. Illustrated by Sylvain Sauvage. 131pp. Tall slim 8vo gilt-stamped grey leather all edges gilt. Norwalk: Easton Press 1977. Fine.<br/><br/> 100 Greatest Books Ever Written series.<br/><br/> Easton unknown books
1975116894Skokie IL: Black Cat Press 1975. polished paper covered boards title and author gilt-stamped on spine and front cover decorated endpapers. Miniature Books. miniature book 6.9 x 5.3 cm. polished paper covered boards title and author gilt-stamped on spine and front cover decorated endpapers. x 34 2 pages. Limited to 249 copies. Bradbury Black Cat Press 38. Epigrams attributed to the famous French Enlightenment philosophe. Frontispiece illustration of Voltaire. Introductory biographical sketch. Printed French-fold. Black Cat Press unknown books
19222709701922. hardcover. near fine. Tirée du manuscrit du Père Quesnel. 39 charming color illustrations by Sylvain Sauvage. 186 pages tall square 12mo bound in 3/4 burgundy morocco original wrappers bound in. Paris: René Kieffer 1922. Near fine. Limited to 500 numbered copies.<br/><br/> unknown books
17627601Geneva: Cramer 1762. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Octavo. 358 pages. The first authorized edition with a number of piracies appearing before this epic based upon the life of Joan of Arc. Twenty plates by Gravelot. The ornament on the title page is the same as the one on the 1759 first edition of Candide. Contemporary 3/4 brown leather all edges stained red; a few letters lost on red label on spine; some scuffing and edge wear; light marginal stain not affecting text on about 50 leaves; overall a very good copy. <br/><br/> Cramer hardcover books
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 books
173327422London: Printed for C. Davis and A. Lyon 1733 1733. First edition. Cf. Bengeso 1558; Sabin 100751 noting Voltaire's letters on William Penn and the Pennsylvania Quakers. Fine copy. 8vo contemporary paneled calf rebacked with a new spine and raised bands. The first appearance of an early and important prose work by Voltaire a series of epistolary observations comparing British and French society culture science and philosophy. Written when he was living in England 1727-28 Voltaire's opinions shed a favorable light on British institutions and individuals including Sir Isaac Newton. Voltaire tells an early version of the apple falling from the tree story that inspired Newton's theory of gravity. When Letters was published on the continent as Lettres Philosophiques 1734 it was condemned by French authorities and precipitated one of Voltaire's many conflicts with the crown. <br/><br/> London: Printed for C. Davis and A. Lyon, 1733 unknown books
1784WRCLIT58272London: Printed for G. Robinson 1784. 2ii2251pp. Octavo. Modern quarter gilt morocco and marbled boards gilt label. Bound without the half-title otherwise a very good fresh copy. First edition in English published the same year as the original French edition. An edition appeared from Dublin as well. The two page introduction quotes from a letter from Paris dated 2 May indicating that two or three editions "have already been seized and seven Booksellers imprisoned . The Memoirs are really written by Voltaire and must soon or late become public. This Voltaire is sort of a malignant spirit who came upon earth only to embitter the cup of life and afterwards laugh at our wry faces." ESTC T1128. Printed for G. Robinson hardcover books
192322200Paris: Rene Kieffer 1923. leather_bound. Orig. full two-toned brown leather covers decorated in blind backstrip lettered in gilt marbled endpapers. Teg. Fine. 54 pages. 24 x 19 cm. Limited edition copy 95 of 500 on velin la forme with 45 vignettes in pochoir by Joseph Hemard. An exquisite copy bound by Kieffer with his label on verso of front cover paste-down. Hémard's lasting fame however lies in his book illustrations - always with a distinctly French character usually comic and often mildly erotic. He was probably the most prolific book illustrator in the first half of the twentieth century in France. Rene Kieffer unknown books
015470Np: De L'Imprimerie De La Societe Litteraire-Typographique; 1785 & 1789. Octavo. In 72 volumes with the scarce two supplemental volumes form an index: Chantreau Cen. Table Analytique Et Raisonnee des Matieres contenues dans les soixante-dix volumes des oeuvres de Voltaire. Paris Chez Deterville Libraire rue du Battoir; 1801. 117 full-page plates which include frontispieces and map. All bound in publishers full calf flat spines fully decorated in gilt red and green contrasting morocco labels gilt marble endpapers all edges red two volumes rebound nearly identical to the set at an earlier date. General shelf wear with a few nicks some chipping to spine ends of a few volumes. From the library of J. Japhet who was a very wealthy London businessman and banker. His firm was instrumental in arbitrage increasing the trading of railroad stock and other noted securities in the latter part of the nineteenth to the early twentieth century in London. Britain soon became the global financial center of the world at that time. His bookplate is within each volume. Overall a very handsome set. A full collation of this particular set can be sent upon inquiry. De L'Imprimerie De La Societe Litteraire-Typographique; 1785 & 1789 unknown books
1760140101London: Printed for G. Kearsly 1760. Small quarto pp. 1-4 1 2-76 drab boards. First edition in English. Semiramis ninth-century queen of Assyria present-day Iraq was until the early twentieth century a figure of legend that had been well-established as of the classical period: begotten of the fish-goddess Atargatis and fed by doves until her rescue by a royal shepherd; bride of general Onnes and successor to his power and eventually to the throne of Assyria; founder of Babylon and every other monument in the region; long-lived brave wise and sexually potent she was turned into a dove at her death and worshipped subsequently as a surrogate of the Assyrian fertility goddess Astarte. Modern archaeological research by Lehman-Haupt and others has largely replaced legend with history but the legend was still alive and well in Voltaire's time. She was a female personification of all that was gaudy and glorious in pre-Christian antiquity and she furnished good material for this tragedy Voltaire's preference in drama composed in 1748 a year after his conte philosophique ZADIG. Voltaire's play has probably had more continuing vitality as the foundation of the libretto of the Rossini opera "Semiramide" 1823 widely considered as one of the best and last operas in the Baroque style. ESTC T62226. The front paste-down bears the bookplate of Alaskan bibliographer James Wickersham who attached to the rear paste-down the mailing label with canceled stamp of the British bookseller McLeish & Sons from whom presumably he obtained this book. Lacks the advertising leaf at rear a very good copy. #140101 Printed for G. Kearsly unknown books
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 books
