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17687816<p>Glasgow: Printed for Robert Urie 1768 Three English-language editions were printed in 1768 one in London one in Dublin and one in Glasgow. All have different collations and none name a translator. The Urie edition is rare: ESTC lists seven copies three in North America Toronto North Carolina Huntington Library. . Contemporary speckled calf with red calf spine label. Octavo in fours. Binding extremities lightly worn occasional light marginal dampstaining. Old ink signature on title-page later ink signature and address on front free endpaper bookplate of a third owner on front pastedown. Overall a good clean copy with wide margins possibly a large paper copy.</p> Printed for Robert Urie,
1768PLTInVOL99Dublin: Printed for J.Milliken 1768. 1768. 12mo. pp. contemporary sprinkled calf gilt back numbered Vol. XXVI on spine. First Dublin Edition. Voltaire's classic philosophical tale of the noble savage of the New World - a Canadian Huron and his encounters with and impressions of the hypocrisy and corruptness of civilized European society. The work enjoyed immense popularity being widely translated and frequently reprinted and adapted to the stage. cfNCBEL II 101. cfLande S2289. cfSabin 100747. Hardcover. Dublin: Printed for J.Milliken, 1768. Hardcover
17411692London: A Londres i.e. Paris: Gandouin 1741. later. 4to 202 pages of text and cxxii pages of 'Remarques Sur La Henriade in parts following each of the Dixieme 'Chants'' full calf raised bands gilt spine panel decorations red and gilt leather spine tittle covers scuffed with edge wear spine gilt decorations and title good some wear to spine ends upper board detached marbled endpapers irregular pagination - Bradey: Appears to be complete with all the text the frontispiece and 9 other full page engravings chiefly from designs by J. de Troy engraved title vignette and engraved head and tail pieces of each 'Chant' engraved head piece page v and others by de Poilly. Contents clean with scattered foxing text tight and engraved plates very good with some scattered moderate foxing reissue of the text and plates of the 1728 edition with the "Remarques " by Lenglet Dufresnoy cxii pp. printed on separate quires which are gathered together into this copy following page 202 VG copy. A Londres (i.e. Paris: Gandouin) hardcover
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
58386Didot Le Jeune Paris - L'An Troisième 1795 In-4 35 cm 212pp. quelques rousseurs sur les premieres pages couverture usagee dos manquant Nb-0296 unknown
009946Paris An VII 1799: Crapelet Book. Very Good Plus. Hardcover. Later Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. With an engraved portrait and 21 copperplates.xiii 1 223; 4 243 pp. Two volumes bound in half green morocco over marbled boards gilt back with crown and sword in four compartments marbled end papersall edges gilt. Very Good Plus light edge wear extensive light pencil bookseller notations in both French and English verso front marbled end paper giving references for this work. With the armorial bookplates of Victor Duc de Saint-Simon Vermandois second Spanish Duke of Saint-Simon and confirmed as a peer of France by Louis XVIII in 1819 though with the rank of marquis not duke. He served as ambassador first in Lisbon then in Copenhagen before being named Governor-General of the French colonial possessions in India based in Pondichéry in 1834. He did not start using the ducal title until the 1840s. which dates this binding from 1840 to 1865 when he died. A Scarce edition which incorporates the plates of the Didot edition of 1795 but without the frames. Voltaire's notorious bawdy parody of the life of French national heroine Joan of Arc with the risque and erotic illustrations all present. Cohen-Ricci II 1034. Crapelet Hardcover
16-5235M. DCC. LXXIII. 1773 . 8vo. 12.5 x 20cm. Contemporary tree calf with gilt spine and raised bands.References: OCLC Number: 742826278; Bengesco n 499 ; B.N. 214 n 1914 ; Cohen 521; RM28. Provenance: Alain Métivier France. in-8 veau marbr. dos à nerfs orné. Avec 21 gravures non signées. M. DCC. LXXIII. [1773] hardcover
17755953Geneva: Cramer et Bardin 1775. Edition encadré" volume 11. 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. <br />References: Cohen-De Ricci 1042; Bengescu Voltaire IV #2141 <br /><br />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. [Cramer et Bardin] hardcover
178842563Amsterdam: Chez Marc- Michel Rey 1788. Full contemporary calf leather spine label titled in gilt. Some old damping to bottom fore-edge of textblock not affecting the text. Front hinge starting but still firmly bound. Scarce edition. . Full-Leather. Very Good. Chez Marc- Michel Rey Hardcover
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
136860London: Lutetian Society 1899 a numbered copy from a limited edition of 500. Hardcover 406pp. Very good. The two volumes bound as one in 3 / 4 leather with raised bands and marbled boards. Extra-illustrated with 20 engraved plates removed from a smaller and quite earlier volume tipped-in. The spine is a bit scuffed and the covers are worn around the edges. Also known as Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire. Identified on spine as Voltaire The Maid of Orleans. Translated by Ernest Dowson. Revised and enlarged by W.H. Ireland. Poetry. Lutetian Society Hardcover
176424563Londres: aux depens de la compagnie 1764. 8vo pp. xvi 384; engraved frontispiece and 20 engraved plates; 20th-century full crimson straight-grain morocco by Zaehnsdorf decorative gilt border on covers gilt-paneled spine and preserving the original blue printed wrappers which are bound in. First published without plates at Louvain in 1755. This is likely a 'variorum' edition probably Dutch based on the first authorized edition of 1762 Geneva with variant readings from earlier piracies. Bengesco 491. aux depens de la compagnie unknown
1795ILTPVOLT95Paris: Didot Le Jeune L'An Troisième 1795. 1795. 2 Volumes. 4to. pp. 211; 212. with half-titles. engraved frontis. portrait of Jeanne d'Arc by Gaucher & 21 engraved plates by engraved by A very tall fine crisp copy on thick paper deckle edge visible on some leaves bound in contemporary tree calf gilt backs all edges gilt some surface scarring to covers but still a very nice copy. First Edition with these Illustrations the frontispiece portrait of Jeanne d'Arc by Gaucher and the other twenty-one plates engraved by Bacquoy Choffard Delignon Delvaux Duhamel Dupréel Lemire Lingée Malbeste Patas Pauquet Ponce and Romanet after designs by Lebarbier Marillier Monnet and Monsiau. "Très belle édition." Cohen-De Ricci Cohen-De Ricci 1034. Brunet V 1362. Bengesco 513. F. Hardcover. Paris: Didot Le Jeune, L'An Troisième [1795]. Hardcover
a79048Londres Paris no date or publisher. In French. 16mo. 272pp. 3. Nice engraved frontispiece showing Joan and Voltaire we assume it is Voltaire Full leather with marbled end papers. All edge gilt. Good cover leather worn cover tips leather worn off; later paper backstrip reinforcement. Original multicolored endpapers hinges not cracked. Binding secure; text clean. Owner bookplate. Pictures available. . hardcover
elala2018Parma: Bodoni Press 1798. 8vo. pp. 3 p.l. 128. with initial blank. 19th century quarter roan bit rubbed some light foxing. BOUND WITH: .La Marianna Tragedia Di Voltaire Nuovamente Tradotta. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l. x 2 107. complete with initial blank. Parma: Bodoni Press 1804. BOUND WITH: .L'Olimpia Tragedia Di Voltaire Nuovamente Tradotta. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l. xii 2 135. Parma: Bodoni Press 1805. BOUND WITH: .L'Alzira Tragedia Di Voltaire Nuovamente Tradotta. 8vo. pp. 2 p.l. viii 106. some light foxing. Parma: Bodoni Press 1797. New Italian translations by Luigi Landriani of four of Voltaire's plays: a nice grouping of Bodoni imprints. Brooks 711 932 961 679. Parma: Bodoni Press, 1798. unknown
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
175116247Berlin: C F Henning. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1751. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Vellum darkened and with some surface cracking light extremity wear; light foxing. No half-title pages. Errata page for both volumes bound at end of Vol I. Two custom owners' bookplates in first volume. Solid hardcovers. ; French language. Half vellum binding with marbled boards. Two of two volumes complete. Bengesco I 1178. This work was the most researched and carefully prepared of Voltaire's works. He began work on this project in 1734 while at the Chateau Cirey put it aside in 1738 and resumed work on it in 1750. First Edition First Printing of Voltaire's pioneering historical study of the age of King Louis XIV published while Voltaire was resident at the court of King Frederick II of Prussia.; xii 488 2 errata; ii 466 in 2v pages . C F Henning hardcover
17512359The first edition of Voltaire's brilliant historical study of the age of King Louis XIV. Begun as early as 1732 Voltaire sent a manuscript version to Frederic II who was enthusiastic and encouraged its publication. In 1739 Voltaire published a 'Plan Raisonné' of the project including two finished chapters but this was condemned by the court and seized. In 1750 Voltaire left France for Frederic's court at Berlin where he set himself to complete the work. Failing to obtain the 'privilège royal' or even the non-written 'permission tacite' he decided to go ahead and publish the work in Berlin at his own expence. Voltaire continued to add to the work in subsequent editions most notably in the 1753 Berlin edition where he added a supplement in which he refuted the attacks made by La Beaumelle.<br /><br /><i>Two volumes in one 12mo 144 x 85mm pp. xiv 488 1 errata; ii 466 2 errata with the half-title to the first volume in contemporary calf rather worn spine gilt in compartments foot of spine chipped wormhole to the head of spine wanting the front endpaper red edges.</i><br /><br />BN Voltaire Catalogue 3361-3363. C.F. Henning
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173360085London C. Davis and A. Lyon 1733. 8vo. Lovely contemporary full Cambridge-style binding with five raised bands to spine and blindstamped ornamental borders to boards. . Double gilt line-borders to boards. All edges of boards with gilt borders. Gilt title to spine. Hinges neatly and professionally re-inforced. Internally very nice clean and fresh. A lovely crisp and large copy with good margins printed on heavy fine paper. 16 -including preface contents advertisements 253 1 18 -Index pp. <br/><br/><em>The important actual first edition of this highly celebrated key work of the Enlightenment in which the anecdote of how Newton discovered gravity the story about Newton and the falling apple appeared for the first time together with the description of the difference between the physical world view of the English and the French the "plenum" and the "vacuum". This seminal work in which Voltaire famously depicts British philosophy science society and culture in comparison to French can be viewed as the Enlightenment equivalent to Tocqueville's "Democracy in America". This series of essays which is based on Voltaire's experiences when living in England was actually written by Voltaire mostly in English which he mastered to perfection. It has often been presumed that the first edition of the work was that published in French in 1734 but actually the present English edition constitutes the actual first appearance of the work as well as the version that is closest to Voltaire's intention as the French language version is the re-written one and the English version the original. Curiously almost all modern English versions are translations into English of the French edition instead of the original English version making this edition of the utmost importance.After the original English edition of 1733 two French editions soon followed the first in 1734. Unlike the British the French resented the book and already in 1734 the French Parliament issued an order for the author's arrest and condemned the work causing the impact of it in France to be delayed. The book was burned for being "dangerous to religion and civil order". At the same time the work became a bestseller in Britain and as much as 14 editions of the work were published in the eighteenth century. "Inspired by Voltaire's two-year stay in England 1726-8 this is one of the key works of the Enlightenment. Exactly contemporary with Gulliver's Travels and The Beggar's Opera Voltaire's controversial pronouncements on politics philosophy religion and literature have placed the Letters among the great Augustan satires. Voltaire wrote most of the book in English in which he was fluent and witty and it fast became a bestseller in Britain. He re-wrote it in French as the Lettres philosophiques and current editions in English translate his French." Nicholas Cronk Introduction to the Oxford's Classics edition from 1999.The great French philosopher Voltaire was greatly impressed by the philosophical and scientific achievements of the English especially those of Newton Locke and Bacon. As a disseminator of scientific knowledge Voltaire came to play a great rôle in the popularization of Newtonian science and its discoveries the present work being a prime example. Although the work was condemned by the French authorities it still came to play a great rôle in the spreading of Newtonian ideas in France. The present work generally came to play a dominant rôle in Enlightenment accounts of the history of science and philosophy. The work focuses on British science and thought and uses the accounts of these to emphasize what is lacking in French society and French thought. The work is generally very critical towards the French "ancient régime" and when Voltaire here discusses the emergence of empiricism it is viewed as an English tradition that stands in opposition to the French rationalist tradition with Descartes as the prime example. This view is taken over by the following Enlightenment historians of science and philosophy e.g. d'Alembert see for instance his "Preliminary Discourse" of 1751. Some of the most influential passages of the work are probably those on Bacon who Voltaire sees as the founder of modern experimental science Newton and Descartes. Letters XIV on Descartes and Newton XV on attraction and XVI on Newton's Optics from 1704 are among the most influential essays of the work. In XVI Voltaire reflects upon Newton's "Optics" and the way that he rejected Descartes' theory and set out his own account of the properties of light. In XV he presents the first account of Newton and the falling apple: "As he was walking one Day in his Garden and saw some Fruits fall from a Tree he fell into profound Meditation on that Gravity the Cause of which had so long been sought but in vain by all the Philosophers whilst the Vulgar think there is nothing mysterious in it. He said to himself that from what height soever in our Hemisphere those Bodies might descend their Fall wou'd certainly be in the Progression discover'd by Galileo; and the Spaces they run thro' would be as the Square of the Times. Why may not this Power which causes heavy Bodies to descend and is the fame without any sensible Diminution at the remotest Distance from the Center of the Earth or on the Summits of the highest Mountains; Why said Sir Isaac may not this Power extend as high as the Moon." pp. 127-28.But perhaps the most famous passage in the volume is the opening of Letter XIV: "A Frenchman who arrives in London will find Philosophy like every Thing else very much chang'd there. He had left the World a "plenum" and he now finds it a "vacuum". At Paris the Universe is seen compos'd of Vortices of subtile Matter; but nothing like it is seen in London. In France 'tis the Pressure of the Moon that causes the Tides; but in England 'tis the Sea that gravitates towards the Moon; so that when you think that the Moon should make it Flood with us those Gentlemen fancy it should be Ebb which very unluckily cannot be prov'd." pp. 109-10. </em> hardcover
1925elala168Paris: René Kieffer 1925. 1925. 8vo. pp. numerous text illus. with pochoir hand-colouring. contemporary half morocco original coloured pictorial wrs. bound in. First Edition Illustrated by Joseph Hémard Limited to 500 copies this one of 480 on vélin de cuve. One of the few of Voltaires works to deal with a distinctly economic subject. Directed against the Physiocrats and specifically Mercier De La Rivières Ordre naturel et essentiel des sociétés the witty and sarcastic tale takes its title from Merciers statement that in an organized state according to the physiocratic doctrine an average sum of forty crowns should suffice for the existence of each citizen. Voltaire singles out for special ridicule the proposed impot unique or single tax on land. The story revolves around the owner of a small estate yielding an annual net income of forty crowns who is alarmed at the promulgation of several edicts "by a few gentlemen who having some leisure have undertaken to govern the kingdom from their firesides". According to them the government "being by divine- and birth-right co-proprietor of his land he at least owes it one-half of his income" and that "as all wealth proceeds from land land is to bear the whole burden of taxation." Carteret IV 406. 1st Edition. Paris: René Kieffer, 1925. unknown
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
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
178467131Londres: chez Robinson No 25 Pater-Noster-Row 1784. First British edition 8vo pp. 2 ii 208; vignette title page; original blue paper wrappers; edges curled small cracks at spine ends; all else very good. Unpublished during the author's lifetime these Memoires are generally seen as an outright attack on Frederick of Prussia after Voltaire had suffered humiliation on Frederick's orders in Frankfurt. chez Robinson, No 25, Pater-Noster-Row unknown
1770028261765 - 1770 s.l. sans éditeur 1770. Cramer - Genève - 20 x 12 cm - 2376pgs - 388 pgs - 430 pgs - 366 pgs - 364 pgs - XXIIles pages 3-312 pgs 1et 2 n'existent pas - 404 pgs - plein basane dos à 5 nerfs - fleurons estampées en or dans les caissonstomaisons rouges avec une partie du titre estampée en or - traces d'usage aux dosaux coiffes et aux coins mais très acceptable nom à l'intérieur des plats suppérieurs pour le premier vol.: texte en manuscrit en face du faux titre 18ième- en tout des ex. très acceptables - Bengesco 2212 - Barbier III 532 - les parties 1-3 probablement imprimés en 1766 mais la date sur la page de titre est 1765 le supplément dans la 3ième partie est intégré dans le texte <br/> <br/> 1765 - 1770 s.l. sans éditeur unknown
