VOLTAIRE (François-Marie Arouet de).Livre Rare Book
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177510567[Genève], [Cramer et Bardin], 1775. 40 vol. in-8, veau marbré, dos lisse orné, triple filet doré sur les plats, pièces de titre en maroquin rouge (reliure de l'époque).
175310636, , 1753-1767. 13 pièces reliées en 1 vol. in-12, veau havane marbré, dos orné à nerfs, pièces de titre en maroquin rouge, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque).
1754144001754 Londres, Jean Nourse, 1754, 2 parties en 1 volume in 12 de IX-(3)-178 pp. ; 1 feuillet blanc -VI-206 pp., rel. d'ép. plein veau brun granité, dos à nerfs ornés de fleurs de lys et fers dorés, pièce de titre de maroquin rouge, tranches rouges, petit manque à la coiffe supérieure, coiffe inférieure manquante, bon ex.
1754539La Haye & Berlin Jean Neaulme 1754 Deux tomes en un volume in-12 plein veau de l'époque, dos à nerfs orné de fleurons dorés, pièce de titre en maroquin noisette, tomaison dorée, 178 et 207 pages. Petits manques à la charnière du plat supérieur, intérieur frais.
175446288Londres:: Chez Jean Nourse 1754. Originally published in The Hague in 1753. contemporary full mottled calf; gilt panelled spines. Armorial bookplates; some scatterred foxing. A very attractive set. 12mo. Half-titles present. Chez Jean Nourse, unknown
17631182[Genève], [Cramer], 1763. In-8 de (4)-467-(1) pp., basane havane, dos orné à nerfs (reliure de l'époque).
1736109371736 Paris, Jean-Baptiste Claude Bauche, 1736, in 8 de, 1 feuillet de titre (avec les paricularités données par Bengesco), VIII pp. de discours préliminaire, 1 f. de privilège, 1f. d'errata (avec au dos la liste des personnages de la pièce, 79 pp., (1)p. non chiffrée avec l'approbation de 3 lignes signée La Serre,broché, sans couverture, bon ex. tel que paru.
1736182231736 Paris, Jean-Baptiste Claude Bauche, 1736, in-8 de, 1 feuillet de titre (avec les paricularités données par Bengesco), 1 feuillet de privilège, VIII pp. de discours préliminaire, (8) pp. d'épitre "A Madame la marquise du Chastelet", 79 pp., (1)p. non chiffrée avec l'approbation de 3 lignes signée La Serre, 1 feuillet d'errata (avec au dos la liste des personnages de la pièce, rel. pastiche du XVIIIe réalisée vers 1900, demi-veau brun marbré à coins, dos lisse orné de petits fers "à l'oiseau" dorés, pièce de titre de maroquin brun, bel ex.
173650575bdParis: Jean Baptiste Claude Bauache 1736. First Edition. Octavo 1/4 red levant & red cloth hardcover leather uncut iv i-viii 1-80 i pp. Woodcut ornaments. One of Voltair’s better received theatrical presentations with a setting in the New World. Very Good bearing the bookplate of collector and French translator Richard F. O’Gorman. Jean Baptiste Claude Bauache, 1736. First Edition. hardcover
1736elala1494Paris: Jean Baptiste Claude Bauche 1736. 1736. 8vo. pp. 5 p.l. vii 1 80. woodcut ornaments initials & title vignette. 5 inserted engraved plates after Eisen Moreau Gravelot & Desene illustrating various scenes from the play taken from various editions of the work. modern bds. Second Edition published same year as the first by the same publisher with errata corrected. This tragedy revolving around a wicked Spanish governor of Peru who is in love with the virtuous American princess who in turn loves the long believed dead heroic American prince is one of the first French plays to be set in America. It was one of the most well received of Voltaires theatrical works. Bengesco 107. Cioranescu 64168. European Americana 736/253. Sabin 100698. cfQuérard X 313. Paris: Jean Baptiste Claude Bauche, 1736. unknown
173650575bdParis: Jean Baptiste Claude Bauache 1736. First Edition. Octavo 1/4 red levant & red cloth hardcover leather uncut iv i-viii 1-80 i pp. Woodcut ornaments. One of Voltair’s better received theatrical presentations with a setting in the New World. Very Good bearing the bookplate of collector and French translator Richard F. O’Gorman. Jean Baptiste Claude Bauache, 1736. First Edition. hardcover books
1739852London: Printed for J. and P. Knapton at the Crown in Ludgate Street 1739. First edition. Near fine. Small octavo. 2442 pp. Likely disbound from a pamphlet collection with vestiges of the leather spine present; outer leaves dust soiled with occasional spots; internal pages near fine. Original price intact on title page: Price Six-Pence. One page advertisement after conclusion of the translated text. <br /> <br /> First edition. An exceptionally scarce prospectus for Voltaire's landmark French enlightenment philosophy "Le Siecle de Louis XIV." Voltaire's revolutionary philosophical approach that argued intellect over military might was not completed or published until 1751 making this fragile 1739 pamphlet a remarkably early standalone English translation. ESTC T112827. Printed for J. and P. Knapton, at the Crown in Ludgate Street unknown
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
1763207551763 Sans lieu, ni nom d'éditeur, 1763, 2 parties en 1 volume in-12 de 215-132 pp., reliure de l'époque de demi-veau fauve marbré à coins, dos lisse orné de fleurons dorés, pièce de titre verte, restauration en bas du dos, bon exemplaire.
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
1759752Genève Geneva: Cramer 1759. First Edition. 3 vols. in one 12mo 164 x 100mm pp. 2 291 1; 133 1 35 1. First printing of the great 18th century philosophical narrative with all the points correct. Including the 3 usual cancels the right title page ornament repeated pages 193 and 266 the misprints of “que ce ce fut†page 103 line 4 and “précisément†page 125 line 4 the correction removing a paragraph break page 31 the rewritten lines about the Lisbon earthquake page 41 etc. Contemporary full calf red calf label rebacked with the original spine saved and laid down recornered marbled endpapers gilt rubbed inner paper hinges strengthened old ink signatures on the endpaper and front blank tiny signature on the title page one tissue strengthened tear at the bottom of A2 touching the last 3 lines of text without any loss otherwise internally quite nice clean and very good. Bound without N7 a blank and N8 a notice to the binder as is usual agreeing in all respects to what you would have received if you had purchased a copy in sheets on publication day then bought the sequels and then handed them over to the most local Swiss bindery. Ref: PMM 204. There were 18 editions of Candide in 1759. It took 221 years for a clear and convincing bibliography to first sort them out and then got accepted and once accepted our real 1st edition was confirmed as rare. In the last 15 years however that bibliographical data has been more widely circulated and several 1st editions that weren’t on the original 22–copy census have come into market. It is still scarce more so in a contemporary binding.<br /> <br /> Candide bides as the epitomic philosophical fable of the French Enlightenment and the genotype of irony without exaggeration and though it’s laced with more salt than the postwar streets of Carthage it repeatedly tolls a reminder that light hearts live long. Most importantly Candide remains remarkably relevant when examined through contemporary frameworks functioning as an incisive proto-postcolonial text that anticipates modern discourse on global inequality systems of oppression and the limitations of Enlightenment rationality. The novel's scathing portrayal of slavery conquest and religious persecution resonates with intersectional analyses that recognize how power structures interlock across racial gender and economic dimensions. The savage irony throughout the text dismantles not just philosophical optimism but also European exceptionalism exposing the hypocrisy of colonial enterprises and religious institutions alike. The narrative's episodic structure—with its global movements between Europe South America and the Ottoman Empire—invites discussions of transnationalism and diasporic experience while Candide's concluding retreat to cultivate his garden has been reinterpreted by ecocritical scholars as both an acknowledgment of environmental interdependence and a potentially problematic withdrawal from systems-level political engagement.<br /> <br /> “Do you believe†said Candide “that men have always massacred each other as they do to-day that they have always been liars cheats traitors ingrates brigands idiots thieves scoundrels gluttons drunkards misers envious ambitious bloody–minded calumniators debauchees fanatics hypocrites and fools†“Do you believe†said Martin “that hawks have always eaten pigeons when they have found them†<br /> –Voltaire Candide. Cramer unknown
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
1759023043London: J. Scott and J. Gretton. Rebound in full new leather. Scholars have differed about whether this edition or the Nourse edition published in the same year was the First Edition in English. At the very least the First Edition of This Translation. One of the greatest works in all literature. According to PMM 204: The folly of philosophic and religious optimism is displayed with a vigor and wit that carries the reader away. Near Fine. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1759. J. Scott and J. Gretton hardcover
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
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
176911830A Londres, Amsterdam, Marc-Michel Rey, 1769. In-8 de (4)-284 pp., veau blond glacé, dos lisse orné, triple filet doré sur les plats, tranches dorées (reliure de l'époque).
17689785Genève, [Cramer], 1768-1777. 29 volumes grand in-4, demi-veau blond à coins, dos à 5 nerfs ornés de filets, roulettes, titre, sous-titre et paniers de fleurs surmontés d'un joli chapeau, le tout doré. 23 volumes avec étiquettes de titre rouges et de sous-titre et tomaison caramel, 6 volumes avec étiquettes de titre caramel et de sous-titre et tomaison vertes, plats de joli papier marbré. Non rognés.
176614369[Genève, Cramer], , 1766. Petit in-8 de VIII-120 pp.[VOLTAIRE (François-Marie Arouet de)]. Idées républicaines par un membre d'un corps, M.D.V. L'auteur auroit pu dire, par un membre qui n'est d'aucun corps. Augmentées de remarques. A Coppet, s.d. [Genève, 1768 ?]. Petit in-8 de 76 pp.Les deux pièces reliées en 1 vol. petit in-8, veau marbré, dos orné à nerfs, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge (reliure de l'époque).
17768941776 Couverture rigide Londres, sans nom d'éditeur, 1776 [Amsterdam, chez Jean-Michel Rey]. In-12, reliure pleine basane, dos lisse orné, manques aux coiffes, coins émoussés, reliure frotée, épidermures. IV, 197 pages, ex-libris manuscrit barré en noir sur la page de titre, signature manuscrite au troisième feuillet. Rédigé par Voltaire, mais attribué par certains à Durey de Morsan, à l'avocat Christin ou à Wagnière. Lieu d'édition (Londres) fictif : exemplaire imprimé à Amsterdam, chez Marc Michel Rey. Le contenu est le même que l'édition de Bâle, en 1776. Toutes les fautes indiquées dans l'errata de la première édition sont corrigées dans celle-ci (Bengesco, 1862, 2). Bon état intérieur.
176411168[Genève], [Cramer], 1764. In-8 de [2]-390-[2] pages, plein veau moucheté, dos à 5 nerfs orné de fleurons, roulettes, filets, titre et tomaison dorés, étiquette de titre tabac, de tomaison marron, roulette dorée sur les coupes, tranches rouges.
