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LCS-186414L’un des exemplaires imprimés sur grand papier fin. De l’imprimerie de la Société Littéraire typographique 1784-1789. 70 volumes. Grand in-8, maroquin vert, encadrement doré sur les plats, roulette intérieure et coupes finement ornées, dos lisses ornés de motifs dorés (certains légèrement passés), pièces de titre et de tomaison de maroquin rouge, tranches dorées. Quelques rousseurs inhérentes au papier. Reliure de l’époque. 245 x 150 mm.
ABAA-75TH-VBF-27<p>N.p. Genève Cramer 1759.</p><p>12mo of 299 pages. Signatures A-N4.</p><p>Full marbled calf coat of arms gilt-stamped in the center of the covers spine decorated with crowned coat of arms repeated five times red edges. <em>Contemporary armorial calf binding.</em></p><p>159 x 93 mm.</p><p><em>"Very rare and much sought after"</em><strong>original edition.</strong></p><p>"<em>There are eight different editions of Candide published in 1759 without the name of the city or the printer all printed in the same format and all having an identical title. Of these eight editions this is the first</em>." Bengesco B.n.F. <em>En Français dans le texte</em>.</p><p>"<em>Raised in a baron's castle a certain young man named Candide leads the most pleasant life in the company of his tutor Dr. Pangloss. And for good reason: he takes from the latter that the world is absolutely good since any cause brings the best end in an inescapable way until the day when the squire disturbs this quietude: having surprised the dear Candide on the breast of his daughter Cunégonde he sends him on the hour to all the devils of a great kick in the butt. Reduced to rolling his hump the young man travels to various countries that will show him that this world does not respond very well to the wonderful teaching of the good man Pangloss. Whether he finds himself in England France or Italy he is forced to note that evil prevails over good in the most savage way.</em>"</p><p>"<strong>It is certain that Voltaire is the master of ironic pessimism</strong>. <em>Eugène Marsan</em> observes in this respect: "<em>Of all his veins it is this one that has suffered the least from time. What he had of caduc in his poetry of dry in his history of short in his philosophy ended up repulsing instead of the pessimism of Candide seducing more and more</em> ".</p><p><strong>This original edition of Candide is rare and very rare in fine condition.</strong></p><p>A copy of mediocre quality in rubbed calf was sold for 100 000 € 90 000 $ at the time by American booksellers exhibiting at the Salon de la Mutualité in May 2001 22 years ago.</p><p>A copy in simple roan with arms was sold for 150 000 € in 2009 14 years ago.</p><p><strong>A precious and beautiful copy - the only one to appear on the market in contemporary marbled calf with arms for half a century - bound with the arms and pieces of arms of the marquis de Caraman 1731-1806.</strong></p><p>Marie-Jean-Louis de Riquet known as the marquis de Caraman fourth son of Victor-Pierre-François comte de Caraman and Louise-Madeleine-Antoinette Portail born on November 26 1731 became a knight of the order of Saint-Louis in 1760 and a brigadier of the king's armies on April 20 1768; he died in 1806; he had married on August 21 1763 Marie-Charlotte-Eugénie de Bernard de Montessus de Rully.</p><p><strong>Voltaire and the marquis de Caraman were frequenting each other at the court of Stanislas.</strong></p><p>In 1738 the treaty of Vienna put an end to the war of Polish Succession. The king Stanislas Leszczynski was exiled. As Louis XV's father-in-law he was given Lorraine and Barrois which were then erected as kingdoms. He was fond of Lunéville where the court led by a "puppet sovereign" attracted brilliant minds with its great freedom. The whole of intellectual Europe met there in particular Voltaire and Madame Du Châtelet. Stanislas took a liking for this couple that he received with all the honors. Voltaire appreciated the relaxed and tolerant atmosphere of Lunéville where he found refuge when he published disturbing works. The two men continued to correspond and remained linked until Stanislas' accidental death in 1766.</p><p>Among the main guests who came successively to charm and entertain the court of Lunéville we must mention the Prince of Conti the Crown Prince of Hesse-Darmstadt Miss Charolais; the Bishop of Toul Mgr Drouas de Boussey; the count and the <strong>marquis de caraman</strong> the count of Stainville the marshal of Bercheny an old friend of Stanislas who lives near Châlons; Mgr de Choiseul-Beaupré the marshal of Maillebois and his son etc. etc.</p><p>His tolerance was the same for all; he welcomed as liberally the philosophers who fled the Bastille as the Jesuits who fled the wrath of the Parliament. At his court everyone had complete freedom of conscience: his first doctors and his treasurer were Protestants.</p><p>For Stanislaus the greatest pleasure of all was to talk with people whose minds were as lively and cultured as his own; he didn't care about their opinions he loved to discuss.</p><p>The men of letters as well as the philosophers were not without appreciating the rare honor which their royal fellow-member made to them so good so familiar so accessible; they pleased themselves infinitely in this peaceful court where they were admired as they deserved to be and where they enjoyed in peace the fruit of their work far from the envy and the cabals. Voltaire did not live happier years than those he spent in Lunéville.</p><p>FR</p><p>S.l. Genève Cramer 1759.</p><p>In-12 de 299 pages. Signatures A-N4.</p><p>Plein veau marbré armoiries frappées or au centre des plats dos à nerfs orné de pièces d'armoiries couronnées répétées cinq fois filet or sur les coupes tranches rouges. <em>Reliure en veau armorié de l'époque.</em></p><p>159 x 93 mm.</p><p><strong>Edition originale</strong> " <em>très rare et très recherchée</em> ".</p><p><em>" Il existe de Candide huit éditions différentes publiées en 1759 sans nom de ville ni d'imprimeur toutes tirées dans le même format et ayant toutes un titre identique. De ces huit éditions celle-ci est la première. "</em> Bengesco B.n.F. <em>En Français dans le texte</em>.</p><p><em>" Élevé dans le château d'un baron certain jeune homme appelé Candide mène la vie la plus agréable en compagnie de son précepteur le Dr Pangloss. Et pour cause : il tient de ce dernier que le monde est absolument bon vu que toute cause amène la meilleure fin d'une manière inéluctable jusqu'au jour où le châtelain trouble cette quiétude : ayant surpris le cher Candide sur le sein de sa fille Cunégonde il l'envoie sur l'heure à tous les diables d'un grand coup de pied au derrière. Réduit à rouler sa bosse le jeune homme parcourt divers pays qui se chargeront de lui montrer que ce monde répond fort peu au mirifique enseignement du bonhomme Pangloss. Qu'il se trouve en Angleterre en France ou en Italie force lui est de constater que le mal prévaut sur le bien de la manière la plus sauvage. "</em></p><p>" <strong>Il est certain que voltaire est le maître du pessimisme ironique</strong><strong>.</strong> <em>Eugène Marsan</em> observe à cet égard : " <em>De toutes ses veines c'est celle-là qui a le moins souffert du temps. Ce qu'il avait de caduc dans sa poésie de sec dans son histoire de court dans sa philosophie a fini par rebuter au lieu que le pessimisme du Candide a de plus en plus séduit</em> ".</p><p><strong>Cette édition originale de Candide est rare et rarissime en bel état.</strong></p><p>Un exemplaire de qualité médiocre en veau frotté fut vendu 100 000 € 90 000 $ de l'époque par des libraires américains exposant au Salon de la Mutualité en mai 2001 il y a 22 ans.</p><p>Un exemplaire en simple basane armoriée fut vendu 150 000 € en 2009 il y a 14 ans.</p><p><strong>Précieux et bel exemplaire - le seul apparu sur le marché en veau marbré armorié de l'époque depuis un demi-siècle - relié aux armes et pièces d'armes du Marquis de Caraman 1731-1806.</strong></p><p>Marie-Jean-Louis de Riquet dit le marquis de Caraman quatrième fils de Victor-Pierre-François comte de Caraman et de Louise-Madeleine-Antoinette Portail né le 26 novembre 1731 devint chevalier de l'ordre de Saint-Louis en 1760 et brigadier des armées du Roi le 20 avril 1768 ; il mourut en 1806 ; il avait épousé le 21 août 1763 Marie-Charlotte-Eugénie de Bernard de Montessus de Rully.</p><p><strong>Voltaire et le marquis de Caraman se fréquentaient à la cour de Stanislas.</strong></p><p>En 1738 le traité de Vienne met fin à la guerre de Succession de Pologne. Le roi Stanislas Leszczynski est exilé. En tant que beau-père de Louis XV il se voit attribuer la Lorraine et le Barrois alors érigés en royaumes. Il affectionne Lunéville dont la cour animée par un " souverain fantoche " séduit de brillants esprits par sa grande liberté. Toute l'Europe intellectuelle s'y retrouve en particulier Voltaire et Mme Du Châtelet. Stanislas se prend d'amitié pour ce couple qu'il reçoit avec tous les honneurs. Voltaire apprécie l'atmosphère détendue et tolérante de Lunéville où il trouve refuge quand il publie des ouvrages qui dérangent. Les deux hommes continueront à correspondre et resteront liés jusqu'à la mort accidentelle de Stanislas en 1766.</p><p>Parmi les principaux hôtes qui viennent successivement charmer et distraire la cour de Lunéville il faut citer le prince de Conti le prince héritier de Hesse-Darmstadt Mlle de Charolais; l'évêque de Toul Mgr Drouas de Boussey; le comte et le marquis de Caraman le comte de Stainville le maréchal de Bercheny un vieil ami de Stanislas qui demeure près de Châlons; Mgr de Choiseul-Beaupré le maréchal de Maillebois et son fils etc. etc.</p><p>Sa tolérance était la même pour tous; il accueillait aussi libéralement les philosophes qui fuyaient la Bastille que les jésuites qui fuyaient les foudres du Parlement. A sa cour chacun avait toute liberté de conscience: ses premiers médecins son trésorier étaient protestants.</p><p>Pour Stanislas le plus grand de tous les plaisirs était de causer avec des personnes dont l'esprit était 168 comme le sien vif et cultivé; peu lui importait leurs opinions il adorait discuter.</p><p>Les hommes de lettres aussi bien que les philosophes n'étaient pas sans apprécier l'honneur rare que leur faisait leur royal confrère si bon si familier si accessible; ils se plaisaient infiniment dans cette cour paisible où ils étaient admirés comme ils méritaient de l'être et où ils jouissaient en paix du fruit de leurs travaux loin de l'envie et des cabales. Voltaire n'a pas vécu d'années plus heureuses que celles qu'il a passées à Lunéville.</p><p>Voltaire est déjà passé par la Lorraine lorsqu'il arrive à Lunéville en février 1748 accompagné d'Emilie du Châtelet sa douce amie depuis quelques années. Stanislas l'accueille avec grand plaisir et lui fait les honneurs de sa cour. Très vite se nouent de bonnes relations entre les deux hommes. Même si Voltaire n'est pas toujours en accord avec les ouvrages que publie Stanislas il apprécie l'atmosphère détendue et tolérante de Lunéville. Il y trouve ce qui lui est le plus cher : " les fêtes et la liberté " comme il en témoigne lui-même dans sa correspondance.</p><p>La cour lorraine offre à Voltaire un refuge où il peut fuir Paris cette capitale française où il est souvent en délicatesse avec la censure et le pouvoir royal. L'émulation artistique et intellectuelle qui règne à Lunéville fait se succéder jeux concerts et représentations théâtrales au cours desquelles les œuvres du " roi Voltaire " sont applaudies. D'autres auteurs importants sont passés par Lunéville comme le fameux Montesquieu le mathématicien Maupertuis ou le président Hénault dramaturge et historien. En 1749 Voltaire et Emilie du Châtelet sont de retour en Lorraine pour une halte estivale au château de Commercy avant de retrouver Lunéville. C'est là que meurt la " divine Emilie " le 10 septembre 1749. Cette disparition brutale affecte tellement Voltaire qu'il doit abandonner la Lorraine après avoir fait ses adieux à Stanislas qui le quitte en pleurant.</p> hardcover
17512605210193Chez Briasson David Le Breton Durand A Paris; Amsterdam 1751 - 1777 1751. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. The Organization of Enlightenment Thought: The Revolution in Ideas. A first edition of this foundational encyclopedia of 18th century knowledge. A massive thirty-five volume set. Large folios volumes 39.5 x 25 cm. Bound in 18th-century French calf. Spines gilt with raised bands. One volume non-uniformly bound in light calf. <br> The set includes: Encyclopedie Paris: 1751-57 & Neuchatel 1765. 17 volumes; Recueil de planches. Paris: 1762-72. 11 volumes 1 2 part I 2 Part II 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11; Supplement a l'Encyclopedie. Paris & Amsterdam: 1776-77. 5 volumes including the Suite de recueil de planches; Table Analytique. Paris: 1780. <br> Profusely illustrated with engraved plates. <br> Diderot's famous Encyclopedie was initially a modest translation of Chambers's Cyclopaedia. It grew as a project into a massive project which attempted to collect human knowledge from a rationalistic perspective instead of by nature or theology. In organizing knowledge from a position where human reason was paramount the supremacy of the Church was imperiled. As a result the Encyclopedie was widely controversial and placed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum by the Catholic Church. In discussing fundamental philosophical issues such as on political authority and natural rights articles in the Encyclopedie shifted the basis of governmental authority from the divine right of Kings to radical concepts popular consent was the basis of legitimacy and the ideals of a social contract. The work was banned by the King of France. It spread the foundational ideas of the French Revolution and enlightenment thinkers. "No encyclopaedia perhaps has been of such political importance or has occupied so conspicuous a place in the civil and literary history of its century. It sought not only to give information but to guide opinion." "It was a war machine; as it progressed its attacks on both the church and still more on despotic government as well as Christianity itself became bolder and more undistinguished and it was met with persecution and opposition unparalleled in the the history of encyclopedias." - Encyclopedia Britannica 11th ed p. 1483. "A monument in the history of European thought; the acme of the age of reason; a prime motive force in undermining the ancien regime and in heralding the French Revolution" Printing in the Mind of Man 200. Refs: Grolier/Horblit 25b; Norman 637; PMM 200. <br> Includes: 17 v. : ill. ; 41 cm. supplement 4 volumes plates 11 volumes plates supplement 1 volume. Table Analytique 1 volume. This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Chez Briasson, David, Le Breton, Durand, A Paris; Amsterdam (1751 - 1777) hardcover
116998Qajar Persia dated 10 Dhu'l Qa'da 1290 AH 30 December 1873. . Single volume illuminated manuscript on paper with fine marbled paper borders in Farsi 141 leaves complete 323 x 215 mm; single column 11 lines to the page written in neat nasta'liq script in black ink occasional headings and significant words in blue inner margins ruled in gold and blue outer borders throughout decorated with fine marbling one fine illuminated opening headpiece later ink inscription to recto of first leaf else very clean and bright condition; contemporary leather over pasteboards covers and extremities a little scuffed and rubbed.<br /> This extraordinary manuscript is most probably the first translation of Voltaire from French into Persian. Little is known about the life of the translator Mirza Reza Tabrizi however he is known to have been working as a civil servant in Khorasan in 1846 and spent the years 1853-58 as an interpreter and instructor in French at the Dar al-Fonun.<br /><br />This manuscript is particularly striking for the remarkable decorated marbled borders of many varying designs and patterns that adorn all the text pages. The use of marbled paper borders in a bound manuscript as here is very unusual. Marbled paper was often used to decorate album pages and calligraphic panels from the sixteenth century onwards and was very much a decorative tool elevating the design and appeal of a single artistic creation i.e. a miniature or calligraphic exercise it's use to adorn the margins of every text leaf is a sign of great luxury and decadence.<br /><br />The only other known textual manuscript to include marbled borders to this degree was copied by the same scribe as the present manuscript and was entitled Tarikh'i Iskander History of Alexander the Great assembled by James Campbell; a reference to this primary text is given in the preface of the other manuscript: 'Ibn Muhammad Khan Safdar 'Ali is to produce this text as well as the History of Peter the Great' thus confirming that the two volumes were undeniably associated at the time of production and assembled in this style at the bequest for the same patron. Although notably the secondary volume was completed a year later and in Kabul Afghanistan indicating that the patron of these works was likely travelling with the scribe and engaging with them as they worked. For more information on the secondary associated manuscript see item 33 in Shapero Rare Books' Catalogue Maghreb to the Far East London 2023.<br /> Qajar Persia, dated 10 Dhu'l Qa'da 1290 AH (30 December 1873). hardcover
2038A Londres Fictitious imprint. BN gives place of publication as Amsterdam. Bengesco gives place of publication as Paris.: Pour la compagnie 1747. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. iv 172pp. 2 A8-K8 L6. With the half-title. Title-page in red-and-black. Engraved title vignette. Paper boards. Bengesco 1420; BN CCXIV 2973; Cioranescu 64349. From the library of the Fideicommis Bodenstein with their stamp on the title-page. The first published edition of a work by Voltaire which later appeared under the title Zadig ou La destinée. <br/> <br/> A Londres [Fictitious imprint. BN gives place of publication as Amsterdam. Bengesco gives place of publication as Paris.]: Pour hardcover
LCS-18034Cette édition originale de Candide est très rare. S.l. [Genève, Cramer], 1759. [Reliés à la suite] : II- [Maubert de Gouvest, Jean-Henri]. Ephraïm justifié. Mémoire historique et raisonné sur l’état passé, présent et futur des finances de Saxe... adressé par le Juif Ephraïm à son cousin Manasses d’Amsterdam. Nouvelle édition. Erlangen, 1758. III- [Du même]. Lettre du Prince de Prusse mourant, au Roi son frère. Erlangen, 1758. IV- [Rémond de Saint-Sauveur]. Remerciement d’un Particulier à Messieurs les Philosophes du Jour. V-[Coyer, Gabriel-François]. Lettre au R.P. Berthier sur le matérialisme. Genève (Paris), 1759. Soit 5 ouvrages reliés en 1 volumes in-12 de : I/ (1) f.bl., 299 pp. (signatures A-Nh), (1) f.bl. ; II/ viii pp., 103 ; III/ 23 pp. ; IV/ 8 pp. ; V/ 77 pp. L’encre noire a légèrement déchargé en transparence lors de l’impression de Candide. Reliure de l’époque en veau marbré, dos lisse orné de motifs dorés, pièce de titre de maroquin rouge, tranches rouges. Reliure de l’époque. 161 x 93 mm.
Die erste Publikation der Zürcher Dadaisten, zugleich ein bedeutendes Dokument der Dada-Bewegung. In dieser Veröffentlichung ist erstmals der Name "DADA" dokumentarisch belegt. Mit Beiträgen von Guillaume Apollinaire, Hans Arp, Hugo Ball, Francesco Cangiullo, Blaise Cendrars, Emmy Henning, Jacob van Hoddis, Richard Huelsenbeck, Marcel Janco, Wassilij Kandinsky, F.T. Marinetti, L. Modigliani, M. Oppenheimer, Pablo Picasso, O. van Rees, M. Slodki und Tristan Tzara. Eines der wenigen Exemplare mit dem deutschen Titelblatt und Einleitung von Hugo Ball. In 500 Exemplaren erschienen. Sehr schönes Exemplar. - Raabe, Zeitschriften 28.
182934978Paris Antoine-Auguste Reno 1829 66 volumes in-8, demi-maroquin noir, plats de papier marbr, dos quatre larges nerfs finement orns de roulettes et filets pousss or ou froid; doublures et gardes de papier marbr, non rogns (Thouvenin).Un portrait-frontispice dessin et grav l'eau-forte par Aug. de Saint Aubin d'aprs le buste de Houdon, 113 figures de Moreau graves par Simonet et 48 portraits. Un des trs rares exemplaires sur grand papier. Bel exemplaire reli l'poque par Thouvenin.
191665214Zürich, (Buchdruckerei Jul. Heuberger für) Meierei, Spiegelgasse 1, (1916). 4°. Mit einem mitpag. Orig.-Holzschnitt von M. Slodki u. 12 (7 ganzs.) Textabbildungen. 31 (1) S., Roter OKart.-Bd. m. Goldfolien-Collage von Hans Arp am Vorderdeckel.
LCS-18355La Henriade de Voltaire conservé dans son maroquin de l’époque mosaïqué et armorié, condition d’exception pour un livre imprimé au cours de la Révolution française. Paris, P. Didot, fils aîné de F.A. Didot l’aîné, 1790. Grand in-4 de 1 portrait, 1 pl. hors-texte, xl pp., 222 pp., (1) f., 12 planches hors-texte. Plein maroquin rouge à grain long, plats richement ornés de filets, grecque et roulette dorées, dos à faux-nerfs mosaïqué avec incrustation de bandeaux de maroquin vert, pièces de titre et de tomaison en maroquin vert, chiffre doré du prince Albert de Saxe-Teschen répété cinq fois dans les entre-nerfs, coupes décorées, roulette intérieure, tranches dorées. Reliure armoriée et mosaïquée de l’époque. 308 x 228 mm.
LCS-A4L’introduction des idées de Newton en France et la victoire de l’empirisme sur le cartésianisme. Amsterdam, chez Jacques Desbordes, 1738. In-8 de (1) f. de titre, 399 pp. et (1) p. d’errata; 1 portrait de l’auteur, 1 frontispice, 7 planches hors texte dont une dépliante, 50 culs-de-lampe et vignettes, 60 figures géométriques dans le texte, titre imprimé en rouge et noir, 4 numéros de page grattés. Plein maroquin rouge, triple filet doré encadrant les plats avec fleurons d'angles, dos lisse orné, coupes ornées, roulette intérieure dorée, tranches dorées. Relié par Derome le jeune avec son étiquette. 212 x 132 mm.
1759752Genève Geneva: Cramer 1759. First Edition. 3 vols. in one 12mo 164 x 100mm pp. 2 291 1; 133 1 35 1. First printing of the great 18th century philosophical narrative with all the points correct. Including the 3 usual cancels the right title page ornament repeated pages 193 and 266 the misprints of “que ce ce fut†page 103 line 4 and “précisément†page 125 line 4 the correction removing a paragraph break page 31 the rewritten lines about the Lisbon earthquake page 41 etc. Contemporary full calf red calf label rebacked with the original spine saved and laid down recornered marbled endpapers gilt rubbed inner paper hinges strengthened old ink signatures on the endpaper and front blank tiny signature on the title page one tissue strengthened tear at the bottom of A2 touching the last 3 lines of text without any loss otherwise internally quite nice clean and very good. Bound without N7 a blank and N8 a notice to the binder as is usual agreeing in all respects to what you would have received if you had purchased a copy in sheets on publication day then bought the sequels and then handed them over to the most local Swiss bindery. Ref: PMM 204. There were 18 editions of Candide in 1759. It took 221 years for a clear and convincing bibliography to first sort them out and then got accepted and once accepted our real 1st edition was confirmed as rare. In the last 15 years however that bibliographical data has been more widely circulated and several 1st editions that weren’t on the original 22–copy census have come into market. It is still scarce more so in a contemporary binding.<br /> <br /> Candide bides as the epitomic philosophical fable of the French Enlightenment and the genotype of irony without exaggeration and though it’s laced with more salt than the postwar streets of Carthage it repeatedly tolls a reminder that light hearts live long. Most importantly Candide remains remarkably relevant when examined through contemporary frameworks functioning as an incisive proto-postcolonial text that anticipates modern discourse on global inequality systems of oppression and the limitations of Enlightenment rationality. The novel's scathing portrayal of slavery conquest and religious persecution resonates with intersectional analyses that recognize how power structures interlock across racial gender and economic dimensions. The savage irony throughout the text dismantles not just philosophical optimism but also European exceptionalism exposing the hypocrisy of colonial enterprises and religious institutions alike. The narrative's episodic structure—with its global movements between Europe South America and the Ottoman Empire—invites discussions of transnationalism and diasporic experience while Candide's concluding retreat to cultivate his garden has been reinterpreted by ecocritical scholars as both an acknowledgment of environmental interdependence and a potentially problematic withdrawal from systems-level political engagement.<br /> <br /> “Do you believe†said Candide “that men have always massacred each other as they do to-day that they have always been liars cheats traitors ingrates brigands idiots thieves scoundrels gluttons drunkards misers envious ambitious bloody–minded calumniators debauchees fanatics hypocrites and fools†“Do you believe†said Martin “that hawks have always eaten pigeons when they have found them†<br /> –Voltaire Candide. Cramer unknown
1784191724Kehl: De L'imprimerie de la Société Littéraire-Typographique 1784-89. Canonizing Voltaire an enterprise on the eve of Revolution The first complete collection known as the "Kehl" edition for the small German town in which it was printed to avoid French censorship. After his death the Société Littéraire Typographique was founded there dedicated to the monumental effort of disseminating Voltaire's work through a definitive and typographically magnificent edition. The group of Enlightenment intellectuals ready to champion the author were led by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais who financed the operation and the Marquis de Condorcet who acted as chief editor. For the first time Voltaire's correspondence was published and commentary and a biography by Cordorcet was added. For the type Beaumarchais bought John Baskerville's apparatus from his widow. This coupled with the unprecedented price he paid for the rights the paper mills he purchased and the cost of setting up in Kehl bankrupted Beaumarchais. Nevertheless he concluded "Europe will be satisfied". Octavo 70 vols 213 x 134 mm. Portrait frontispiece engraved plates. Contemporary mottled calf signed by François Gaudreau at foot of spines red morocco labels double gilt fillet to compartments and boards marbled endpapers varicolour bookmarkers. Superficial splits and worming to joints still very firm occasional wear contents largely clean. A very good set. hardcover
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
LCS-18493Exceptionnel exemplaire de l’édition originale relié en maroquin de l’époque armorié, condition absolument rarissime pour cette œuvre précoce de Voltaire. Genève [Rouen], Jean Mokpap [Viret], 1723. In-8 de viii pp., 231 pp., (1) f. bl, enrichi du portrait de Voltaire peint par La Toure. Plein maroquin olive, triple filet doré autour des plats, armoiries frappées or au centre, dos à nerfs finement orné, roulette intérieure, coupes décorées, tranches dorées sur marbrures. Reliure en maroquin armorié de l’époque. 184 x 113 mm.
LCS-A47Des bibliothèques Genard et Léon Rattier, avec ex-libris. Berlin, C.F. Henning, 1751. 2 tomes en 2 volumes in-12 de: I/ (7) ff., 488 pp., (1) f. d’errata,pte. déch. restaurée ss. manque p. 191; II/ (2) ff., 466 pp., (1) f. d’errata. Maroquin rouge, triple filet doré encadrant les plats, dos à nerfs ornés de filets et fleurons dorés, double filet or sur les coupes, roulette intérieure dorée, tranches dorées sur marbrures. Reliure signée de Chambolle-Duru. 143 x 85 mm.
1893ST17884Paris: Imprimé pour Les Amis de Livres par Chamerot et Renouard 1893. No. 55 OF 115 COPIES printed for M. Van der Vrecken de Bormans. 275 x 190 mm. 10 3/4 x 7 1/2". 4 p.l. 159 3. <br/> DAZZLING CONTEMPORARY SCARLET MOROCCO VERY ORNATELY DECORATED IN GILT SILVER AND BLACK AS WELL AS INLAID BY MARIUS MICHEL stamp-signed on front doublure covers elaborately embellished with a floral frame enclosing a large central panel filled with diapered compartments formed by gently curving black leaves each compartment containing a floral sprig tooled in silver and gold flat spine with similarly decorated ogival compartments and gilt titling OLIVE BROWN MOROCCO DOUBLURES filled with rows of inlaid red carnations with dark green pedicels leather hinges jacquard silk endleaves in pink blue and green pattern marbled flyleaves all edges gilt. Original white textured paper wrappers bound in. In a slightly worn brown morocco-trimmed marbled paper slipcase. With eight pleasing color engravings by Rops 4 Robaudi 2 and Garnier 2 depicting scenes from the story accompanied by 29 proofs in red yellow cyan and black & white as called for in the colophon. A Large Paper Copy. Front flyleaf with INK INSCRIPTION SIGNED BY MARIUS MICHEL and dated Mai 1920 noting that he had bound this copy for M. Van der Vrecken de Bormans in 1896 for a very substantial price of 600 francs. Carteret IV 407; Vicaire I 47. Three blank front flyleaves with narrow faint brown horizontal blemish across most of the page apparently a tape shadow; in all other ways A BEAUTIFUL COPY clean fresh and bright internally IN A PRISTINE BINDING.<br/> <br/> This ravishing object is a bibliophile's treasure: an illustrated luxury edition in Large Paper format of Voltaire's philosophical novel offered in a binding from a pre-eminent Parisian atelier. The impressive binding stands out not only because of its remarkable condition but also because of the variety and unerring execution of its decorative elements--from the vigorous use of black gold and silver on the cover and spine to the particularly animated inlaid morocco doublures. Considered the best binder of his generation as well as the founder of modern French bookbinding Henri Marius Michel 1846-1925 began his career in the workshop established by his father Jean in Paris in 1849 where they produced distinguished bindings in the prevailing historical styles for two decades. After the father's death in 1890 the firm came to even greater prominence when Henri began producing bindings in a completely new and original style that did nothing less than change the course of modern bookbinding in France. According to Duncan & De Bartha Henri believed passionately "that bookbinding needed a new vocabulary of ornamentation in order to express the mood and spirit of contemporary authors." The "vocabulary of ornamentation" he developed was based on nature the revolutionary "La Flore Ornamentale" style that he unveiled at the 1878 International Exposition. His favored floral forms dominate the present binding both as inlays and as silver and gold tooling. Our binding was commissioned by Paul Van der Vrecken Baron de Bormans an attaché at the Belgian Embassy in Paris and a bibliophile who belonged to "La société du livre contemporain" as well as the "Cercle Parisien du livre." The 600 francs the binding cost would have bought a very great deal in France at the end of the 19th century. Another copy of this work with the same special features and also bound in inlaid morocco by Marius Michel sold at Sotheby's in 1995 for the hammer price equivalent of $31200. Imprimé pour Les Amis de Livres par Chamerot et Renouard unknown
178488246s. l. Kehl: Imprimerie de la Société Littéraire-Typographique 1784. Fine. « Divine Voltaire ora pro nobis ! » Exceptional copy on large paper and contemporary binding Imprimerie de la Société Littéraire-Typographique s. l. Kehl 1784-1789 14 x 21.7 cm 70 vol. reliés The Kehl edition the most renowned edition of Voltaire's works illustrated and published on deluxe paper. It was printed on five different types of paper and only the deluxe editions such as ours on laid paper feature engravings. These are naturally the most sought-after and rarest copies. Binding in full painted sheep decorated with a honeycomb motif smooth spine tooled with gilt fleurons fillets and compartments light beige calf lettering and volume pieces gilt chain-roll border on covers marbled endpapers gilt roll on edges all edges marbled contemporary binding. Two volumes nos. 50 and 70 with slight variations in gilt tools on the spines and with orange morocco lettering pieces edges and covers treated somewhat differently. General condition of the 70 volumes: bindings with light rubbing to corners gilt a little dulled occasional foxing a few wormholes and old restorations not affecting the text. 28 volumes vols. 4 5 8 10 11 13 16 17 19 20 24 27 28 33 34 35 36 37 43 48 61 62 63 65 66 67 68 70 with cracked joints at the ends and 20 volumes vols. 8 11 12 14 16 18 33 34 37 42 46 49 53 56 57 60 65 66 68 70 with damaged caps. Two editions were published at the same time. Our copy belongs to the prestigious in-8 edition on large paper published in 70 volumes the other edition being in-12 format in 92 volumes. It is richly illustrated with 125 etched plates: - There are 17 portraits including 3 of Voltaire: a frontispiece portrait by N. de Largillière engraved by P. Alex. Tardieu; one drawn from Houdon's bust by Moreau le Jeune and engraved by P. Alex. Tardieu; and one allegorical portrait by Louis Croutelle after Moreau le Jeune belonging to the second series of illustrations of Voltaire's works executed by Moreau for the publisher Renouard. The 14 other portraits include an allegorical frontispiece of Frédéric-Guillaume Prince of Prussia depicted in profile in a medallion by Dambrun after Moreau le Jeune; a portrait of Henry IV by Pourbus engraved by Tardieu; one of Charles VII engraved after the original in the King's Cabinet by Mavieri; another of Agnès Sorel drawn by Moreau the Younger after the original in the King's Cabinet and engraved by Mavieri; one of Joan of Arc engraved by Beisson; followed by the Count of Dunois engraved after the original in the King's Cabinet by J. B. Fosseyeux; one of Louis XIV drawn by Moreau Le Jeune after C. Le Brun engraved by J. B. Fosseyeux; one of Charles XII engraved by P. Alex. Tardieu after the original in the King's Cabinet; one of Pierre I engraved by P. G. Langlois after a painting by L. Caravaque; one of Madame du Châtelet after Marie Anne Loir and engraved by P. G. Langlois; one of the Count of Argental after J. Defraine and engraved by J. B. Fosseyeux; one of Frédéric II of Prussia painted from life by Van Loo and engraved by P. G. Langlois; one of Catherine II of Russia engraved by J. B. Fosseyeux; and one of d'Alembert after De La Tour engraved by N. F. Maviez. - 93 engravings by Moreau le Jeune including 44 figures for le Théâtre engraved by Lingée Simonet de Launay Trière Halbou Duclos Romanet Dambrun de Longueil Delignon Le Mire Le Veau 10 for la Henriade engraved by Masquelier Delignon Dambrun Patas Gutemberg Helman Simonet Duclos Romanet 21 for la Pucelle engraved by Simonet Dambrun Halbou Baquoy Trière Delignon de Longueil Croutelle and Duclos 4 for the Contes in verse engraved by Langlois Duclos Delignon and Le Veau and 14 for the Romans engraved by Trière Duclos de Longueil Dambrun Baquoy Delignon Simonet Langlois and Halbou. - 14 scientific plates in volume 31 illustrating the experiments of Newton Descartes and Leibniz. - 1 battle Imprimerie de la Société Littéraire-Typographique unknown
17992091202133206278A Paris De L'imprimerie de Crapelet 1799. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 2 books in total A Paris, De L'imprimerie de Crapelet paperback
178488246Imprimerie de la Société Littéraire-Typographique | s. l. [Kehl] 1784-1789 | 14 x 21.7 cm | 70 vol. reliés
STLS0115Kehl De l'Imprimerie de la Societe Litteraire-Typographique 1785 - 1789. 23 x 15 cm. Zus. Ca 35 000 S. Mit insgesamt 145 gest. Tafeln davon 38 Porträts 14 physikal. Tafeln. 108 Tafeln sind von Moreau le jeune gestochen. Zahlr. Abb. im Text. Dekorative Halblederbände d. Zt. mit roten Rückenschildchen Rückengoldpräg. Lederecken. 4 Rückenschildchen fehlen einige Bände restauriert. Unser Exemplar stammt aus der Bibliothek des Wiener Verlegers Paul von Zsolnay. Bengesco 2142; Brunet V1353 ""Edition celebre""; Cohen/R.1042-48; Lewine 564. Die bedeutendste und schönste aller Voltaire-Ausgaben.Von Beaumarchais herausgegeben großteils von von Moreau le jeune mit Kupfern ausgestattet. Die Bände 71 u. 72 Paris Deterville 1801 enthalten ein umfangreiches Inhaltsverzeichnis von C. Chantreau sowie Reihentitelbll. vgl. Brunet V1354. (Kehl), De l'Imprimerie de la Societe Litteraire-Typographique 1785 - 1789. unknown
178588781785 [Kehl], de limprimerie de la Société Typographique, 1785 1789. 70 volumes grand in-8° (175 x 270 mm). Exemplaire dexception sur très grand papier vélin de la fameuse édition de Voltaire financée par Beaumarchais, comportant dune part lillustration destinée aux tirages de luxe de cette édition (soit 93 planches de Jean-Michel Moreau le jeune, 12 portraits, 14 planches de physique, 1 plan, 1tableau des oeuvres de Voltaire), plus un large supplément dillustrations destinées à lédition Renouard des Oeuvres de Voltaire en 66 volumes in-8° publiée entre 1819 et 1825. Louvrage contient ainsi un total de 196 planches hors texte, soit : 113 figures de Moreau le jeune (44 pour le Théâtre, volumes 1 9; 10 pour la Henriade, volume 10; 21 pour la Pucelle dOrléans, volume 11; 6 pour les Contes en vers, volume 14; 2 pour le Siècle de Louis XIV, volumes 20 et 21; 1 pour le Siècle de Louis XV, volume 22; 1 pour lHistoire de Charles XII, volume 23; 1 pour lHistoire de Russie, volume 24; 27 pour les Romans et Contes, volumes 44 et 45); 67 portraits (33 gravés par Augustin de Saint-Aubin et 34 de graveurs divers dont Renouard possédait les cuivres); 14 planches de physique (volume 31) ; 1 plan («Camp des Tartares», volume 24 ); 1 tableau dépliant des oeuvres de Voltaire, volume 70). Impressionnantes reliures en demi-basane maroquinée bordeaux à coins, plats de papier rouge, dos lisse ornés, tranches ébarbées. Datant des environs de 1825 1830, elles sont signées (au dos du volume I): «Rel[ié] p[ar] les Dl[l]es Cotty». On ignore tout de ces personnes, dont on peut seulement supposer quelles étaient apparentées à Jean-Etienne Cotty, relieur actif à Paris de 1776 à 1820, que «Lesné [...] place parmi les bons relieurs de second ordre de son temps» (Thoinan, Les Relieurs français, page 234). Bas de la charnière inférieure du volume 11 fendu sur la moitié de sa longueur, quelques coiffes frottées, coins çà et là un peu émoussés, mais dans lensemble la collection est dans un état absolument désirable. Etiquettes collées aux premiers contreplats: «Louvard, libraire, rue du Bac, no 78»; ex-libris illustré: «André Gutzwiller» (1922 2014), banquier et bibliophile bâlois.
8753Hambourg, 1753, un volume in 8 relié en plein veau marbré, dos orné de fers dorés, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque), (un coin légèrement émoussé), 1 feuillet non chiffré blanc, 1 feuillet non chiffré (titre : MAUPERTUISIANA - verso blanc), 2 feuillets non chiffrés (avertissement - Pièces conenues dans ce recueil, pp. 7 à 48pp., 26pp., 192pp., (1), 65pp., 56pp., 40pp., (1), 41pp., 74pp., 32pp., 16pp., 8pp., 8pp., 8pp., (4), 88pp., 16pp., 19pp.. – Soit 16 parties reliées en un volume
LCS-11978Edition de luxe et première édition illustrée de La Henriade. L’un des rares exemplaires imprimés sur papier fort de Hollande, à très grandes marges. A Londres, 1728. In-4 de (3) ff., 202 pp. et 12 planches. Collation conforme à l’exemplaire conservé à la B.n.F. Relié en plein maroquin bleu, triple filet doré autour des plats, dos à nerfs richement orné, double filet sur les coupes, roulette intérieure dorée, tranches dorées sur marbrures. Reliure du XIXe siècle signée Chambolle-Duru. 300 x 235 mm.
LCS-A23Précieux exemplaire relié en maroquin rouge de l’époque aux armes de François VIII de La Rochefoucauld (1663-1728), Chevalier des Ordres du roi. Paris, Pierre Ribou; au Palais, Pierre Huet, Jean Mazuel et Antoine-Urbain Coustelier, 1719. In-8 de (4) ff. et 131 pp. Plein maroquin rouge, triple filet doré autour des plats, armoiries au centre, dos à nerfs finement orné, coupes décorées, roulette intérieure, tranches dorées sur marbrures. Reliure en maroquin armorié de l’époque. 183 x 108 mm.
