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1785320861785. S.l. Editions d'Art Seper / Le Chant des SphÂres / Arts et couleurs 1984. 3 forts vol. au format pt in-4 262 x 205 mm de 244 211 et 236 pp. Reliures d'ÂŽdition de plein skyvertex lie-de-vin ˆ l'imitation de maroquin filets d'encadrement dorÂŽs et ˆ froid sur les plats lesquels s'ornent d'une large frise d'encadrement ˆ 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 ˆ nerfs ornÂŽs de filets maigres ˆ froid caissons d'encadrement dorÂŽs entrelacs de fleurons en relief ˆ 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 trois 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 ˆ partir de sÂŽlections manuelles et rehaussÂŽes d'aquarelle au pochoir. ConfÂŽrant ˆ 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 ˆ sa crÂŽation artistique o chaque dÂŽtail mÂŽrite d'Âtre examinÂŽ ˆ 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 Ç maestria È dans la couleur il parvient ˆ faire vivre toutes ces scÂnes spirituelles et animÂŽes on est transportÂŽ d'admiration pour son art''. ''Amour extrÂme de la vÂŽritÂŽ et impartialitÂŽ entiÂre sur toutes les matiÂres qui y sont traitÂŽes caractÂŽrisent cet ouvrage lequel recÂle plus de faits intÂŽressants et plus d'anecdotes curieuses que dans les collections immenses qu'on nous a donnÂŽes jusqu'ici sur le rÂgne de Louis XIV. Dans cette ÂŽdition on verra de nouvelles particularitÂŽs sur l'Homme au masque de fer sur la cour de Louis XIV sur la paix de Riswick sur la maniÂre de Louis XIV reconnut le fils de Jacques II sur le testament de Charles II et enfin jusqu'ˆ des mÂŽmoires trÂs curieux ÂŽcrits de la propre main du feu Roi.'' in Avertissement de l'Editeur. Car s'intÂŽresser ˆ l'ÂŽpoque moderne c'est reconna”tre une fonction ˆ l'histoire : celle d'aider les contemporains ˆ comprendre pour agir et peser ˆ leur tour sur le destin du monde. Ce sont donc eux qu'il faut intÂŽresser et l'ÂŽcrivain y rÂŽussit merveilleusement en mettant au service du mÂŽtier d'historien son talent de conteur et de dramaturge mais aussi de causeur spirituel. C'est ce brio qui nous sÂŽduit encore : rien ici qui pÂse ou qui pose.'' TrÂs belle condition. b42961 unknown
1735618L27London: C Davis 1735. Leather. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". None. The sixth edition of Voltaire's historical novel regarding Charles XII of Sweden. Illustrated with a frontispiece of King Charles XII and a folding map of Europe. Written by Voltaire otherwise known as Francois-Marie Arouet. With the bookplate of one John Powell esq to the front pastedown. This is the sixth edition of this English translation. Voltaire was a popular Enlightenment writer historian and philosopher famous for his wit and attacks on Christianity. In a full calf binding. Rebacked with the original boards preserved. Some repairs to the boards at edges. A few light marks to the boards. Small tidemark to the outer edge of front board. Repairs to the hinges. Internally firmly bound. Pages are slightly age toned to edges. Occasional scattered spots to pages. Very Good C Davis hardcover
178467131Londres: chez Robinson No 25 Pater-Noster-Row 1784. First British edition 8vo pp. 2 ii 208; vignette title page; original blue paper wrappers; edges curled small cracks at spine ends; all else very good. Unpublished during the author's lifetime these Memoires are generally seen as an outright attack on Frederick of Prussia after Voltaire had suffered humiliation on Frederick's orders in Frankfurt. chez Robinson, No 25, Pater-Noster-Row unknown
177081841London:: Printed for G. Kearsly 1770. First English edition. 18th c. full tree calf with gilt-decorated spine and gilt-lettered spine labels. Upper joint of Vol. I split but the cover still attached by cords; contents very nice. 16mo. Translated from the French of M. de Voltaire. Printed for G. Kearsly, unknown
1795856N42London: C. Cooke 1795-1800 . First edition. Leather. Good. 5.5" by 3.5". Not Stated. Six pocket-sized leather bound novels published by Charles Cooke. Six pocket-size novels published by Charles Cooke. Cooke was a major publisher of pocket editions in the eighteenth century and is said to have commissioned over one thousand quality engravings for his pocket editions. With one plate to the Letters of a Peruvian Princess collated and complete. With two plates to Devil on Two Sticks collated and complete. With two plates to The Adventures of Launcelot Greaves collated and complete. With three plates to The History of Pompey the Little collated and complete. With two plates to the first volume of The Tales of Gen and three plates to the second volume collated and complete. The History of Pompey the Little by Francis Coventry is bound with Voltaire's Zadig. Prior owner's bookplate to the front pastedown of all volumes except Tales of the Gen. William Raynes has also inscribed his name in ink to the recto of the front endpaper of The History of Pompey the Little. It is possible that the set belonged to the socialist politician of the same name who was nominated as Derby's first Labour mayor in 1921. In a contemporary tree calf binding. Externally generally smart. With a scuff in the calf to the second volume of Tales of Gen. The Letters of a Peruvian Princess is missing a quarter of the spine label and the spine label to Pompey the Little is a little chipped. The spines are cracked with a little wear to the head and tail of the spines. The front joint of Launcelot Greaves is beginning to crack and the front hinge is starting to Devil on Two sticks The Adventures of Launcelot Greaves and both volumes of the Tales of the Gen but is firm across all four. The rear hinge is starting but firm to the second volume of Tales of the Gen. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with the odd patch of light foxing. Good C. Cooke 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
1759029439Amsterdam: François L'Honoré 1759. Tre parti in un volume 95x17 cm di XIX-192 pagine antiporta incisa e 10 illustrazioni incise fuori testo; Preface de Marmontel. A seguire: Essay sur la Poesie Epique 96 pagine. A seguire: le Variantes de la Henriade avec les remarques precedute da Histoire abregée. e da Idée de la Henriade. 108 pagine. Legatura in piena pelle coeva dorso a nervi ornato e dorato con tassello di titolo; risguardie con carta marmorizzata tagli rossi. Ottime condizioni. François L'Honoré unknown
1732357794Covent-Garden London England: Printed for Alexander Lyon 1732. Second Edition Corrected. Hardcover. Good. 12mo 7" - 7. Stated Second Edition Corrected the original edition in the original French having been published the year prior and includes "A New and Correct Map of Sweden" in fold-out up-front two-panel and quite fine in clarity and sharpness. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy but complete and still pretty sturdy. Bound in a short octavo hardcover format 7 3/4" x 5" tall and wide respectively. Joints cracked stitches showing but holding tips and edges scuffed but still stands solidly on its own on the shelf. Fine black-and-white engraving of the 12th King Charles of Sweden at frontis by Vandergucht and a lovely publisher device opposite at title page. Original calf binding scaling but intact. Five raised bands to spine chipping to spine head. Text remarkably free of foxing; interior crisp and white and surprisingly bright. Housed in a custom-made clamshell box oatmeal sailcloth with oblong brown leather label affixed neatly to front panel gilt title stamped there. Contains signature "Chr. Wren Junr. 1737" on front endpaper then also inside front flap and below first signature all in pen not yet authenticated signature of the architect's son who died in 1747. Sir Christopher Wren 30 October 1632 - 8 March 1723 the noted influential English architect astronomer mathematician and physicist was best known for having conceived and had built St. Paul's Cathedral but also according to his Wikipedia entry "the Royal Hospital Chelsea the Old Royal Naval College Greenwich and the south front of Hampton Court Palace." He was also the father of the perhaps former owner of the present volume Christopher Wren Jr. The Senior Wren's career having been established in full by 1669 he in that year at age 37 married his childhood neighbor "the 33-year-old Faith Coghill daughter of Sir John Coghill of Bletchingdon" and who for him bore two children "Gilbert born October 1672 who suffered from convulsions and died at about 18 months old and Christopher born February 1675. The younger Christopher was trained by his father to be an architect. It was this Christopher that supervised the topping out ceremony of St Paul's in 1710 and wrote the famous Parentalia or Memoirs of the family of the Wrens." Were it authentic the signature here would put him as having been roughly 62 years of age at signing 1675–1747; Christopher Wren Jr. "of Wroxall Abbey Warwickshire was a Member of Parliament" Wikipedia. xi 2 2-371 pp. All in an attractive early edition of an important work and perhaps with exceeding provenance.Member I.O.B.A. C.B.A. and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes and for sets. Printed for Alexander Lyon hardcover
1789mon0000161204London: for J. Lackington 1789. NEW EDITION CORRECTED. 1 vol. 8-3/8" x 5-3/8" internally clean and bright. Bound in full red morocco ribbed gilt decorated spine covers double ruled in gilt gilt dentelles all edges gilt by Stikeman hinges fine in FINE condition. London: for J. Lackington unknown
17654481CB1765. 2 in 1 Band. Genève Cramer 1765. 8°. 292 283 S. Mit 1 gest. Tafel 1 Textholzschn. und einigen Holzschnittvignetten. Lederband der Zeit. Erschien ebenfalls anonym erstmals ebenda 1759-1763 in 2 Bänden. - Nur wenig stockfleckig. Einband berieben und bestossen. unknown
178750114<p>La Henriade : avec les variantes by Voltaire printed in Paris by Duchesne in 1787 ranks among the principal French epic poems of the Enlightenment and centers on Henry IV of France and the Wars of Religion. This edition contains the preface to the Queen by Jean-François Marmontel "Notes et variantes" historical notes by Abbé Lenglet the "Essay on Epic Poetry" or "True Essay" and a dissertation on the death of Henry IV forming an expanded eighteenth-century text. Issued shortly before the French Revolution this Paris printing represents continued interest in royal history within French literary culture. Very Good; full leather binding tight and secure with mild rubbing at corners and edges marbled page edges faded yet visible complete. 12mo single volume. Collation: 412 pp. Illustrations: Full-page engravings. Edition: 1787 Paris edition. . #50114 PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.</p> Duchesne hardcover
1781418<p>London: J. Walker 1781. 1st.</p> J. Walker hardcover
1768047790Basel 1768. First Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Near Fine Condition. Rebound in quarter leather over marbled boards.No publisher and a flase imprint of Basel probably Paris maybe Geneva. The first edition of Voltaire's thoughts on the natural world and his disagreements with most current science and support for preformationis and a supreme deity who was specifically interested in creating a world pleasing to man's senses. A few minor stains light browning. Bound with the half title. vii 1 131pp. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Natural History & Resources; Inventory No: 047790. hardcover
1753118820La Haye - Leipzig et Dresde - Basle : Jean Neaulme - George Conrad Walther 1753 - 1754 - 1757 - 1758. 155x100mm. bandeaux lettrines culs-de-lampe reliure demi-veau blond ˆ coins avec piÂces de titre et de tomaison et filets dorÂŽs au dos ˆ cinq nerfs plat papier mouchetÂŽ. 1208 Jean Neaulme - George Conrad Walther unknown
174155473Londres : chez Guillaume Mayer 1741. 200x125mm. XX-2ff. vignette sur la page de titre demi-veau ˆ coins piÂce de titre au dos filets dorÂŽs. TrÂs bel exemplaire. 404 chez Guillaume Mayer unknown
1746212681746. S.l. Paris s.ÂŽ. Prault 1746. 2 parties reliÂŽes en un fort vol. au format in-16 143 x 83 mm de 1 frontispice gravÂŽ nfol. 1 page de titre gravÂŽe n.fol. xxiii - 447 pp. et 1 f. bl. Reliure de l'ÂŽpoque de plein maroquin cerise filets en pointillÂŽs dorÂŽs dentelle dorÂŽe et cha”nettes dorÂŽe encadrant les plats lesquels sont en outre agrÂŽmentÂŽs de fleurons angulaires dorÂŽs dos lisse ornÂŽ d'un filet d'encadrement dorÂŽ filets verticaux en pointillÂŽs dorÂŽs filets dorÂŽs roulettes dorÂŽes important semis d'arcs-de-cercle dorÂŽs titre dorÂŽ palette dorÂŽe en queue jeu de petits filets obliques gras et maigres dorÂŽs sur les coupes titre dorÂŽ dentelle intÂŽrieure dorÂŽe. Exemplaire revÂtu d'une dÂŽlicieuse reliure du temps de plein maroquin. Ensemble complet de ses deux parties ; ici reliÂŽes en un volume. L'ouvrage s'ouvre sur un frontispice gravÂŽ en regard d'une page de titre dessinÂŽe par Cochin Fils et gravÂŽe par Fessard. Exemplaire en outre ici truffÂŽ de 10 figures ˆ pleine-page par Charles Eisen qui ne devaient primitivement pas figurer dans la prÂŽsente ÂŽdition. Reprises d'aprÂs l'ÂŽdition de 1751 elles ont ici ÂŽtÂŽ contrecollÂŽes en regard de la page liminaire de chacun des Chants. ''Edition dite La Henriade des DamnÂŽs en raison d'une note supprimÂŽe dans beaucoup d'exemplaires.'' in Cohen. L'exemplaire s'ouvre - en originale - sur la PrÂŽface de Fontenelle ''rÂŽdigÂŽe pour cette ÂŽdition. Elle contient la note dite des damnÂŽs et celle sur Colbert''. in L'Oeuvre imprimÂŽ de Voltaire ˆ la BibliothÂque nationale. ''C'est pour cette ÂŽdition que Marmontel composa une PrÂŽface qui a ÂŽtÂŽ reproduite en tÂte des principales rÂŽimpressions de La Henriade. La seconde partie du volume comprend les variantes et l'Essai sur la poÂŽsie ÂŽpique. C'est dans cette ÂŽdition que l'on trouve la fameuse note sur le calcul des damnÂŽs p. 138 qui ÂŽtablit qu'on peut compter environ 120000 fois 947 millions Âtres humains destinÂŽs aux peines de l'Enfer.'' MalgrÂŽ ses frÂŽquentes infirmitÂŽs Voltaire a conduit la Henriade ˆ un point de maturitÂŽ o je ne sache pas qu'aucun Po‘me soit encore parvenu. Jamais la langue franÂaise n'eut autant de force que dans la Henriade. Oeuvre emplit d'humanitÂŽ on y trouve partout de la noblesse l'auteur s'ÂŽlÂve avec un feu infini jusqu'au sublime vivacitÂŽ dans les peintures force dans les caractÂres et les descriptions beautÂŽ des sentiments.'' Cohen II Manuel de l'amateur de livres ˆ gravures du XVIIIÂme 1026 - Bengesco I Bibliographie des Oeuvres de Voltaire 375 - L'Oeuvre imprimÂŽ de Voltaire ˆ la B.n.F. 1705. Dos trÂs lÂŽgÂrement passÂŽ. Angles lÂŽgÂrement ÂŽlimÂŽs. Papier parfois lÂŽgÂrement oxydÂŽ. Quelques claires et ÂŽparses rousseurs dans le texte. Nonobstant belle condition. b42961 unknown
1756028263London: Printed for J. Nourse 1756. Octavo. Second edition. 4 2pp. ads 1- 260 pages. Two parts in one volume with continuous pagination. Voltaire was becoming a major correspondent on European affairs and published Historie de la guerre de 1741 and then the work was translated into English in 1756. ESTC 137642 in their note specifically says "not a reissue of the 1st edition". The first edition which had 292 pages had several errors hence the corrected edition in the same year. Bound in full contemporary calf handsomely rebacked to style ruled and lettered in gilt corners worn edges rubbed some off-setting from binding glue to first and last few leaves but only margins not affecting text. No foxing names or bookplates. A very nice copy. Printed for J. Nourse unknown
17551108080007Amsterdam 1755. Leather Bound. Good. 12mo. French. 2 volumes bound in 1. Fully bound in contemporary brown leather. 5 raised bands 6 compartments. Burgundy title plate on spine with gilt lettering. Gilt decorative borders along spine. Tight binding and solid boards. Moderate shelf wear. Slight cracking along spine edge. Scuffing to spine. Rubbing to boards. Extensive bumping and fraying to corners. Light chipping to board edges. Chipping and minor loss to spine ends. Red page ends. Notes on front endpage describing Voltaire as author. Otherwise clean unmarked pages. Good text block and legible text. A fairly well-preserved volume in readable condition. This volume though officially unnatributed to him was a work of Francois-Marie Arouet better known by his pen name: Voltaire. It collects all installments of his history of the war of 1741 being the War of Austrian Succession. An exceptional addition to the library of any scholar on World History. Bengesco 1232. Amsterdam hardcover
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
1785BMM4713Salzburg & Leipzig: Neuen Buchhandlung & Ben Johann Georg Mdkle 1785. Separate title pages 3 with 2 for the Neue.; Publication date from the Anhang; Pale patterned paper over boards gilt label on tan spine label & frontis illustrations; A good copy; 250 235 & 136 pages. Size: 3.75"x6". Hardcover. Neuen Buchhandlung [&] Ben Johann Georg Mdkle Hardcover
1768932F36Geneve: Cramer 1768. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 11" by 9". Various. The first seven volumes only of the first folio edition of the complete collected works of Voltaire. Illustrated with fantastic engraved plates. In the original French.The first folio edition of Voltaire's collected works. Present here are the first seven volumes only of a thirty volume set.An impressive collection of the works of Voltaire the influential writer of the French Enlightenment. He was famous for his outspoken wit satire and for his criticism of the Roman Catholic Church. Voltaire was a prolific author writing more than twenty-thousand letters during his life as well as more than two-thousand books and pamphlets. This set contains a collection of his prose and non-fiction works. Volume I 'La Henriade' published in 1768 illustrated with two frontispieces and ten plates. Collated complete.Volume II 'Histoire de Charles XII' published in 1768 illustrated with a frontispiece and one plate. Collated complete.Volume III 'Theatre Tome I' published in 1768 illustrated with six plates. Collated lacking the frontispiece.Volume IV 'Theatre Tome II' published in 1768 illustrated with five plates. Collated complete.Volume V 'Theatre Tome III' published in 1768 illustrated with six plates. Collated complete.Volume VI 'Theatre Tome IV' published in 1768 illustrated with six plates. Collated complete.Volume VII 'Theatre Tome V' published in 1768 illustrated with nine plates. Collated complete.With the bookplate of Emily Francis Whitney to each front pastedown.Lacking half titles. In full calf bindings. Volume I rebacked retaining the original endpapers. Minor losses of calf to back strip heads. Volume II-VI joints starting with boards firmly held. Volume VII joints starting with rear board a touch tender. Volume I front hinge strained but firmly held. Bookplates to front pastedowns. Front free endpaper of vol. V tenderly held to head only. Internally firmly bound. Volume II frontispiece detached and loosely inserted. Pages bright and generally clean. Light tide marks to fore edge of leaves to the first half of volume I. Light spotting throughout volume I and IV and further spotting to pages facing plates. Very Good [Cramer] hardcover
1754559628 416; xxiv 206 2; 4 215 1 first volume contains parts 1 & 2 with continuous pagination the second and third volumes contain parts 3 & 4 and 5 & 6 paginated separately for each part Published by J. Nourse hardcover
175863549Edinburgh: Printed for W. Gray 1758. 12mo. Three parts in one volume. vi 470 pp. Contemporary quarter leather over marbled boards. Lacks any spine lettering. Wear to spine ends. Boards rubbed. Corners repaired with vellum tips. Contemporary handwriting to free endpapers. Internally clean. The first two parts on the Austrian War of Succession were first published in English in London in 1756. This Edinburgh edition adds a part three of 170 pp. on the Scottish Rebellion of 1745/1746 not included in the London edition. . Good. Leather Spine Marbled Boards. 1758. Printed for W. Gray 1758 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
17762092902141504343Not Available 1776. Soft Cover. Fine. Size: A5 size Not Available paperback
