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Voltaire FM. Arouet de F. M.ABAA

LETTRES D'AMOUR DE VOLTAIRE Ã€ SA NIÃˆCE

VOLTAIRE, (FRANCOIS-MARIE AROUET de).Biblio.com

Letters Concerning the English Nation. - A KEY WORK OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY

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

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VOLTAIRE (Franois-Marie AROUET, dit) - GRADASSI (Jean, ill de).Biblio.com

Le SiÂcle de Louis XV in Les Grands Rois de France.

1785320871785. S.l. Editions d'Art Seper / Le Chant des SphÂres / Arts et couleurs 1986. 2 forts vol. au format pt in-4 262 x 205 mm de 201 et 216 pp. Reliures d'ÂŽdition de plein skyvertex lie-de-vin Âˆ l'imitation de maroquin filets d'encadrement dorÂŽs et Âˆ froid sur les plats lesquels s'ornent d'une large frise d'encadrement Âˆ froid composition figurative en relief au centre frappÂŽe des armes dorÂŽes de France jeux de filets en relief formant croisillons sur fond de lys en relief fleurons dorÂŽs dos Âˆ nerfs ornÂŽs de filets maigres Âˆ froid caissons d'encadrement dorÂŽs entrelacs de fleurons en relief Âˆ froid armes de France et fleuron hÂŽraldique dorÂŽs titre dorÂŽ tomaison dorÂŽe tÂtes dorÂŽes gardes de pleine moire lie-de-vin sous ÂŽtuis bordÂŽs. Un des exemplaires du tirage numÂŽrotÂŽ ; complet de son certificat d'authenticitÂŽ volant. Ensemble complet des deux volumes le constituant. Chacun s'agrÂŽmente de nombreuses autant que dÂŽlicates compositions en couleurs par Jean Gradassi. ''Toutes les illustrations de cette collection en trois volumes vÂŽritables reconstitutions historiques en couleurs ont ÂŽtÂŽ reproduites Âˆ partir de sÂŽlections manuelles et rehaussÂŽes d'aquarelle au pochoir. ConfÂŽrant Âˆ cette ÂŽdition une grande valeur artistique''. ''PassionnÂŽ d'Histoire Jean Gradassi se spÂŽcialise dans cet art difficile qu'est l'illustration et pour lequel l'ÂŽtude des costumes civils et militaires de l'architecture du mobilier d'ÂŽpoque sont une base indispensable Âˆ sa crÂŽation artistique oÂ chaque dÂŽtail mÂŽrite d'Âtre examinÂŽ Âˆ la loupe. Quand on sait avec quelle minutie et quel souci du dÂŽtail chaque architecture chaque costume chaque personnage sont mis au point et avec quelle Ã‡ maestria Ãˆ dans la couleur il parvient Âˆ faire vivre toutes ces scÂnes spirituelles et animÂŽes on est transportÂŽ d'admiration pour son art''. Voltaire cÂŽlÂbre ici les idÂŽes progressistes des LumiÂres fait ÂŽtat des avancÂŽes culturelles techniques et ÂŽconomiques rÂŽalisÂŽes au cours du rÂgne de Louis XV. TrÂs belle condition. b42961 unknown

Babel Librairie · France250,00 €

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