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1723D17367Geneva: "A Geneve Chez Jean Mokpak" i. e. Rouen: Viret 1723. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. viii 231 pages. Contemporary calf spine ends chipped front joint partly cracked; Marginal dampstaining at beginning and end. Bookplate of Francis John Hughes <br/><br/> "A Geneve, Chez Jean Mokpak" [i. e., Rouen: Viret], hardcover
176818133A Geneve but London 1768. 8vo 184 pp. Some occasional light foxing. Modern calf black spine label. A pirated printing of the first edition. French text. A Geneve [but London] unknown
1768elala1501Geneva London: 1768. 1768. 8vo. pp. 184. contemporary English half calf front cover loose joints cracked spine label wanting internally very good. English counterfeit of the first edition. Bengesco 1492. Martin 68.56n. cfBarbier III 1025. cfCioranescu 64356-7. cfQuérard X 324. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Geneva [London]: 1768. Hardcover
17607699<p>Geneve: Chez les Frères Cramer 1760 Early reprint published in the same year as the first edition. The first edition has a London imprint though it was actually printed in Geneva too and Voltaire's name does not appear on the title. Full modern speckled calf gilt-ruled spine edges stained red. Twelvemo. Small brown stain on verso of title-page and next recto some light dampstaining at top corner. Generally a very good copy. A spurious publication in which Voltaire blatantly pretends that this is a French translation of an original work by the brother of David Hume. According to Voltaire Hume's brother was pastor at an Edinburgh church and had produced two other plays which had been produced in London. "…il est le frère de ce célèbre philosophe Mr. Hume qui a creusé avec tant de hardiesse & de sagacité les fondements de la métaphysique & de la morale; ces deux philosophes sont également honneur à l'Ecosse leur patrie" preface. All editions of this work are rare. OCLC lists one copy of the present edition the Library of Congress copy. Of the first edition OCLC lists seven copies: Yale Maryland New York Public Library Cornell Harvard Texas Chicago.</p> Chez les Frères Cramer,
173446420<p>Basle i.e. London : by W. Bowyer 1734. First edition. Although an English translation had been published in London as "Letters Concerning the English Nation" in 1733 this is the first appearance of the original French text of the book now generally known as the "Lettres Philosophiques" and as "the first bomb thrown at the Ancien Régime". It has been said of Voltaire that "he came to England a poet and left it a philosopher": however that may be this book resulting from his stay in 1726-1728 is "one of the greatest and most influential works of the eighteenth century and beyond . the book that taught the whole of Europe how to think" Voltaire Foundation. The letters contrasting English and French thinking deal variously with religion in England - Quakers Anglicans Presbyterians and Socinians; politics parliament and Magna Carta; trade commerce and the businessman who "contributes to the felicity of the world"; English empiricism and Francis Bacon John Locke and Isaac Newton; and literature - Shakespeare above all Wycherley Congreve Swift and Pope etc. The London publishers' preface is interesting on the author's extreme reluctance to sanction a French-language edition - they had suppressed this edition for an entire year but others were now preparing illicit editions and they now had to displease the author to please the public. The furore which greeted the French editions when they appeared probably justified Voltaire's reluctance and the use here of a fake Basle imprint. Foolscap 8vo 171 x 103mm. viii228xxpp. Bound in a creditable modern rendition of early eighteenth-century full panelled calf; sprinkled edges; a few slight marks; Voltaire's name added to title-page in manuscript; faint fringe of very pale discolouration to fore-edge throughout text barely visible in most places; a few minor internal marks and tiny flaws but a good copy of one of the key books of the Enlightenment. Eighteenth-century 1768 ownership inscription now obscured.</p> Basle [i.e. London : by W. Bowyer], 1734. hardcover
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
1746AQ14647s.i.: s.n. 1746. 35pp 1. Recent marbled paper boards red morocco lettering-piece to upper board. Slightest of wear to extremities. Occasional light foxing. An Italian translation of an address delivered by Voltaire to the Academie francaise. COPAC records copies at two locations; BL and Oxford. OCLC adds B.N.F. . 12mo. [s.n.] hardcover
176146975Paris: Duchesne 1761. Very Good. Paris: Chés sic Duchesne Libraire Rue Saint Jacques au Temple du Goût 1761. Nouvelle Edition. 12mo 14cm; full contemporary mottled calf triple ruled in gilt elaborate gilt spine repeating the fleur-de-lis motif all edges speckled blue marbled endpapers; 4viii19-2831adpp.; steel-engraved title page. Leather rubbed and worn at corners shallow loss at spine crown old ink price to front free endpaper final few leaves a bit damp stained; overall Very Good and sound. <br /> <br /> Updated edition of Voltaire's epic poem celebrating the life of Henri IV first published in 1723. This edition opens with an excerpt from Voltaire's preface to his collected works published in Geneva in 1756 and concludes with the publisher's list of Voltaire's plays and other works offered for sale individually. Duchesne unknown
1770AQ28672Amsterdam: Chez Jean Robert 1770. viii 174pp. Terminal leaf a cancel. Interleaves between p.48-49. Handsomely bound in nineteenth-century gilt-tooled green half- morocco gilt armorial device of Richard Seymour-Conway fourth Marquess Hertford 1800-1870 to spine marbled paper boards marbled edges marbled endpapers. A trifle dulled. Early French language notes in two distinct hands to initial and terminal fly-leaves and interleaved blank. 'Tout ce que raconte Madame la Marquise de Caylus est vrai; on voit une femme qui parle avec candeur. Ses Souvenirs serviront surtout à faire oublier cette foule de misérables écrits sur la cour de Louis XIV dont l'Europe a été inondée par des auteurs faméliques qui n'avaient jamais connu ni cette cour ni Paris'. The second state issued the same year as the first of the lively memoirs of Marthe-Marguerite de Caylus 1673-1729 that provide a piquant account of the intrigues of the inner court of Louis XIV. The work was edited for publication by Voltaire who supplied the preface and contextual notes. The manuscript additions in this work are concerned with Voltaire's editorship of the text. . First edition second state. 8vo. Chez Jean Robert hardcover
1764003035Paris: Chaubert et al. 1764. 12mo. Two monthly works in one volume. Engraved vignette title pages 216pp. and 216pp. illustrated with two musical scores one folding Dedicated to the king Includes articles poems pastiches translations and songs medicine astronomy and more. Bound in full calf raised bands two compartments lettered in giltsome rubbing. A very good copy. Chaubert et al. unknown
177734951Genève Geneva: S. n. 1777. Fine. S. n. Genève Geneva 1777 12 x 20 cm relié Both rare first editions. Contemporary full mottled calf binding. Smooth spine with 4 tools. Red morocco title and volume labels. Triple fillet frame on covers. Small lack at head. Lack to upper joint at head. Upper joint cracked at foot. Light lack at foot. Rubbing. Gin's work is first a defense of monarchical power as the natural form of government against the theories of Montesquieu and those of Mably but beyond this starting postulate the whole is remarkable for its economic reflections Gin making agriculture and industry the pillars of economic health. The author strives through history and examples borrowed from various nations like China to prove his theories irrefutably. Voltaire's work is a skillful reflection on the relativity of laws and notably on their injustice. Voltaire examines each category of criminality theft crime heresy sorcerers. and the laws that have been established. One of Voltaire's last works animated by the ardor to convince his contemporaries of the urgency of reforming the laws. S. n. unknown
176954921769. A Amsterdam Lausanne chez Jean-Jacques du Fay Grasset 1769. 2 tomes reliÂŽs en 1 fort vol. in-8 202 x 121 mm de 1 f. bl. viii - 235 pp. ; viii - 235 pp. et 1 f. bl. Reliure de l'ÂŽpoque de plein veau marbrÂŽ havane filet ˆ froid encadrant les plats dos ˆ nerfs ornÂŽ de doubles caissons d'encadrement dorÂŽs doubles filets dorÂŽs jeu de filets obliques dorÂŽs sur les nefs fleurons dorÂŽs semis de pointillÂŽs dorÂŽs piÂce de titre de maroquin vieux-rouge titre dorÂŽ palette dorÂŽe en queue filet dorÂŽ sur les coupes toutes tranches rouges. Seconde ÂŽdition en partie originale publiÂŽe ˆ la mÂme date que la premiÂre. ''TraumatisÂŽ par la dramatique affaire du chevalier FranÂois-Jean de La Barre condamnÂŽ ˆ Âtre exÂŽcutÂŽ aprÂs avoir subi un supplice inhumain Voltaire avait ˆ cÃur de dÂŽnoncer les excÂs d'une institution qui rendait si mal la justice. L'hostilitÂŽ de Voltaire envers le Parlement de Paris n'avait rien ˆ voir avec les querelles contemporaines: en retraÂant son histoire le philosophe entendait jeter le discrÂŽdit sur le fonctionnement de lÕinstitution et mettre en ÂŽvidence l'arbitraire et la barbarie des jugements rendus. Pour ce faire l'auteur procÂde non en polÂŽmiste mais en historien. C'est avec objectivitÂŽ que Voltaire dresse son ÇrÂŽquisitoireÈ adoptant pour ce faire une perspective chronologique. Il rÂŽvÂle ainsi le caractÂre redoutable de cette institution gangrenÂŽe par la vÂŽnalitÂŽ des charges et un profond obscurantisme. Voltaire insiste c'est ce parlement qui condamna la marÂŽchale d'Ancre pour sorcellerie qui rendit des arrÂts justifiant la Saint-BarthÂŽlemy et enregistra la bulle Unigenitus sous la pression du cardinal Dubois qui ordonna le supplice infligÂŽ ˆ Damiens indigne selon lui d'une sociÂŽtÂŽ civilisÂŽe''. ValÂŽrie Crugten-AndrÂŽ. ''Cet ouvrage fit beaucoup de bruit dÂs l'instant qu'il parut. On sut bient™t d'o venait le livre on en nommait l'auteur. Voltaire qui savait ce qu'il pouvait gagner ˆ irriter les membres du Parlement fut tellement effrayÂŽ de cette proscription qu'il s'empressa d'ÂŽcrire de tous c™tÂŽs qu'il n'ÂŽtait point l'auteur de cet ouvrage. Il n'osa pas mÂme en faire la confidence ˆ ses plus intimes amis tels d'Argental et d'Alembert. ''Il me para”t absurde ÂŽcrivait-il ˆ ce dernier de m'attribuer un ouvrage dans lequel il y a deux ou trois morceaux qui ne peuvent Âtre tirÂŽs que d'un greffe poudreux o je n'ai assurÂŽment pas mis le pied ; mais la calomnie n'y regarde pas de si prÂs. Je vous demande en gr‰ce d'employer toute votre ÂŽloquence pour dÂŽtruire un bruit encore plus dangereux que ridicule''. Le Parlement renonÂa toutefois ''pour le moment ˆ l'inutile cÂŽrÂŽmonie de bržler le libelle et au soin plus sÂŽrieux d'en chercher l'auteur''. in QuÂŽrard. Elle finira pourtant par Âtre saisie et dÂŽtruite. Le prÂŽsident Desportes reconnut que le ''rÂŽcit des faits dÂŽpeints dans l'ouvrage ÂŽtait d'une grande exactitude''. Barbier IV Dictionnaire des ouvrages anonymes 786 - Cioranescu III Bibliographie de la littÂŽrature franÂaise du XVIIIÂme siÂcle 64425 - QuÂŽrard X La France littÂŽraire p. 362 - Bengesco 1247 - Peignot II Livres condamnÂŽs 189. Angles ÂŽmoussÂŽs. Petit dÂŽfaut au mors supÂŽrieur. Quelques feuillets brunis et rares rousseurs dans le texte. Nonobstant bel ensemble. b42961 unknown
1777000202<p><strong>Voltaire's notable critique of the prevailing conditions of his time. </strong></p><p><strong>Description:</strong> Contemporary burgundy calf triple gilt fillet to sides gilt titles and decoration to spine. Vigesimo-quarto: 11.5 × 6.5 cm; 3 ll. 300 pp. Frontispiece portrait of Joan of Arc engraved by N.icolas Delaunay after a painting from the City Hall of Orléans. Gilt edges.</p><p><strong>Condition:</strong> Binding a bit scuffed and bruised at corners and spine ends. Pages slightly toned with age pp. 107-110 detached. Despite the occasional minor blemish a very good copy.</p> [Cazin] hardcover
1770s505.139GB: F. Newberry 1770. Full leather. Spine with raised bands. 12 pages Title page preface contents and 180 and 80 commentary. Very clean tight text. Some brown stains to edges of endpapers and first and last few leaves. All joints and hinges worn and/or cracked but covers holding well by strings. Contemporary armorial bookplate of Townley featuring their arms Argent on a fesse sable a cinquefoil or in chief three mullets of the second in wreaths of flowers etc but not their name. From the library of Town Head House Windermere. No title labels. Book is in good double plus condition with noticeable signs of wear and/or age. . 3rd Edition. Hardback. G/No DW. F. Newberry Hardcover
177632921à Paris: Chez Moutard 1776. Fine. Chez Moutard à Paris 1776 9 x 16.50 cm 3 volumes reliés Edition with some parts in first edition first published in 1769 in one 8vo volume. Two volumes were added for this edition. Contemporary full blonde sheep binding. Spine with raised bands decorated. Red morocco title-label. Small lacks at head. Tailcap of volume III worn. 7 corners slightly bumped. Rubbing. The work is an attack and critical commentary on Voltaire's Treatise on Tolerance. The work was well received both by its detractors Voltaire D'Alembert and the public. The author demonstrates not only nourished and erudite argumentation but without pedantry and always with impartiality which Voltaire himself applauded. The Letters are not a defense of the church but of religion. As for the style Abbé Guenée establishes a dialogue with Voltaire and his purpose is clear demonstrative and in no way sententious. Chez Moutard hardcover
178112886-1Paris: o. Verlagsangabe, 1781. 248 Seiten, Klein-8°, Leder.
1732004060London: C. Davis 1732. Voltaire 1694-1778 wrote here the first recognized epic poem in French intended to imitate Virgil. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition in English. Full leather binding; red label with gilt lettering and ruling on the spine. Clean text; 308 pages with extensive Notes beginning at page 233. Previous-owner signature on the Title Page; two other faint signatures on Page One of the text. Generally bright and unfoxed. Rubbed margins bumped and with some chipping to the leather; there is some minor loss at the top of the Title Page. The covers are rather stiff to turn. Although far from a Binding Copy Quercus is of the opinion that rebacking would be in order here to maximize enjoyment. First Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. C. Davis Hardcover
1777019737Paris: Chez M. Elmesly; Freres Debure 1777. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. iv 348 pages of text. Original quarter leather binding with marbled paper-covered boards. Moderate rubbing and shelfwear. The front cover is blind-stamped with an armorial device. Minimal soiling to the text which is generally quite clean and is unmarked. These letters respond to criticism by Voltaire of Bailly's history of Astronomy. 208mm x 125mm 8 1/8" x 4 7/8". First edition. Chez M. Elmesly; Freres Debure Hardcover books
1767716331767. First English-Language Edition. First English-Language Edition. First English-Language Edition of PMM 209: "One of the Most Influential Books in the Whole History of Criminology" Beccaria Cesare Bonesana Marchese de 1738-1794. Voltaire Arouet Francois-Marie 1694-1778. An Essay on Crimes and Punishments Translated from the Italian; With a Commentary Attributed to Mons. De Voltaire Translated from the French. London: Printed for J. Almon 1767. xii 179 1 lxxix 1 pp. Last page blank. Octavo 8" x 5". Contemporary calf raised bands and lettering piece to spine. Light rubbing minor worming and a few minor scuffs to boards moderate rubbing to extremities creasing to spine chipping to spine ends corners bumped and moderately worn front joint starting at ends rear joint and hinge partially cracked. Moderate toning occasional worming to margins leaves F4-F5 pp. 71-74 partially detached and lightly edgeworn two early owner signatures of F.J. Atkinson and W. Hartto title page. $3750. First edition in English. First published in Livorno in 1764 as Dei Delitti e Delle Pene this landmark work is to quote Printing and the Mind of Man "one of the most influential books in the whole history of criminology. It is significant because it was the first systematic study of the subject. Infused with the spirit of the Enlightenment its advocacy of crime prevention and the abolition of torture and capital punishment marked a significant advance in criminological thought which had changed little since the Middle Ages. It had a profound influence on the development of criminal law. It was especially influential among American thinkers such as Thomas Jefferson who wished to use ideas from Beccaria to reform the system of criminal law Americans inherited from England. Printing and the Mind of Man 209. Sowerby Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson 2349. English Short-Title Catalogue T138985. unknown books
1793716151793. Philadelphia 1793. 3rd American Edition. Philadelphia 1793. 3rd American Edition. Early American Edition of "One of the Most Influential Books in the Whole History of Criminology" PMM 209 Beccaria Cesare Bonesana Marchese de 1738-1794. Voltaire Arouet Francois-Marie 1694-1778. An Essay on Crimes and Punishments: By the Marquis Beccaria Of Milan. With a Commentary by M. De Voltaire. A New Edition Corrected. Philadelphia: Printed by William Young 1793. x 13-230 pp. 12mo. 6" x 3-1/2". Contemporary sheep lettering piece and gilt fillets to spine. Light rubbing and some minor nicks to boards a few creases to spine joints starting at head moderate rubbing to spine ends and corners which are lightly bumped front free endpaper lacking. Light toning to text light foxing and negligible faint stains to a few leaves early repair to Leaf D6 pp. 43-44 with no loss to text. An attractive copy. $750. Third American edition. First published in Livorno in 1764 as Dei Delitti e Delle Pene this landmark work is to quote Printing and the Mind of Man "one of the most influential books in the whole history of criminology. It is significant because it was the first systematic study of the subject. Infused with the spirit of the Enlightenment its advocacy of crime prevention and the abolition of torture and capital punishment marked a significant advance in criminological thought which had changed little since the Middle Ages. It had a profound influence on the development of criminal law. It was especially influential among American thinkers such as Thomas Jefferson who wished to use Beccaria to reform the system of criminal law Americans inherited from England. The first two American editions were issued Charleston in 1777 and Philadelphia in 1778. Printing and the Mind of Man 209. Sowerby Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson 2349. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 4234. unknown books
1767140947325London: Printed for J. Almon 1767. First Edition. Near Fine. First English-language edition of Cesare Bonesana di Beccaria's treatise on criminal justice reform with an added commentary by Voltaire. xii 179 lxxix pp. Bound in full contemporary mottled calf laced in boards. Morocco title label gilt tooling to spine and board edges all edges speckled red. Near Fine with light wear to covers boards slightly splayed joints worn but sound. Light toning and scattered foxing throughout more pronounced in first and last few pages. Discoloration from binder's glue to endpapers author's name penciled to front pastedown math equation penciled to back pastedown. A beautiful copy of the influential Enlightenment classic from the collection of scholar and bibliophile Arnold Meadowcroft Muirhead with his bookplate on the front pastedown. Rare. Printed for J. Almon unknown
177538798Amsterdam Geneva: Jean Robert 1775. Early reprint of 1770 first edition. Half-bound blue leather spine and edges blue cloth covered boards. Gilt stamped lettering to spine navy endpapers. TEG red edgestain. Wear and rubbing to binding light soiling to leather and sunning to edges. Bookplate to front pastedown lacks front free endpaper. Age-toning to paper. An About VG copy. viii 174 2 blank pp. 7-3/4" x 5" <br/><br/>"Madame de Caylus was the mother of the noted French archeologist engraver and man of letters Comte de Caylus. She was a close relative of Madame de Maintenon who brought her up like her own daughter and introduced her to the life at court. She wrote valuable memoirs of the court of Louis XIV entitled 'Souvenirs'; these were edited by Voltaire and by many later editors." Encyclopedia Britannica. Voltaire studied and wrote about this historical period and was the first to edit the 'Souvenirs'. He added interesting observations critical remarks corrections of Madame de Caylus' statements - completing the vivid sketch of life at the court. Jean Robert hardcover books
1770100487F. Newbery 1770. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. Translated into English from the French translation and commentary by Voltaire of the original Italian edition written by Cesare Baccaria. Third edition. Leatherbound. Covers worn and gutters are cracked. Bookplate inside front cover of Thomas Munro Governor of Madras between 1820-1827. Munro introduced the Ryotwari System which allowed the government to deal directly with the cultivator 'ryot' for revenue collection and gave the peasant freedom to cede or acquire new land for cultivation. F. Newbery hardcover
176438945Paris Geneva The Hague and Amsterdam: Sébastien Jorry and Delalain 1764-1771. A sammelband comprising four interesting and very rare 18th-century French works all in FIRST EDITION and all printed on fine laid paper. 1. Claude Joseph Dorat "Lettre du Comte de Comminges à sa mère suivie d'une Lettre de Philomène à Progné" Paris 1764. With two full-page hors-texte engraved plates two headpieces and two tailpieces after CHARLES EISEN. 2. Jean-Antoine Comparet "La Vérité ode à Mr de Voltaire suivie d'une dissertation historique et critique sur le gouvernement de Genève et ses révolutions" Londres but probably Geneva 1765. 3. Aimé Ambroise Joseph Feutry "Opuscules poëtiques et philologiques" La Haye 1771. 4. Charles Palissot de Montenoy "L'homme dangereux comédie. Par l'auteur de la Comédie des philosophes". 8vo. Attractively bound in contemporary calf. Spine gilt in six compartments with fleurons and raised bands. All edges red. Some wear to extremities otherwise FINE AND BRIGHT. A unique book comprising four very rare ones. <br/><br/> Sébastien Jorry and Delalain hardcover
