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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
195340464London: Cassell 1953. First Edition. 8vo pp. xxiii 428. Index. Blue cloth. Cover worn at edges o/w a VG copy. Cassell 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
19792312612Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library 1979. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Clave Antoni. Near fine. 1979 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 154 pp. Black cloth binding with gilt decoration and gilt edges. Decorative endpapers. "Candide ou l'Optimisme /kndid/ kon-DEED5 French: kdid About this soundlisten is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment.6 The novella has been widely translated with English versions titled Candide: or All for the Best 1759; Candide: or The Optimist 1762; and Candide: Optimism 1947.7 It begins with a young man Candide who is living a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism by his mentor Professor Pangloss.8 The work describes the abrupt cessation of this lifestyle followed by Candide's slow and painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world. Voltaire concludes Candide with if not rejecting Leibnizian optimism outright advocating a deeply practical precept "we must cultivate our garden" in lieu of the Leibnizian mantra of Pangloss "all is for the best" in the "best of all possible worlds". Candide is characterized by its tone as well as by its erratic fantastical and fast-moving plot. A picaresque novel with a story similar to that of a more serious coming-of-age narrative Bildungsroman it parodies many adventure and romance clich The Franklin Library hardcover books
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
1913WRCLIT46453Paris: Georges Crès et Cie / Les Maitres du Livre 1913. Printed wrappers. Woodcut portrait by P.-E. Vibert. One of 1240 numbered copies on Rives from a total edition of 1568. Very good unopened. Georges Crès et Cie / Les Maitres du Livre unknown books
1952262292Paris: Gibert Jeune 1952. paperback. near fine/near fine. 16 color plates 23 text decorations by Brunelleschi. 162pp. 12mo pictorial wrappers; uncut. Paris; Gibert Jeune 1952. Limited Edition.<br/><br/> Fine in original tissue dust wrapper with a closed tear on the spine.<br/><br/> Gibert Jeune unknown books
1977288078Norwalk. : Easton Press. 1977. Hardcover full gray leather raised bands gilt decorations all edges gilt silk end papers ribbon marker. . Bookplate to pastedown otherwise fine no dustjacket as issued. . Large 8vo. Translated by Richard Aldington. Illustrated by Sylvain Sauvage. Easton Press. hardcover books
197790897Norwalk:: Easton Press. Near Fine. 1977. Hardcover. B00H9Z9SJI . Translated from the French by Richard Aldington. Introduction by Paul Morand. Collector's edition. Large octavo bound in gray leather with gilt lettering and design raised bands along spine all edges gilt silk moire endpapers sewn-in ribbon book mark. Near fine.; 131 pages . Easton Press, hardcover books
