Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet)Biblio.com
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1856000016251Paris: Librairie de Firmin Didot Frères Fils 1856. Later edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Small 8vo. 4 1-609 3 pp. Quarter black imitation leather over blue and black marbled paper boards with the spine in five compartments gold rules decorations and lettering on the spine; all edges sprinkled purple. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Voltaire. A history of France during the reign of Louis XIV the longest-reigning monarch in French history. Moderate rubbing to the extremities a small spot of soil to the textblock. Librairie de Firmin Didot Frères, Fils hardcover
180724268London: Printed for J.J. Stockdale No. 41 Pall-Mall 1807. Hardcover. Very good condition. Bound in fine diced leather one of the best known histories by the famed French philosopher and author. A cautionary history of the career of the Swedish king written to for "the benefit princes might derive . should this book ever fall into their hands" p29.<br /> <br /> Translated from the French by John Joseph Stockdale by M. de Voltaire ; to which are prefixed anecdotes of Peter the Great . ; translated from the French by John Joseph Stockdale .<br /> <br /> 8vo frontispiece portrait iv 483pp. Top of spine slightly chipped. Owner signature laid down at top corner title page Orlton Cooper otherwise bright and clean. OCLC: 1008272773. Printed for J.J. Stockdale, No. 41, Pall-Mall hardcover
181157786Otsego N.Y.: printed and sold by H. & E. Phinney Jun 1811. 8vo pp. 6 7-275 1; contemporary full calf; joints worn; covers rubbed mild staining; otherwise good and sound. American editions in 1803 New York and 1808 and 1810 both Frederick-Town Md. preceded this. Contemporary presentation on front free endpaper from Col. R. A. Hunter to E. H. Oswald Alexandria La. dated November 1876. Pencil ownership doodles and inscriptions on rear pastedown. American Imprints 24349. printed and sold by H. & E. Phinney, Jun 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
1898142603260005George Barrie Philadelphia 1898. Hardcover. Good. Set of Three Hardcovers. Pages are clean and unmarked. Slightly tanned and foxed. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Binding is tight hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! George Barrie, Philadelphia hardcover
1898028733Philadelphia: George Barrie 1898. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Xxi.353; Vii 318 Pp.; Vii 321 Pp. Three Volumes. Volumes One And Two Of A Three Volume Set Are #337 Of A Limited Edition Of 1000 Copies The Bibliophilist's Library Series Two. Full Navy Blue Morocco Five Bands Gilt Title And Volume Number On Spines Elaborately Gilt Turns Marbled Endpapers Top Edges Gilt. Deckled Edges 8 3/4" Tall. Volume Iii Is #111 Of 1000 But Original Gray Cloth Paper Spine Label No Gilt On Top Edge 9" Tall. Vol. I And Ii With Light Wear Fraying At Corners Bindings Solid With Hinges Tight No Names Or Marks Or Bookplates. Volume Iii Is Near Fine And Unopened Pages Still Attached Along Edges. <br/> <br/> George Barrie hardcover
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
1893ST17884Paris: Imprimé pour Les Amis de Livres par Chamerot et Renouard 1893. No. 55 OF 115 COPIES printed for M. Van der Vrecken de Bormans. 275 x 190 mm. 10 3/4 x 7 1/2". 4 p.l. 159 3. <br/> DAZZLING CONTEMPORARY SCARLET MOROCCO VERY ORNATELY DECORATED IN GILT SILVER AND BLACK AS WELL AS INLAID BY MARIUS MICHEL stamp-signed on front doublure covers elaborately embellished with a floral frame enclosing a large central panel filled with diapered compartments formed by gently curving black leaves each compartment containing a floral sprig tooled in silver and gold flat spine with similarly decorated ogival compartments and gilt titling OLIVE BROWN MOROCCO DOUBLURES filled with rows of inlaid red carnations with dark green pedicels leather hinges jacquard silk endleaves in pink blue and green pattern marbled flyleaves all edges gilt. Original white textured paper wrappers bound in. In a slightly worn brown morocco-trimmed marbled paper slipcase. With eight pleasing color engravings by Rops 4 Robaudi 2 and Garnier 2 depicting scenes from the story accompanied by 29 proofs in red yellow cyan and black & white as called for in the colophon. A Large Paper Copy. Front flyleaf with INK INSCRIPTION SIGNED BY MARIUS MICHEL and dated Mai 1920 noting that he had bound this copy for M. Van der Vrecken de Bormans in 1896 for a very substantial price of 600 francs. Carteret IV 407; Vicaire I 47. Three blank front flyleaves with narrow faint brown horizontal blemish across most of the page apparently a tape shadow; in all other ways A BEAUTIFUL COPY clean fresh and bright internally IN A PRISTINE BINDING.<br/> <br/> This ravishing object is a bibliophile's treasure: an illustrated luxury edition in Large Paper format of Voltaire's philosophical novel offered in a binding from a pre-eminent Parisian atelier. The impressive binding stands out not only because of its remarkable condition but also because of the variety and unerring execution of its decorative elements--from the vigorous use of black gold and silver on the cover and spine to the particularly animated inlaid morocco doublures. Considered the best binder of his generation as well as the founder of modern French bookbinding Henri Marius Michel 1846-1925 began his career in the workshop established by his father Jean in Paris in 1849 where they produced distinguished bindings in the prevailing historical styles for two decades. After the father's death in 1890 the firm came to even greater prominence when Henri began producing bindings in a completely new and original style that did nothing less than change the course of modern bookbinding in France. According to Duncan & De Bartha Henri believed passionately "that bookbinding needed a new vocabulary of ornamentation in order to express the mood and spirit of contemporary authors." The "vocabulary of ornamentation" he developed was based on nature the revolutionary "La Flore Ornamentale" style that he unveiled at the 1878 International Exposition. His favored floral forms dominate the present binding both as inlays and as silver and gold tooling. Our binding was commissioned by Paul Van der Vrecken Baron de Bormans an attaché at the Belgian Embassy in Paris and a bibliophile who belonged to "La société du livre contemporain" as well as the "Cercle Parisien du livre." The 600 francs the binding cost would have bought a very great deal in France at the end of the 19th century. Another copy of this work with the same special features and also bound in inlaid morocco by Marius Michel sold at Sotheby's in 1995 for the hammer price equivalent of $31200. Imprimé pour Les Amis de Livres par Chamerot et Renouard unknown
