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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
179665253Catskill: Printed by T. and M. Croswell for selves and J. Fellows & E. Duyckinck New York 1796. First American edition. This edition was first published in 1764. Engraved title with vignette portrait by P. R. Maverick of New York. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary sheep morocco label; front joint cracked. Marginal browning of text browning or staining of endpapers else a very good copy with the contemporary signature of John Gebhard Jr on free endpaper. First American edition. This edition was first published in 1764. Engraved title with vignette portrait by P. R. Maverick of New York. 1 vols. 12mo. The editor notes on the advertisement leaf that he recognizes that there might be criticism for the translation and publication of this work "on account of the author's freedom in regard to matters of religion" but feels that the quality of the work exceeds its criticisms and the "True religion is not afraid of bearing the strictest examination." There was strong interest in the French writers of "free thought" and "intellectual liberalism" in America in the eighteenth-early 19th century especially Voltaire and Condillac. The Enlightenment in France greatly influenced the American enlightenment. Library Company of Philadelphia "First American Editions" p. 5; Shipton and Mooney 31518 Printed by T. and M. Croswell for selves and J. Fellows & E. Duyckinck, New York 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
177230301AB1772. 8 Bände. Lausanne François Grasset 1772. 8°. Pappbände der Zeit mit verg. Rückensch. Papier vereinzelt stockfleckig. Einbände berieben und bestossen Rücken verblichen. unknown
1777ST20535-04La Haye The Hague but Geneva: Aux dépens des Libraries 1777. FIRST EDITION. 215 x 140 mm. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2". 1 p.l. 303 3 pp. <br/> Publisher's marbled paper wrappers flat spine edges untrimmed. A Large Paper Copy. Benesco 1860. Andrew R. Morehouse "The Voltaire Collection in the Rare Book Room" The Yale Library Gazette 17 no. 4 1943 p. 75.<br /> Paper wrappers a bit faded as expected slightly defective at corners and a little curled otherwise and perhaps even so A VERY FINE COPY--the text within immense margins entirely clean fresh and bright.<br/> <br/> This is a remarkable survival in its original wrappers of a work related to one of the most resonating controversies of Voltaire's life and writings--the question of his anti-Semitism. A giant of the Enlightenment and one of the greatest of French writers and philosophers Voltaire real name François-Marie Arouet 1694-1778 writes here in response to "Lettres de quelques Juifs portugais allemands et polonais à M. de Voltaire" a 1776 critique by Antoine Guénée objecting to the anti-Semitism especially as expressed within a commercial context in our author's "Dictionnaire Philosophique." Deeply philosophical and leavened with satire the 120 chapters of the seminal "Dictionnaire" were widely read much condemned and not infrequently burned as they challenged religious authority advocated for toleration and dealt with many social and political issues from an uncomfortable Enlightenment perspective. And there can be no doubt that Voltaire's "Dictionnaire" does in fact contain critical remarks about the Jews; at the same time the author's criticism is extended with equal warmth to organized religion in other forms. In the present response to Guénée Voltaire is nothing if not scathing which in the end works against him. As Voltaire scholar Andrew R. Morehouse wryly puts it the text here expands upon Voltaire's previous points in such a way as to "justify the accusation that he is cruelly anti-Semitic." This work is not exactly rare but it is very unusual to find it in original wrappers as here particularly in such fine condition. Aux dépens des Libraries unknown
177295126Lausanne: Chez Francois Grasset & Comp 1772. Early edition of Voltaire's biography of one of the most influential and widely translated writers of all time. Octavo bound in full sprinkled sheepskin. Gilt titles and tooling to the spine pictorial endpapers all edges red ribbon bound in. In very good condition with some rubbing to the extremities. Tasteful period bookplate. One of the most influential thinkers of the French Enlightenment François-Marie Arouet know by the nom de plum Voltaire was a resourceful and prolific writer. His works touched nearly every literary form including plays poems novels theoretical essays and scientific treatises. A forthright and candid advocate of civil liberties he frequently criticized the institutions of religious dogma and classism prevalent in 18th century France often doing so through satire to avoid censorship and imprisonment. Chez Francois Grasset & Comp unknown
176882403Geneve 1768. First edition of one of Voltaire's best-known works of prose. Octavo original full period calf gilt titles to the spine red morocco spine label raised bands marbled endpapers. In good condition. Rare and desirable. “One of Voltaire’s finest romances†The Princess of Babylon relays the story of the beautiful Formosanta who travels the world in search of her lover Amazan Barron Fantasy Literature I:88. Subtle in its philosophy Voltaire breaks narrative conventions in this novella to foster Enlightenment values and in the process also “pokes fun at a number of literary traditions†Pearson Fables of Reason 196. The novella saw instant success upon publication and was in such demand that it was being illegally pirated in England and printed under a false imprint of ‘Geneva’ when it was actually printed in London. hardcover
