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1975176NY:: Random House. Very Good. 1975. Hardcover. 0394499034 . Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Translated from the French. First edition thus. Produced on the occasion of Random House's 50th anniversary. Small folio in tan cloth with red and gilt labels on front and spine. Fine in a very good minor edge wear and age toning illustarated slipcase. . Random House, hardcover books
1973289305New York.: The Limited Editions Club. 1973. Limited edition #171 of 1500 copies. Hardcover quarter white leather over burgundy and white cloth gilt titles slipcase with paper label. . Fine in slipcase. . 8vo. Signed by the artist on the colophon. Translated by Richard Aldington. Illustrated by May Neama. The Limited Editions Club. 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
1973WB17070New York: The Limited Editions Club 1973. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Copy 81 of a total edition of 1500. 4to. Signed by the illustrator May Neama. Excellent copy in publisher's slipase. <br/><br/> The Limited Editions Club hardcover books
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
19792265127The Franklin Library 1979. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Clave Antoni. A few scuffs to gilt on front boards and page ridge. 1979 Hard Cover. 154 4 pp. 8vo. Dark green leather spine green cloth boards gilt titles and decorations all edges gilt marbled endpapers green ribbon marker bound in. Candide The Franklin Library 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
1833BL4662Paris:: A. Hiard 1833. 1833. Volumes 10 & 11 only. 12mo. 256; 250 pp. Original printed wrappers; waterstained spine tender. Untrimmed. Bookplate of Ward Ritchie. Very good. Provenance: Ward Ritchie Southern California printer spent time in Paris apprenticing to Francois-Louis Schmied 1873-1941 one who would influence Ritchie's work for the rest of his days. A. Hiard, 1833. 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
182755591New York: G. H. Evans 1827. First American edition 8vo pp. 8; removed from binding; very good. This edition not in American Imprints or OCLC but both record an 8-page "2nd New York edition" published by Evans in 1829. <br/><br/> [G. H. Evans?] unknown books
195340464London: Cassell 1953. First Edition. 8vo pp. xxiii 428. Index. Blue cloth. Cover worn at edges o/w a VG copy. Cassell unknown books
1920WRCLIT82231Munich: Kurt Wolff Verlag 1920. Small quarto 26 x 20 cm. Cloth backed boards lettered in gilt. Tips a bit bumped lower edges shelf-rubbed very good. First this edition illustrated with 26 pencil drawings by Paul Klee. "This book is included as one of the few examples of Klee's book illustration as well as an important record of his early drawing style" - Artist & The Book. ARTIST & THE BOOK 143. Kurt Wolff Verlag hardcover 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
1917WRCLIT46452Paris: Georges Crès et Cie / Les Maitres du Livre 1917. Printed wrappers. Woodcut frontis by Charles de Fontenay. One of 1420 numbered copies on Rives from a total edition of 1550. Very good unopened. Georges Crès et Cie / Les Maitres du Livre unknown books
1775310829Amsterdam: Francois L'Honore 1775. Engraved plates. xxiii 1 309 3; 191; 123 1 pp. Additional title vol 2 for "La Henriade travestie". 2 vols. Small 8vo. Contemporary speckled calf marbled endpapers. Very good. Engraved plates. xxiii 1 309 3; 191; 123 1 pp. Additional title vol 2 for "La Henriade travestie". 2 vols. Small 8vo. Francois L'Honore unknown books
1770WRCLIT25846Paris: Chez la Veuve Duchesne. 1770. Two volumes. Octavo. Full contemporary mottled dyed calf spines gilt extra. Portrait plates and engraved headpieces. Light scattered foxing largely to occasional upper margins some extremity wear with narrow losses at extreme crowns of spines three small external worm holes in lower joint of second volume otherwise a very good set. First this edition containing in the first volume a pictorial title a frontis ten plates and ten headpieces all engraved by de Longueil after drawings by Charles Eisen. There are no illustrations in the second volume which concludes with a number of additional poems and documents by Voltaire. Voltaire's letter to Eisen written after seeing his designs opens the first volume and affirms his belief that the edition will be "plus recherchee." RAY ART OF THE FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOK 30. COHEN-DE RICCI 1026/7. SALOMONS p. 172. Chez la Veuve Duchesne... unknown books
1942WRCLIT57612Berne-Bümpliz: Éditions Les Belles Feuilles 1942. Small folio. Loose signatures laid into pictorial wrappers. Near fine in good quarter vellum chemise and slipcase the latter a bit worn with cracks and bumps at a few corners. First edition thus illustrated with ten large wood engravings a number of decorated initials and two decorations by Imre Reiner. From a total edition of 220 copies this is one of 170 copies on Rives signed by the artist with an extra suite of the woodcuts on Rives. An interesting production by the artist/designer/typographer. Éditions Les Belles Feuilles hardcover books
17681591281768. First Edition. paperback. 182pp. half-title; woodcut title page vignette. sewn; unlettered buff wrappers. N.p. Geneva 1768.<br/><br/> One of Voltaire's best known prose works it came out in many editions the same year. This is presumably the first and conforms to the copy in the Bibliotheque Imperiale.<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
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. <br/><br/> aux depens de la compagnie unknown books
1755044596Paris ie. Amsterdam 1755. First Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Very Good Condition. Respined in 1/4 calf in an antique style over original marbled boards. One of six editions of Voltaire's famously bawdy mock epic surreptitiously published in 1755. The first were reputedly the Louvain actually Frankfurt editions but they are all scarce. It wasn't officially published until 1762. Light foxing otherwise crisp and bright. Added endpapers but original front blank retained with an old signature binder ticket on rear pastedown. iv 216. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Anthropology. Inventory No: 044596. <br/><br/> 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
1761260379a londres: Aux dépens de la Compagnie 1761. This rogue edition appeared 1 year before the official edition. Frontispice and 12 plates. 224 pp. 8vo. Contemporay French mottled calf red edges. This rogue edition appeared 1 year before the official edition. Frontispice and 12 plates. 224 pp. 8vo. Bengesco Voltaire : Bibliographie de ses Oeuvres 491 Aux dépens de la Compagnie unknown books
1899007638London: The Lutetian Society 1899. One of an edition of 500 numbered copies this copy unnumbered. A new and complete translation into English verse revised corrected and augmented from the earlier English translation of W.H. Ireland and the one attributed to Lady Charleville with the variants now for the first time translated by Ernest Dowson. Near Fine in quarter blue buckram over white buckram gilt lettering and rules Near Fine slight soiling to the white buckram. A handsome copy of this rather uncommon edition. . Limited and Numbered First Edition. Buckram. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. The Lutetian Society Hardcover 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
