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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
19232221977<p>First edition. 4to. 16 facsimile plates. 3/4 dark green morocco over matching cloth boards spine with raised bands and gilt stamping top edge gilt other edges uncut. Original printed blue wrappers bound in. Very good. Unpaginated.</p><p>Descriptive annotated catalogue of what was purported to be the world's finest collection of Voltaire's works. 202 items.</p><p>Printed by J. Miles & Co. Ltd. London.</p> G. Michelmore & Co. hardcover 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
1769303292Edinburgh: Martin & Wotherspoon 1769. 342pp. 1 vols. 12mop. Old calf. Bookplate of DeWitt Clinton. Signature of his son George Clinton Jr. on the ffep. 342pp. 1 vols. 12mop. Martin & Wotherspoon unknown books
193054708Paris: éditions du Trianon 1930. First edition this unnumbered copy on vélin du fil. Illustrated with 6 pochoir plates by Keller after watercolors by Léon-Zack. 1 vols. 8vo 8-1/2 x 6-1/4 inches. Three quarter red morocco and decorated paper boards with the original publisher's green wrappers bound in. Very slight rubbing to tips of spine otherwise fine. First edition this unnumbered copy on vélin du fil. Illustrated with 6 pochoir plates by Keller after watercolors by Léon-Zack. 1 vols. 8vo 8-1/2 x 6-1/4 inches. With Pochoir Plates. éditions du Trianon unknown books
175695156London: J. Nourse 1756. Early printing of Voltaire's history of the War of 1741. Octavo bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards gilt titles and tooling to the spine red morocco spine label. In very good condition. 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. J. Nourse 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
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
192754673Paris: émile Hazan 1927. No. 778 of 800 copies printed on Vergé de Rives. 4 xxx 218 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Three quarter olive-green morocco marbled paper boards gilt spine raised bands marbled endpapers t.e.g. Beautiful copy. No. 778 of 800 copies printed on Vergé de Rives. 4 xxx 218 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. émile Hazan unknown books
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
1951155670Sydney Australia: Futurian Press 1951. Octavo pp. 1-4 1 2-31 32: colophon green wrappers printed in black. First edition. One of five limited edition booklets published by the Futurian Press from 1950 to 1952 the first of their three fiction books. Blackford et al. Strange Constellations: A History of Australian Science Fiction p. 227. Reginald 10229. Tuck 1982 pp. 679; 745. Not in Stone. A fine copy. #155670 Futurian Press unknown books
1925238241Paris: Leo Deteil 1925. hardcover. very good. Preface d'Eugene Marsan. 6 original etched plates in aquatint by Henri Farge. Tall 4to green 3/4 levant by Marie Louise marbled endpapers g.t.; original wrappers bound in. Paris: Leo Deteil 1925. A very good copy.<br/><br/> One of 195 copies on verge antique unnumbered.<br/><br/> Leo Deteil unknown books
1753003011Dresden: George Conrad Walther 1753. Full Calf. Very Good Minus. 12mo. 17 by 10 cm. 12 488 4 495 1 pp. With errata page. Foxing of early and final leaves mostly light with some leaves in the first volume having heavier foxing. Most of the pages though are on the clean side. Contemporary calf with raised bands and gilt decoration. A few small holes in leather boards and other wear especially on raised bands extremities and joints but still a handsome set. <br/><br/> George Conrad Walther 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
1739312076se vend à Amsterdam i.e. Rouen: Chez Jaques sic Des-Bordes 1739. Early edition of Voltaire's Lettres Philosophiques. Originally published in English 1733 under title: Lettres concerning the English nation. Collation: π2A-M8. 4 176 11 pp. Title leaf and preface 1 & 2 repeated in Table at end. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf worn and rubbed with losses to spine ends and corners. Small loss in bottom blank margin of last leaf. Early edition of Voltaire's Lettres Philosophiques. Originally published in English 1733 under title: Lettres concerning the English nation. Collation: π2A-M8. 4 176 11 pp. Title leaf and preface 1 & 2 repeated in Table at end. 1 vols. 8vo. Early edition of the Lettres Philosophiques published as part of the Rouen edition of the works of Voltaire with the imprint Amsterdam aux dépens de la Compagnie. This text is in 26 letters with the last being Sur les Pensées de M. Pascal. The two tragedies preceding it are Alzire pp. 1-88; and La Mort de Cesar pp. 89-152 signed A-K in 8s. Bengesco 1558 vol. 2 p. 19-20; Lanson 39 Chez Jaques [sic] Des-Bordes unknown 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
19777948LINCOLN PENMAEN PRESS 1977 1977. First edition thus. Gilt stamped black cloth. Very good-fine. Slipcase. Number 45 of 100 copies signed by Lynd Ward Anthony Hecht and Arthur Wilson. Signed by Authors. F. Hardcover. LINCOLN, PENMAEN PRESS, 1977 hardcover books
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 books
1784211667Leipzig 1784. First edition in German. 4 148 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Contemporary marbled boards. Very good plus. First edition in German. 4 148 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. unknown books
1981149829N.p.: N.p. 1981. Vintage flyer for two screenings of the 1981 concert film at the Artculture Resource Center in Toronto on December 14 and 15 1981. The flyer which doubled as a ticket for the event is stamped on the verso with location the date of the December 15 screening and Record on Wheels the record store where the ticket was purchased. <br/><br/>The three hour film featuring a mix of live footage and promotional video was shown at concerts and galleries. The flyer notes that these are the only Canadian showings of the film making it a rare example of Factory Records' popularity and influence outside of the UK and US. <br/><br/>8.5. x 11 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown books
1920107249Munich: Kurt Wolff Verlag 1920. quarter cloth paper-covered boards triple gilt band stamped gilt title. Klee Paul. 4to. quarter cloth paper-covered boards triple gilt band stamped gilt title. 89 3 pages. Text in German. Translation of Voltaire's classic. With 26 pen and ink illustrations by Paul Klee. An important book in German expressionism Artist and the Book 143. Boards sunned at spine and scuffed at corners. Kurt Wolff Verlag unknown books
173481165London: Jacob Tonsen 1734. Finely bound example of Voltaire's epic poem La Henriade. Small octavo original leather gilt titles and tooling to the spine marbled endpapers. In good condition. Text in French. La Henriade is an epic poem written by the French Enlightenment writer and philosopher Voltaire. According to Voltaire himself the poem concerns and was written in honor of the life of Henry IV of France and is a celebration of his life. The ostensible subject is the siege of Paris in 1589 by Henry III in consort with Henry of Navarre soon to be Henry IV but its themes are the twin evils of religious fanaticism and civil discord. It also concerns the political state of France. Voltaire aimed to be the French Virgil outdoing the master by preserving Aristotelian unity of place--a property of classical tragedy rather than epic--by keeping the human action confined between Paris and Ivry. Jacob Tonsen hardcover books
17622384301762. hardcover. poor. 20 engraved plates by Gravelot. Full sheep; very worn front cover loose internally fine. Geneva 1762. First Authorized Edition. Good.<br/><br/> Voltaire disavowed the edition published at Louvain in 1755. This was "the first which appeared with the approbation of the author; it contains 5 entirely new songs notes preface and a great number of corrections and additions throughout." --Brunet V 1362.<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
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. 12mo. Contemporary sheep morocco label. Careful restoration of spine 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. 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" 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 books
