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173871163Amsterdam 1738-1750. 8vo. Samtidige pergamentryggbind med tittelfelter i lysebrunt skinn og marmorerte dekler. Voltaires graverte portrett som frontispiece i bind I. Tittelbladene trykt i rødt og svart. 6 XXXII 1 1 blank 349 1 1 blank ; 4 366 1 1 blank ; 2 372 ; 4 377 1 blank 16 ; 6 v 1 135 1 blank XXII 102 24 112 ; 8 420 ; 16 415 1 blank ; 4 142 1 1 blank 152 1 1 blank XII 2 115 1 blank s. Med 21 kobberstikk utenom pagineringen. Tallrike kobberstukne vignetter. Chez Etienne Ledet & Compagnie Fransk. <br/><br/><em>Et flott sett. De fleste kobberstikkene er i bd. I som omfatter “La Henriadeâ€. </em> unknown
191343062Leipzig Insel=Verlag 1913. Small 4to. Bound in fine full morocco red signed "A Keller Leipzig" 4 raised bands gilt lettering and gilt compartments. Inner gilt line-border. All edges gilt. 1772 pp. 12 plates in woodcut and many large woodcut initials. Clean and fine. Nr. 25 of 30 copies "auf Chinapapier". A total of 800 copies. hardcover
174438273A Londres but Paris no printer 1744. Small 8vo. Contemp. full mottled calf raised bands richly gilt back. Previous owners stamp on tp. Engraved portrait Newton engraved titlevignette VIII5-121-232209-4714 pp. The text is complete and continous despite the odd pagination. Having 8 engraved plates 1 folding and many textengravings. A few leaves with contemporary marginal notes. Internally fine and clean. <br/><br/><em>Second or third edition a contrefacon not printed in London but in Paris. "Voltaires's importence for the history of science lies particularly in his having composed a famous popularization of Newton Élemens de la philosophie de Nrwton 1738 while also collaborating with his companion and mistress Émilie marquise de Chatelet on her translation of the Principia into French and more generally in his having referred with the lightness of touch that made him a serious critic of the human condition his moral philosophy to what he took to be Newtonian and hence a correct account of physical reality." DSB XIV:p.83 The work has been called one of the most beautifull illustrated scientific works at all.- This edition not in Gray's Bibliography. </em> hardcover
18192003020120Paris: Renouard 1819-1822 1819. Hardcover. Very Good. 64 volume set of 66. Uniformly bound in later 1/4 leather over yellow marbled boards. Gilt stamped spines. Good bindings and covers. Minor scattered foxing. 164 engraved portraits and plates including folding and facsimiles. Refs: Brunet V.1355 Bengesco IV 2149. Carteret III 16. Querard X 379. Vicaire VII 1137 <br> T. 1-7. Theatre 1819 7 v. . T. 8. La Henriade 1819 434 p. T. 9. La Pucelle d'Oleans 1819 371 p. T. 10. Poemes 1819 479 p. T. 11. Epitres et stances 1819 352 p. T. 12. Contes en vers. Satires et poesies melees 1819 408 p. T. 13-16. Essai sur les moeurs et l'esprit des nations 1819 4 v. . T. 17-18. Le siecle de Louis XIV 1819 2 v. . T. 19. Precis du siecle de Louis XV 1819 456 p. T. 20. Histoire de Charles IX 1819 338 p. T. 21. Histoire de l'empire de Russie 1819 404 p. T. 22. Annales de l'Empire 1819 636 p. T. 23. Histoire du Parlement de Paris 1819 514 p. T. 24-25. Melanges historiques 1819 2 v. . T. 26-27. Politique et legislation 1819 2v. T. 28. Physique 1819 611 p. T. 29-31. Philosophie 1819 3 v. . T. 32. Dialogues et entretiens philosophiques 1819 559 p. T. 33-38. Dictionnaire philosophique 1819 6 v. . T. 39-40. Romans 1819 2 v. . T. 41. Faceties 1821 432 p. T. 42-43. Melanges litteraires 1821 2 v. . T. 44-45. Commentaires sur Corneille 1821 2 v. . T. 46-57. Correspondance 1821 12 v. . T. 58. Correspondance avec l'imperatrice de Russie ; Lettres de plusieurs souverains a M. de Voltaire ; Lettres des princes de Prusse etc. et de M. de Voltaire. 1821 323 104 p. T. 59-61. Correspondance avec le roi de Prusse 91821 3 v. . T. 62. Correspondance avec d'Alembert 1821 756 p. T. 63. Lettres inedites de Voltaire a Mademoiselle Quinault a M. d'Argental au president Henault a M. Damilaville a Madame d'Epinay et autres personnages remarquables 1822 388 p. T. 64. Vie de Voltaire / par Condorcet. Memoires pour servir a la vie de M. de Voltaire ecrits par lui-meme. Commentaire historique sur les oeuvres de l'auteur de "La Henriade" 1822 495 p. <br> This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Paris: Renouard [1819-1822] hardcover
1785862N27Paris: De l'Impremerie de la Societe Litteraire Typographique 1785. Leather. Fair. 8" by 5". None. Forty three leather bound volumes from the Complete Works of Voltaire. 43 volumes from the complete works of Voltaire. Published in French. The present collection of the French philosopher's works includes volumes 2-10 12 14-17 20-23 25 27 32-35 37 45 51 60 63-69 70-77 and 89. With four plates to volumes two three and six. With three plates to volume four. With seven plates to volumes five and nine. With nine plates to volume eight. With ten plates to volume nine. With five plates to volume ten. The present collection opens with the theatrical works of Voltaire which is followed by his poetry including his epic poem the Henriade. In his Essay on the Universal History Manners and Spirit of Nations Voltaire discusses the history of Europe before Charlemagne until the age of Louis XIV. This is followed by his History of the Russian Empire Under Peter the Great his writings on politics and legislation some miscellaneous literary criticism and his commentary on the dramatic works of Pierre Corneille. The latter volumes are comprised of Voltaire's letter exchanges. Voltaire was a French Enlightenment writer philosopher and historian famed for his wit his criticism of Christianity and slavery and advocation of the separation of the church and state. The versatile and prolific writer produced works in many literary forms including plays novels essays but also scientific expositions. In a full contemporary calf binding. Externally sound. The rear board of volume 64 id disbound but present. The remaining volumes are lightly rubbed to the boards with some cracking to the leather along the spine. Volume 27 is missing some calf to the front extremity. Generally lightly rubbed to the head and tail of the spine although some volumes including 14 27 32-34 and the majority of the volumes in the 70s are missing a slither of calf to the head or tail of the spine or both. The front joints of volumes 10 16 20 33 and 45 are rather tender. Although the hinges are better to the latter volumes they are starting but firm to the majority of the earlier volumes.The front hinges are particularly tender to volumes 9 15 16 20 45 60 and 89 and the rear hinges are loose in volumes 10 and15. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with some patches of light foxing. Fair De l'Impremerie de la Societe Litteraire Typographique hardcover
1928059808New York: Random House 1928. 1st Edition Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fair. 111 Pp. #423 Of 1450 Copies The First Book Published By Random House Illustrated Throughout By Rockwell Kent And Signed By Him On The Limitation Page. Tan Cloth Beveled Edges Gilt. Binding With Only Slight Wear To Gilt Contents Fine. With The Original Plain Opaque Dust Jacket Browned Small Losses 3/4" Water Spot On Front Panel. <br/> <br/> Random House hardcover
181714013121Paris: Th. Desoer 1817. Full grained dark maroon leather all edges gilt bottom cover edges gilt tooled. Owner's name stamp on title and one text page of each volume; moderate to heavy foxing cover edges lightly rubbed but some somewhat more heavily rubbed spots and dry spine edges header of volume 13 chipped else nice clean tight bright set: VG. 8vo. Frontispiece of Voltaire in Volume I. A photo of a portrait of Voltaire has been laid in in lieu of a frontispiece. in volume 16 discoloring the paper Th. Desoer hardcover
120790London Printed for D. Wilson and T. Durham in the Strand 1754. . First edition; 12mo 17.5 x 10.5 cm; presentation inscription in pen to front free endpaper verso related bookplate to front pastedown ownership inscription in pencil to front free endpaper recto C1-3 and G12-H1 trimmed close at fore-edge; contemporary sprinkled calf double gilt-filet borders spines likewise ruled in gilt corners slightly bumped small split upper joint a little weak but holding very good; xv 1 284pp.<br /> The first edition of this scarce collection of works and letters by Voltaire 1694-1788 in English translation including his philosophical novella Zadig excerpts from the Dictionnaire Philosophique the whole of which was not translated into English until 1765 and the first letter from Frederick II of Prussia to Voltaire and his reply. <br /><br />The translator Joseph Collyer 1714/5-1776 was a bookseller and treasuer of the Stationer's Company. Although the title-page of the present work designates him as the 'Author of Felicia to Charlotte' this novel is usually attributed to his wife Mary Collyer 1716/7-1762 best-known as the English translator of Marivaux's La vie de Marianne.<br /> ESTC T47430. London, Printed for D. Wilson, and T. Durham, in the Strand, 1754. unknown
187647251Paris: Chez Firmin-Didot et Cie Libraires 1876. 13 vols. Large 8vo 26x19 cm. Contemporary half morocco spines gilt in compartments with ribbons; covers cloth blindstamped lines around the borders; decorated endpapers; marbled edges. Corners sl. bumped and partly damaged. - Tome I: Vie de Voltaire Théâtre. iv848 pp. with frontisp.portrait and 12 other engraved plates. - Tome II: Théâtre La Henriade La Pucelle Poésies.iv814ii pp. With frontisp. portrait and 13 engraved plates. - VolTome III: Essai sur les moeurs Annales de l'Empire. iv816 pp. With frontisp. portrait. iv516 pp. misbound 8 leaves missing: N.B.: Quire 6 p.81-96 bound twice and quire 9 p.129-144 MISSING. - Tome IV: Siècle de Louis XIV Précis du siècle de Louis XV Histoire de Charles XII Histoire de Russie Histoire du parlement Fragments historiques sur l'Inde. iv840 pp. With frontispiece and 3 other portraits. - Tome V: Mélanges historiques Politique et legislation Physique. iv818 pp. and at the end 4 engraved plates with mathematical figures. - Tome VI: Philosophie Dialogues. iv784 pp. tear upper margin p.769-770 repaired. - Tome VII: Dictionnaire philosophique 1. 782 pp. - Tome 8: Dictionnaire philosophique 2; Romans Facéties. iv716 pp. With 13 engraved plates. - Tome IX: Melanges littéraires Commentaires sur Corneille. iv662 pp. - Tome X: Correspondence avec le roi de Prusse 'l'Impératrice de Russie et d'Alembert. iv762 pp. With frontispiece portrait of Catherine 2 and 1 portrait of Dalembert. - Tome XI: Correspondance général tome premier. iv900 pp. With plate: facsimile of a letter. - Tome XII: Correspondance générale tome deuxième. iv1032 pp. including 4 pp. "Table des personnages auxquels sont adressées les lettres". small tear in margin of 3 leaves repaired. - Tome XIII: Correspondance générale tome troisième et Table générale et analytique des matières: p. 417558 printed in 3 columns. iv558 pp. - Complete set printed in 2 columns. Titles with engraved title-vignette and with together 52 steelengraved plates. Lightbrown spots in a few plates and in places in the text for a few leaves more serious spots. Paper age-toned. - 8 leaves see Tome III missing but on the whole a good hard to find set. Interesting edition guided by the edition of M. Beuchot. With the notes of Voltaire notes of the new editor and the annotations by 'Les editeurs de Kehl K. M. Clogenson Ml. and M. Renouard Ren. Chez Firmin-Didot et Cie, Libraires hardcover
171883142Paris: chez Perronneau et Cerioux 1817-1821. In-16 mm. 180x105 56 volumi in 60 tomi cartonato muto coevo piccoli spacchi o mancanze ai bordi o alle cerniere su 15 volumi titolo oro su due tasselli al dorso con un ritratto dell'A. inc. in rame. Questa edizione è così composta: Vie de Voltaire. Mémoires. Commentaire historique sur les oeuvres ecc. - Théatre 6 volumi - Poèmes 4 volumi - Essai sur les moeurs et l'Esprit des nations 3 volumi - Siècles de Louis XIV et de Louis XV 2 volumi - Histoires de Charles XII et de Pierre le Grand - Annales de l'Empire - Histoire du Parlement de Paris - Mélanges historiques 2 volumi - Politique et Législation 2 volumi - Physique Histoire Naturelle - Philosophie générale Métaphysique Morale Théologie 3 volumi - Dialogues et Entretiens philosophiques - Dictionnaire philosophique 4 - Romans 2 volumi - Facéties - Mélanges littéraires 2 volumi - Commentaires sur Corneille 2 volumi - Correspondance avec les Souverains 3 volumi - Correspondance avec D'Alembert - Correspondance générale 13 volumi.Con qualche fioritura o lievi uniformi arrossature ma complessivamente un buon esemplare. chez Perronneau et Cerioux, unknown
17781084Pozsonban Pozsony: Landerer Mihály’ költségével és betűivel 1778. First Hungarian edition. In contemporary cardboard covered in blue paper. Signature C is somewhat loose. Otherwise firm and clean. A fine copy. First Hungarian edition. In contemporary cardboard covered in blue paper. 93 3 p. <p><br /> First Hungarian edition of Voltaire’s tragedy â€Le fanatisme ou Mahomet le Propheteâ€.<br /> <p><p><br /> Voltaire five-act tragedy was written in 1736 premiered in 1741 and the first pirate editions appeared in 1742 while the first authorized edition was published in 1743 Amsterdam Ledet. <br /> <p><p><br /> Antal Zechenter known for his translations of mostly French plays among them Voltaire’s Adélaïde du Guesclin Corneille’s Horace and Racine’s Mithridate.<br /> <p><p><br /> Foreword by György Bessenyei.<br /> <p>. Landerer Mihály’ költségével, és betűivel unknown
117621Glasgow Printed by Robert Urie 1759. . Fourth edition; 12mo 18 x 10.5 cm; a little toned front hinge reinforced; contemporary tree calf contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to spine joint and headcap repaired slightly scuffed and rubbed very good; 6 3-149 13pp.<br /> An early Glasgow printing of this interesting outsider's take on English society and its people precipitated by Voltaire's exile to Great Britain in 1726. <br /><br />The resulting Letters first published in 1734 following his return to Paris express his great admiration for the comparative religious freedom enjoyed by England's Quakers and Socinians as well as its constitutional monarchy 'where the Prince is all powerful to do good and at the same time restrain'd from committing evil' the implication being that England could provide a model for France's reform p.53. When the French edition was published the following year without the approval of the royal censor as Lettres Philosophique it caused a storm with copies confiscated and publicly burnt and Voltaire again forced to flee Paris.<br /><br />The work remains one of Voltaire's most widely known and read texts which helped introduce Bacon Locke and Newton to Europe's Enlightenment thinkers. It also contains an early account of Newton's famous discovery of gravity passed on to Voltaire by Newton's niece Catherine Barton as well as an early translation into French verse of Hamlet's soliloquy from Act 3 Scene 1: 'Demeure il faut choisir & passer à l'instant / De la vie à la mort ou d l'Etre au neant.' p.173.<br /><br />Widely ranked as Voltaire's most important early philosophical work and 'the first bomb hurled against the Ancien Régime' Babson.<br /> ESTC T137639. Glasgow, Printed by Robert Urie, 1759. unknown
18821006231882. Paris Emile Perrin 1882-1890. 4 vols. xix 494; 1 xvii 438; xv 609; 1 xxii ii 391 pp. Approximately 12500 entries. First edition. 3/4 dark brown morocco marbled boards. Original wrappers bound-in. Top edges gilt. 3 frontispieces. Edition limited to 550 copies this one not numbered. Volume one with a dedication from Bengesco to Léon Brélard on the titlepage. Volume 3 has a small business card from Bengesco inserted with a note on it to a friend unnamed to whom he sends this volume of his work. Binding ticket: "Reliure Franz Osterman 80 Bd Malesherbes Paris". A very nice copy of this important bibliography. Contains: Tome 1: Theatre. Poemes. Grands ouvrages historiques. Dictionnaire philosophique et questions sur l'Encyclopedie. Romans. Tome 2: Melanges. Ouvrages edite par Voltaire. Ouvrages annote par Voltaire. Tome 3: Correspondance. Cent lettres de Voltaire qui ne figurent dans aucune edition de ses oeuvres et suivi du repertoire chronologique de sa correspondance de 1711 a 1778 avec l'indication des principales sources de chaque lettre. Tome 4: Oeuvres completes de Voltaire. Principaux extraits de Voltaire. Ouvrages faussement attribue a Voltaire. First edition of this bibliography of Voltaire whose real name was François-Marie Arouet 1694-1778. Voltaire was a prolific French Englightenment writer who used almost every literary form for his work authoring plays poetry novels essays historical and scientific works more than 20000 letters and more than 2000 books and pamphlets. From early on Voltaire had trouble with the authorities for his energetic attacks on the government and the Catholic Church. This would lead to numerous imprisonments and exiles. hardcover
1827117452London UK: Whittaker Treacher Arnot / Hunt and Clarke 1827. Leather Bound. Near Fine. 24mo 5 - 5.75'' tall. Leather Bound. Condition: Near Fine. Whittaker Treacher Arnot / Hunt and Clarke London UK 1827. Volumes I to XXIV 1827 to1831. Dark red leather spines and board tips with marbled paper Schrottel boards. Portraits of each diarist. Nice Firm Clean copies ! Light general wear. Bindings hinges text pages near fine. No foxing except for near portraits. Size: 24mo 5 - 5.75'' tall. Brilliant entertaining autobiographies by: I. Colley Cibber comedian. II. Hume William Lilly astronomy Voltaire. III IV. Jean-François Marmontel history opera poetry novels. V. Robert Drury sailor Madagascar captive. VI. George Whitefield Methodist Voyage from London to Savannah. James Ferguson astronomer instrument and globe maker. VII. Mary Robinson actress. Charlotte Charke aka Cibber Charlotte Secheverell Charles Brown actress playwright novelist and noted transvestite. VIII. Lord Herbert of Cherbury Prince Eugene of Savoy. IX X. Augustus Von Kotzebue dramatist writer Siberian exile. XI. Captain John Creichton Scottish soldier. William Gifford critic editor poet satirist. Thomas Ellwood religious writer. XII. Lewis Ludvig Holberg writer essayist philosopher historian and playwright. XIII. James Hardy Vaux swindler thief transported to Australia thrice. XIV XV. Edward Gibbon historian member of Parliament. XVI XVII. Benvenuto Cellini artist. XVIII. James Lackington bookseller. XIX. Theobald Wolfe Tone Irish revolutionary United Irishmen father of Irish republicanism leader of 1798 Irish Rebellion. XX. Bubb Dodington English politician and nobleman. XXI XXII. Margravine of Bareith Frederica Sophia Wilhelmina sister of Frederick the Great. XXIII XXIV. Carlo Osvaldo Goldoni comic writer Italian playwright and librettist. Biography History::Britain RBR15 RBR15 Whittaker, Treacher, Arnot / Hunt and Clarke hardcover
1774001963Geneve. VG books. Contemporary leather boards with moderate wear. 1774. Hardcover. VG books. Quality mid 20th C rebind preserves original mottled calf boards and rebacking closely duplicating the original. . The "Voltaire" edition first published about 1764 in 12 vols. Here expanded upon but printed in 8 vols. With 35 engraved copperplates. Each vol with a frontispiece. Vol 1 frontis engraved by Watelet others by Gravelot. Most vols with frontis & 3 plates BUT vol 3 had 5 plates & vol 7 had 5. Spines with 5 gilt dotted raised ribs. Red/brown leather title labels & brown leather vol # labels both in gilt. 1774 date along heel. The 4 other spine panels all gilt edge ruled with elaborate floral corner & center designs. Spines very attractive. Voltaire wrote a 2 page intro in vol 1. Text blocks tight as new no loose leaves or sprung signatures. Text & plates quite nice only scattered light foxing & type offset mostly confined to margins. No aging or any other type of stain. But DAMP STAINED vol 3 back cover and very last end paper. NOT INTO TEXT. . hardcover
192355063Paris: René Kieffer 1923. Near fine. Lavish limited edition of this landmark in speculative fiction with rich images hand-colored in pochoir in Hémard's characteristic 1920s style - and an original drawing by him. In this conte philosophique originally published in French in 1752 Voltaire uses a fantastic voyage in the tradition of Jonathan Swift to satirize life on planet Earth. The title character a giant named Micromegas who lives on a planet near Sirius is banished in Voltairean style for writing a book that "was condemned by judges who had never read it." He journeys with an inhabitant of Saturn through our solar system; together their observations emphasize the smallness of Earth compared to the vastness of the universe and man's folly in believing himself to be at its center. This playful 1920s edition beautifully printed on French handmade paper lusciously bound by Kieffer and vividly hand-colored is a particularly fitting production for a modern take on Voltaire's satire. 9.75'' x 6.25''. Bound by the publisher Kieffer in elaborately stamped red leather with design after Hémard gilt-lettered spine original wrappers bound in. Illustrated by Hémard with pochoir vignettes throughout. Text in French. 54 2 pages. Limited edition of 500 copies this one of 45 on vélin paper and with an original drawing by Hémard. Bookplate to front pastedown Barcelona-based bookseller ticket to rear pastedown. Lightest sunning and rubbing to spine else fresh bright clean. René Kieffer unknown
19253278Paris: Rene Kieffer. Very Good. 1925. Limited Edition. One of only 20 copies containing an original design and suite of gravures number 67 of an overall edition of only 550 copies. Bound by Simon Kra in half green morocco faded to brown over patterned paper with original pictorial wrappers bound in. Four raised bands and gilt particulars to spine. Spine panels lettered in gilt and framed in slightly darker rectangle motifs. Top edge gilt others deckled. Marbled endpapers with bookplate of previous owner to front pastedown. 36 pochoir plates by Joseph Hemard with an extra suite of 36 plates on tissue plus an extra pencil sketch of binding spine to blank front fly. A clean handsome copy without further markings. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 142 6 c. 82 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. Rene Kieffer hardcover
1901A803981X02F7UNew York: E. R. DuMont 1901. Verite Edition Set #24. Hardcover. Fair. Complete 42 volume set of the Verite Edition set #24 of 700. 3/4 dark leather bindings with marbled paper. Gilt decoration and lettering to covers and spine. Covers have some shelf wear especially to edges and leather. Spines have little to no fading but are worn and some may have cracks. Covers are detached from some volumes. Top edge gilt others rough cut. Endpapers are marbled to match covers. Interiors are clean and completely unmarked with surprisingly little yellowing for the age. Large multi volume set will require extra shipping and ship in multiple boxes. Multivolumes E. R. DuMont hardcover
173917662Paris: Chez Prault Fils. Very Good. 1739. First Edition. Hardcover. A scarce work in a fine binding of dark red morocco with gilt cover decorations & wide dentelles: a black leather label with gilt lettering. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt & a red silk bookmark. Hinges & text are tight & intact. Decorative head & tailpieces. Printer's device on title page. 4120pp. Binding isnear fine. Text is VG: small chip at top margin of half-title page professional repair to upper corner tear on title page top margins trimmed without loss of text & margins of last leaf age toned. French text. Biography. France. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 120 pages . Chez Prault Fils hardcover
178428461<p><strong>1784 MASSIVE SET Works of VOLTAIRE Gotha ed 53vols Includes Isaac Newton</strong></p><p><em>"Let us read and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world." </em></p><p>― Voltaire</p><p>Voltaire was a versatile and prolific writer producing works in almost every literary form including plays poems novels essays and historical and scientific works. He wrote thousands of books and letter and frequently made use of his works to criticize intolerance religious dogma and the French institutions of his day. </p><p>This enormous set of 53 volumes was published in Gotha and contains many of Voltaire's most famous works including:</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->On Francois-Jean de la Barre</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Philosophy and science of Isaac Newton</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Empire of Charlemagne</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->"<em>On Universal History the Manners and Spirit of Nations"</em></p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Correspondence with Frederic II King of Prussia</p><p>Item number: #28461</p><p>Price: $995</p><p>VOLTAIRE</p><p><strong><em>Oeuvres complètes de Voltaire</em></strong></p><p>Gotha: C.G. Ettinger 1784.</p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: 53 volumes of 71</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Vols. 1-9 12 14 16-21 23 25-33 35-60; Posthumous works Vol. 9</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->14 folding plates in Vol. 31</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: French</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~8.25in X 5.5in 20.5cm x 14cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p><u>Photos available upon request. </u></p> C.G. Ettinger hardcover
1777ST20535-04La Haye The Hague but Geneva: Aux dépens des Libraries 1777. FIRST EDITION. 215 x 140 mm. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2". 1 p.l. 303 3 pp. <br/> Publisher's marbled paper wrappers flat spine edges untrimmed. A Large Paper Copy. Benesco 1860. Andrew R. Morehouse "The Voltaire Collection in the Rare Book Room" The Yale Library Gazette 17 no. 4 1943 p. 75.<br /> Paper wrappers a bit faded as expected slightly defective at corners and a little curled otherwise and perhaps even so A VERY FINE COPY--the text within immense margins entirely clean fresh and bright.<br/> <br/> This is a remarkable survival in its original wrappers of a work related to one of the most resonating controversies of Voltaire's life and writings--the question of his anti-Semitism. A giant of the Enlightenment and one of the greatest of French writers and philosophers Voltaire real name François-Marie Arouet 1694-1778 writes here in response to "Lettres de quelques Juifs portugais allemands et polonais à M. de Voltaire" a 1776 critique by Antoine Guénée objecting to the anti-Semitism especially as expressed within a commercial context in our author's "Dictionnaire Philosophique." Deeply philosophical and leavened with satire the 120 chapters of the seminal "Dictionnaire" were widely read much condemned and not infrequently burned as they challenged religious authority advocated for toleration and dealt with many social and political issues from an uncomfortable Enlightenment perspective. And there can be no doubt that Voltaire's "Dictionnaire" does in fact contain critical remarks about the Jews; at the same time the author's criticism is extended with equal warmth to organized religion in other forms. In the present response to Guénée Voltaire is nothing if not scathing which in the end works against him. As Voltaire scholar Andrew R. Morehouse wryly puts it the text here expands upon Voltaire's previous points in such a way as to "justify the accusation that he is cruelly anti-Semitic." This work is not exactly rare but it is very unusual to find it in original wrappers as here particularly in such fine condition. Aux dépens des Libraries unknown
3213Paris: Emile Perrin 1882-1890. Five volumes bound in three complete with the supplement issued in 1953. FIRST and only non-reprint EDITION OF THE MONUMENTAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF VOLTAIRE. Thousands of items described in great detail. Engraved frontispieces. Edition limited to 550 numbered sets of which this is one of 500 on good wove paper. Large 8vos. Attractively bound in recent cloth leather spine labels. ENTIRELY UNCUT. Original wraps bound in. Light foxing else an excellent set. Supplement in wraps. Scarce and important. <br/><br/> Paris: Emile Perrin, 1882-1890 paperback
179039201Paris: Chez P. Didot fils ainé de F. A. Didot l'ainé 1790. AN ENTIRELY UNCUT COPY OF THIS MASTERPIECE OF NINETEENTH CENTURY PRINTING. xl 222 2 pp. One of a series of French and classical texts printed by Didot on the orders of Louis XVI for the education of his son the heir to the throne who it turns out died in captivity in 1795 at age 10 two years after his father was beheaded. This is the first volume of the series printed by Pierre Didot. It is a gorgeous example of fine printing with large and clear types on the best paper one of 250 copies on Angoulême wove paper. Huge untrimmed margins with deckle edges. Folio in 4s page size 32 x 24 cm as issued. Entirely uncut in the original plain blue boards spine gone but stitching solid. A bit of old faint staining to inner margins of some leaves else FINE AND BRIGHT a pristine copy of a rare and beautiful book almost never found in original condition. <br/><br/> Chez P. Didot, fils ainé de F. A. Didot l'ainé hardcover
3439Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles / D. Jouaust 1880. FIRST EDITION of one of Voltaire's most unusual works with a lot of explicit erotic verse. A SPECIAL LARGE-PAPER COPY ON CHINESE PAPER PRINTED FOR JOUAUST THE PUBLISHER. 2 leaves; XL 151 pp. plus frontispiece etched portrait of Voltaire also on Chinese paper. 8vo. Bound in contemporary cloth with leather spine label surely for Jouaust whose engraved bookplate is on the front pastedown. Entirely uncut and unopened. Leather spine label worn else fine and bright. Bengesco 1891 vol. II p. 363. <br/><br/> Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles / D. Jouaust, 1880 hardcover
178334287à Paris: De l'imprimerie de la Sorbonne 1783. Fine. De l'imprimerie de la Sorbonne à Paris 1783 13 x 21 cm relié First edition quite rare. Full light calf binding from early 20th century handsome pastiche of a contemporary binding. Decorated raised spine. Triple fillet frame on boards. Red morocco title-label. Decorative gilt board-edges and roll on leading edges. 18th-century endpapers preserved. The lower margin of the title page missing the owner's name was removed has been filled with modern paper. A hole in the lower right margin on pp. 301 and 302. An amusing old annotation probably from the 18th century in ink in the lower margin of the publisher's warning: ""foutu sot"". Collection of satirical and erotic poetry attributed to a certain Busca some pieces are by him who according to Barbier Dict. des ouvrages anonymes is the future general Pommereul in Bonaparte's service. Many of the poems are signed Boufflers Voltaire. The work is divided into three parts as announced in the title. It includes several songs. Note that the theological tales are so called only because they feature monks and other church characters. The Catholic litanies are more than irreverent songs litanies of saint geneviève. that treat the church saints with extreme levity. Lovers of curiosa will appreciate the truly outrageous and rather incredible liberties of this collection which presents numerous unpublished pieces. De l'imprimerie de la Sorbonne hardcover
