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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
18153654Paris: Didot 1815. Full Leather. Very Good. No DJ as Issued. Moderate shelf/edge wear focused at head heel and tips light rubbing at hinges spine and edges glue toning at pastedowns very minor toning at edges of text block front joint starting blue silk ribbon present but no longer bound in else tight bright and unmarred. Full brown leather binding gilt lettering and decorative elements marbled endpages text block edges marbled blue silk ribbon. 16mo. 223pp. <br/><br/>Noted wear notwithstanding a very presentable copy. Didot hardcover books
188048476Garnier Freres 1880. VOLTAIRE. PRECIS DU SIECLE DE LOUIS XV ET HISTOIRE DU PARLEMENT DE PARIS. Paris: Garnier Freres 1880. 12mo. tan quarter-calf leather & marbled boards stamped in gilt. Later Edition. Very Good bit of edgewear some darkening spine. $50.00. <br/><br/> Garnier Freres hardcover books
181815137Paris: Lefevre and Deterville 1818. Hard Cover. Fair. 2 large foldout plates. Volume Dix-Neuvieme ONLY 19 nineteen. Ex-library 1/4 leather over paper boards with lower half of the spine lacking. Front and rear hinges tender but still attached. Textblock tight and clean noting minor foxing to the plates. 448 pages. Full title: Oeuvres Completes de Voltaire nouvelle Edition Physique Tome Dix-Neuvieme 19 Nineteen ONLY. Hard Cover. Lefevre and Deterville unknown books
1823JC12613Paris: Chez J. L. J. Briere 1823. Hardcover. Very Good. Contemporary marbled paper backed in gilt-ruled morocco gilt-stamped lettering in second and fourth spine compartments; 3 volumes 16mo 132x82mm; pp. 4 392; 4 396; 4 390. Spines just a little sunned; some light scuffing at spine tips and along edges of boards; faint foxing throughout. Rear-endpaper of the "Posthumes" volume torn. A lovely little set. <br/><br/> Chez J. L. J. Briere hardcover books
182938721Hartford: Silas Andrus 1829. Small 8vo pp. 276. Bound in calf blind-stamped design on front and back. Cover worn especially along the hinges which are loose some slight foxing o/w VG. Imprints # 41400 Nice American binding. Silas Andrus unknown books
18191322628Philadelphia: Philip H. Nicklin 1819. Second American edition. Hardcover. Octavo; Second American edition; Fair/no DJ; Hardcover w/out DJ; Spine brown with gold print on red band spine tail torn away; Boards in brown leather portion at bottom of spine torn away worn exposed corners and edges scuffing stains; Text block has cracked hinges front and rear pen and penciled names and figures on endpapers significant foxing and stains throughout some puckering to pages; xiv 239 pages. 1322628. FP New Rockville Stock. Philip H. Nicklin hardcover books
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. <br/><br/> printed and sold by H. & E. Phinney, Jun unknown books
1828709381828. Voltaire Francois M.A. de. HISTOIRE DE L'EMPIRE DE RUSSIE sous Pierre le Grand. Avec la Signification des Idiotismes en Anglais par N. Wanostrecht. London Boosey & Son etc. 1828. Octavo. viii336pp. First edition thus. Contemporary half-leather. Intended for use in schools with difficult passages and "idiotismes" translated at the foot of the page. A few light pencil marks in margins and endpaper ownership in ink and rubbing to extremities else fine. 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
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
183627256Hartford: Judd Loomis & Co 1836. Small 8vo pp. 276; frontispiece portrait; ex-Hendrick Hudson Chapter Free Library with bookplate on front pastedown and rubber stamp on content page; front free endpaper torn horizontally moderate foxing throughout; contemporary rainbow calf edges scuffed; a good copy. <br/><br/> Judd, Loomis & Co unknown books
1836142105Boston: J.P. Mendum 1836. Hardcover. Two volumes bound as one xlviii 408 416p. ads for the Boston Investigator and related publications frontispieces vol. 1 portrait of Voltaire vol. 2 family portrait. Original publisher's ribbed black cloth panelled and ruled in blind spine title gilt quite bright boards are edgeworn and show card top and tail are frayed with small losses hinges slightly weak one signature starting a little front free endpaper has been excised with an old ugly adhesive remnant opposite on the pastedown. Handleable and otherwise sound. Later stereotype edition copyright is noted to be held by John Quincy Adams who also published this in 1836. Kneeland an intimate with Robert Dale Owen and Frances Wright was a frequent contributor to their Free Enquirer. In 1831 he moved to Boston and established The Boston Investigator one of the longest lived 1831-1904 freethought publications in the United States See Brown & Stein p. 33; he was tried four times and eventually convicted for his writings in the Dec. 20 1833 issue. J.P. Mendum hardcover books
1836194898Boston: Printed and Published by J. Q. Adams 1836. Leather Bound. Two volumes bound as one: frontis portrait tissue-guarded lii 408 2 light cardstock "Family Record" leaves frontis of family with tissue lii repeated material 416p. first edition recased in late 19thC red morocco gilt: a custom-bound production with pleasing spine titling raised bands ruled and tooled gold all edges fully gilded sewn headbands green endsheets overprinted gilt. Extremities are slightly abraded a 3-inch split upper front joint boards yawn somewhat. Within textblock is quite sound; find original blanks faintly toned with flecks of soil v.I foxing to portrait occasional foxing in text v.II frontis heavily foxed some splashy foxing in text. A very good copy pace the split which in no way affects handling. Kneeland an intimate with Robert Dale Owen and Frances Wright was a frequent contributor to their Free Enquirer. In 1831 he moved to Boston and established The Boston Investigator one of the longest lived 1831-1904 freethought publications in the United States See Brown & Stein p. 33; he was tried four times and eventually convicted for his writings in the Dec. 20 1833 issue. Printed and Published by J. Q. Adams unknown books
1805286188London: Printed by D. N. Shury for J. F. Hughes 1805. First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. First Edition of Voltairiana selected and translated by Mary Julia Young one of Dale Spender's 'Mothers of the Novel.' A prolific author of fiction and poetry Young was a striking example of an independent professional female writer of the eighteenth and early nineteenth century. Writing "for a maintenance" as she euphemistically puts it Young encapsulates the financial hardship and open hostility that greeted female authors of the time especially those who were fully reliant on their literary output. Taken from a letter to the Royal Literary Fund 28 March 1808 by Ms. Young "melange which was thrown together at the express desire of my Publisher and I hope Voltaire has not suffer'd by my choice of selection and omissions." Complete in four volumes. Portrait frontispiece. Page of advertisements at the rear. Very scattered foxing. Wear to the joints extremities and surface of the spines. Full mottled calf with red leather labels and gilt decorations. Four vols. Very Good. Dale Spender Mothers of the Novel p. 137. Romantic Textualities: Literature and Print Culture 1780-1840 Issue 18. . Rachel Hanna The Corvey Project "Mary Julia Young" Orlando Cambridge Women's Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present "Mary Julia Young" . Very Good binding. Printed by D. N. Shury for J. F. Hughes unknown books
18385151Paris: Chez Furne 1838. 13 volumes large 8vo engraved frontis. portrait 46 engraved plates plus illus. in text & 1 facsimile mss. leaf; contemporary 1/2 blue calf gilt some chipping to spine ends and wear to extremities front hinge of vol. IV cracked. <br/><br/> Chez Furne unknown books
1805007926London: Printed by D. N. Shury for J. F. Hughes 1805. RARE. Twelvemo printing 6 3/4" x 4 1/2" four volumes bound in two. In contemporary half vellum over marbled boards the backs with red morocco labels lettered in gilt and richly ornate gilt tooled decorations marbled end papers top edges gilt. Very Good Plus 3/8" chip to top edge of rear cover Vol. I & II light soiling to vellum. Bindings tight interiors clean and fresh. . First Edition. Half Vellum. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Printed by D. N. Shury for J. F. Hughes Hardcover books
1822290382London: Printed for John Miller and W. Wright 1822. Full Leather. Good binding. With 59 full page plates in Vol. I 9 of which are duplicates on poorer paper and 58 full page plates in Vol. II 9 of which are duplicates; with 25 white Fine Paper engravings pasted down in Vol. I and 25 in Vol. II; with 11 gray Papier de Chine engravings pasted down in Vol. I and 11 in Vol. II. Most of the engravings are illustrations of the various scenes with a few portrait plates; all of the Papier de Chine illustrations are small engraved illustrations meant for the start of each canto and are facing duplicates on Fine Paper. Hinges reinforced by a conservator with Japanese tissue paper. Signed full red morroco binding by Matthews; with gilt lettering and decorations. Marbled endpapers and gilt dentelles. Top edge gilt. Good binding. Printed for John Miller and W. Wright unknown books
1890271451Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles 1890. hardcover. very good. 10 volumes. 12mo 3/4 tan morocco marbled boards ornately gilt spines 3 small repairs on spines.Paris: Bibliophiles 1890. Very good. A lovely set.<br/><br/> Librairie des Bibliophiles unknown books
182896178Paris: Deslangle Freres 1828-34. Finely bound set of the complete works of Voltaire with historic scientific and literary notes. Octavo 97 volumes text in French. Bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands marbled endpapers frontispieces with tissues guards and half-titles as issued. In very good condition. A complete set covering the broad scope of the versatile and prolific writer. One of the most influential thinkers of the French Enlightenment Francois-Marie Arouet know by the nom de plum Voltaire was a resourceful and prolific writer. His works touched nearly every literary form including plays poems novels theoretical essays and scientific treatises. A forthright and candid advocate of civil liberties he frequently criticized the institutions of religious dogma and classism prevalent in 18th century France often doing so through satire to avoid censorship and imprisonment. Deslangle Freres hardcover books
