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1770028261765 - 1770 s.l. sans éditeur 1770. Cramer - Genève - 20 x 12 cm - 2376pgs - 388 pgs - 430 pgs - 366 pgs - 364 pgs - XXIIles pages 3-312 pgs 1et 2 n'existent pas - 404 pgs - plein basane dos à 5 nerfs - fleurons estampées en or dans les caissonstomaisons rouges avec une partie du titre estampée en or - traces d'usage aux dosaux coiffes et aux coins mais très acceptable nom à l'intérieur des plats suppérieurs pour le premier vol.: texte en manuscrit en face du faux titre 18ième- en tout des ex. très acceptables - Bengesco 2212 - Barbier III 532 - les parties 1-3 probablement imprimés en 1766 mais la date sur la page de titre est 1765 le supplément dans la 3ième partie est intégré dans le texte <br/> <br/> 1765 - 1770 s.l. sans éditeur unknown
175187748Berlin : Chez C. F. Henning 1751. 153x95mm. 7 ff. 488 p. 1 ff. errate - 466 p. 1 ff. errrata demi-percaline. Etiquette manuscrite au dos cachet de possesseur au bas des deux pages de titre reliures XIXe siÂcle. 447 Chez C. F. Henning unknown
176476322Paris - Avignon : N. B. Duchesne - Veuve Duchesne - Delalain - Louis Chambeau 1774 1770 1764 1770 1767 1764. 190x115mm. reliure veau-marbrÂŽ de lՎpoque. PiÂce de titre au dos. Ornementations et filets dorÂŽs au dos ˆ nerfs. Usures au dos. 313 N. B. Duchesne - Veuve Duchesne - Delalain - Louis Chambeau unknown
175520110London: A. Millar 1755. First Thus. . Hardcover. Good. 12mo. 308; 300pp. Illus.frontis. 2 volumes bound in one. Spine and covers rubbed and bumped bookplate on front pastedown four 19th century news clipping pasted to back of ffep faint ink signature on title page. <br/> <br/> A. Millar hardcover
193017483New York: Random House 1930. First Trade Edition. Cloth. Very good/near fine. The first trade edition of Candide by Voltaire from Random House inscribed and hand-numbered by the illustrator Rockwell Kent. Octavo 2 111pp 1. Publisher's red cloth title stamped in gilt on the front cover and spine. Both hinges showing wear with archival reinforcement to both as is common with this book. Solid text block internally clean. In the publisher's first state dust jacket advertisements for other Random House imprints on the rear panel a few scuff marks closed tears at heel of the spine a bright near fine example. This copy is inscribed by Rockwell Kent on the title page: ".especially for Marjorie Wallace! no - 15!! / Rockwell Kent / Montreal / October 1930." Candide was illustrated by Rockwell Kent beginning in the fall of 1927. It was the first book published by Random House. The book was produced by Pynson Printers. The book first appeared as a limited edition of 1470 numbered and signed copies in 1928. It sold out almost immediately. The following year it was released in trade editions by the Literary Guild in 1929 and this copy from Random House in 1930. Johnson p. 44-46. Random House unknown
173929269Amsterdam: Jean Catuffe 1739. Second edition. Hardcover. g. Octavo. 92pp. Original 3/4 calf over marbled paper covered boards with gold lettering and borders on spine. Decorative endpapers. Printer's device on title page. Decorative head- tailpieces and initial. Second edition of Voltaire's critical essay on the life of Molière and his plays. This scarce edition was issued in Amsterdam the same year than the original one which was published in Paris by Prault fils. Age wear on binding with rubbing and abrasion on calf. One worming on lower margin of the first 10 pages not affecting text. Text in French. Binding in overall good- interior in very good condition. Jean Catuffe hardcover
1921AQ33882Paris: Éditions Jules Tallandier 1921. 4 xvi 2 174pp 4. Title in red and black. With 10 plates and numerous illustrations in the text by Adrein Moreau. Bound in later purple half-morocco marbled paper boards lettered in gilt to spine stamp-signed with gilt omega symbol and dated in blind 1969 to rear turn-in. Original publisher's printed wrappers bound in. Spine sunned. Together with: LAFAYETTE Madame de. La princesse de clèves. Paris. A. Ferroud 1925. Limited edition of 1225 copies of which this is number 353. 4 220pp 2. With numerous coloured illustrations in the text seven full-page. Bound in later dark-green half-morocco marbled paper boards lettered in gilt to spine T.E.G. stamp-signed with gilt omega symbol and dated in blind 1969 to rear turn-in. Original publisher's printed wrappers bound in. Inked inscription of Rosemary Gaisford to front blank fly-leaf. A trifle rubbed. And: LOTI Pierre. Pêcheur d'Islande. Paris. Librairie Hachette 1928. 271pp 3. Bound in later dark-green half-morocco marbled paper boards lettered in gilt and blind to spine T.E.G. stamp-signed in blind with omega symbol and dated in blind '70' to rear turn-in. Original publisher's printed wrappers bound in. Inked inscription of Rosemary Walker to front blank fly-leaf. And: MAUPASSANT Guy de. Contes choisis. Stockholm. Jan Förlag 1946. 364pp. Bound in later burgundy half-morocco decorated paper boards T.E.G. stamp-signed in blind with omega symbol and dated in blind '70' to rear turn-in. A collection of four choice copies of French classics handsomely bound by an anonymous artisan mysteriously identified only by the Greek character omega. . 8vo. Éditions Jules Tallandier hardcover
1835810F51Paris: Chez Marcilly c1835 . Paperback. Very Good/Good. 3.5" by 2.5". Not Stated. A charming set of six miniature volumes of French poetry and literature including volumes of the works of Voltaire and La Fontaine. Housed in the publisher's slip case each volume of this 'Bibliotheque en Miniature' features an engraved plate. In the original French language.A delightful and uncommon six volume miniature set of celebrated works of French literature housed in the original slip case and with each volume retaining the original paper wraps.Complete in six volumes: 'Varietes' by Berquine; 'Mythologie' by Demoustier; 'Melanges' by Florian; a volume of the work of Millevoye; 'Fables' by Fontaine and 'Poesies' by Voltaire.Each volume illustrated with an engraved title page and one plate. Collated complete.The set was issued in various forms sometime with wrappers of green and pink and sometimes in a variant box rather than slip case.Published by Marcilly who specialised in miniature volumes and printed in small type by Firmin Didot. In the publisher's original paper wraps with marbled paper covered slip case. Each volume lightly age toned to back strip and a touch age toned to perimeters. Small chips to back strips of five volumes. Slip case lacking publisher's original calf back strip with rubbing to board perimeters. All slip case joints holding firm. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright with the odd spot most concentrated to first and last few leaves of each volume. Very Good Chez Marcilly paperback
1757896F50Paris; Yverdon: Duchesne; Francois le Breton; 1757-1765 . Leather. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A smart sammelband of seven mid-eighteenth century theatrical works largely comedic in tone but with a vanishingly scarce tragedy titled 'Marcellus ou Les Persecutions' also present. In the original French.A sammelband of seven French theatrical works the majority being comedies from popular playwrights.The first work is a 1757 edition of 'La Coquette Corrigee' by 'Delanoue' the pseudonym of Jean-Baptiste Simon Sauvé de La Noue.The second work is a very 1763 edition of 'Le Droit du Seigneur' by Voltaire published in the same year as the unauthorised first single volume edition of the five act play.The third play is Charles Simon Favart's popular comedy 'L'Anglois a Bordeaux'. A very scarce copy published in the same year as the play was first performed.The fourth comedy is a scarce 1765 early edition of Charles Simon Favart's comedy 'Isabelle et Gertrude ou Les Sylphes Supposes'. Published in the same year as the first edition but with different pagination and lacking the six sheets of music present in the first edition.The fifth work is a posthumously published 1758 edition of playwright Philippe Nericault Destouches's 'Le Philosophe Marie' which was first produced in 1927.The sixth work is a 1765 edition of Jean-Francois Regnard's 'Le Joueur' first performed in 1696.The final work is the very scarce tragic drama 'Marcellus ou Les Persecutions: Tragedie Chretienne' by Ponce Dehaye-Polet. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work from a writer about whom little is known.With the loosely inserted bookplate of Irish philosopher Rev. Francis Hutcheson known as one of the founding fathers of the Scottish Enlightenment.A fascinating collection of French dramas and comedies. In a full calf binding. Small loss of leather to back strip head. Joint heads starting with boards firmly held. Loosely inserted bookplate. Internally firmly bound. Pages age toned due to paper type with light handling marks throughout. Very Good Duchesne; Francois le Breton; hardcover
1815964F61Paris: Pierre Didot 1815 . Leather. Very Good. 5.5" by 3.5". None. Early 19th century editions of two historical works by Voltaire discussing the Russian Empire Peter the Great Louis XIV and Louis XV. In the original French.Two works are present here: 'Histoire de l"Empire de Russie sous Pierre le Grand' complete in two volumes and 'Siecles de Louis XIV et de Louis XV' complete in five volumes.These are early 19th century editions of mid-18th century works from Voltaire the French Enlightenment writer philosopher satirist and historian. 'Histoire de l"Empire de Russie sous Pierre le Grand' recounts the reign of Peter the Great and the transformation of Russia from an unremarkable state into a European power.'Le Siècle de Louis XIV' is Voltaire"s ambitious attempt to chronicle not only the political events of Louis XIV"s reign but also its cultural and intellectual flourishing.The posthumously published 'Le Siècle de Louis XV' deals with the complexities and contradictions of Louis XV"s rule including military setbacks and political corruption.From the Edition Stereotype of Voltaire's works published by Didot.Inscriptions to half title heads. In full calf bindings with gilt detailing to back strip. Lacking two volume number labels and a small portion of one title label. A touch of rubbing to joints otherwise externally lovely. Head and tail of Russia vol I front joint starting with board firmly held. Inscriptions to half title heads. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright with the odd instance of spotting most concentrated to first and last few leaves. Very Good Pierre Didot hardcover
1713017482La Haye Geneve Paris Londres Bordeaux: Gosse ecc 1713-1771. Nove opere o pamphlet riuniti in un volume in 12mo 105x17 cm ; legatura coeva in tutta pelle dorso liscio ornato e dorato con tassello piccola fessura alla cerniera in basso 2 cm qualche spellatura ai piatti tagli rossi risguardie con carta marmorizzata. Descrizione delle opere: 1- Gabriel François Coyer DISSERTATIONS POUR ETRE LUES: la première SUR LE VIEUX MOT DE PATRIE; la seconde SUR LA NATURE DU PEUPLE. La Haye Gosse 1755. Di 70 pagine; sottolineature d'epoca manca il faux titre. E.O. Particolarmente interessante la polemica sulla "natura del popolo" ironico pamphelt contro il disprezzo delle classi dirigenti dellepoca verso i produttori di ricchezza. "A parcourir loeuvre de Coyer on est étonné de voir combien il parle du peuple des droits de lhumanité de la bienfaisance des devoirs du gouvernement." Lichtenberg Le socialisme au XVIII siècle. Sullimportanza delle prime due opere vedi Catherine Larrère LInvention de léconomie au XVIII siècle Puf pp.157-58. Si ricorda anche come la Dissertation di Coyer ispirò larticolo Peuple nellEncyclopedie scritto da Jaucourt. "La dissertation sur le vieux nom de patrie est plus ouvertement républicaine. Il affirme quil nest de patrie que pour les hommes libres". 2- Abbé de Bernis LES QUATRE PARTIES DU JOUR. Senza pagina di titolo tratto da Oeuvres melées en prose et en verss Geneve 1753 di 21 pp. 3- E. Guignon de la Touche EPITRE A L'AMITIE'. senza pagina di titolo tratto da Oeuvres melées en prose et en vers Geneve 1753 Di 14 pp. 4- Anonimo REFLEXIONS SUR L'HUMEUR DE LA NATION ANGLOISE en matières de Réligion & de Politique. Londres Morphew 1713. Di 70 pagine. Ma la stampa di questo pamphlet è olandese come mostra anche il medaglione inciso al frontespizio. 5- LA NOUVELLE HELOISE. Senza pagina di titolo. Di 22 pp. Vedi Conlon 164 1761. 6- Voltaire LES QUAND NOTES UTILES sur un Discours prononcé devant l'Académie Française le 10 Mars 1760. Sixième edition augmentée DES SI & DES PURQUOI Geneve 1760. Di 20 pagine l'ultima numerata erroneamente 10. Stampato in rosso. À Genève i. e. Paris ou Lyon s. d. 1760. Sixième i. e. deuxième édition augmentée des Si & des Pourquoi » par labbé MORELLET. Titre et texte entièrement imprimés à lencre rouge. Réponse au discours de réception du poète Jean Jacques Lefranc de Pompignan. Bengesco 1644. 7- Voltaire LE PAUVRE DIABLE- Paris se 1758 Ouvrage en vers aisés de feu Mr Vadé. Mis en lumière par Chaterine Vadé sa cousine. Dedié a Maitre Abraham. Di 20 pagine. Rifilato a destra. A seguire: LA VANITE'.pp21-26 e REQUETE DE JEROME CARRE' pp.27-32. Première édition in-8° l'originale également antidatée 1758 fut imprimée en 1760 au format in-4°. Cette facétie satirique en vers qui stigmatise Desfontaines et Fréron est suivie de deux autres qui avaient également été imprimées séparément la même année : La Vanité et la Requête de Jérôme Carré ces deux dernières brocardent en particulier Le Franc de Pompignan. Bengesco I n°681. Voltaire suppose qu'un pauvre diable vient lui demander conseil sur l'emploi qu'il doit et peut choisir. C'est une occasion pour Voltaire de passer en revue et de critiquer tous les états. 8- Claude-Jacques Herbert ESSAI SUR LA POLICE GENERALE DES GRAINS. Londres se 1754. Di 59 pagine. E' la seconda edizione dopo la prima del 1753 ed è poco diversa da quella anche se non identica come alcuni sostengono senza averla collazionata con 59 pagine invece di 53. Sarà la terza del 1755 Berlin a raddoppiare la lunghezza e a diventare il testo di riferimento. Ma le texte de cette première édition a pourtant eu une influence importante et bien qu'après 1755 les contemporains ne précisent plus a quel des deux textes ils se réfèrent il est vraisemblable que cette influence se soit prolongée au-delà de cette date Loic Charles. 9- NOURRITURE POUR LES PAUVRES OU RIZ ECONOMIQUE tres-sain et tres-nourissant approuvé par lòa Faculté de Médicine. Bordeaux. Chappuis 1771. Di 11 pagine. cortissimo di margini. Si tratta della versione di Bordeaux e adattata a quella città dell'opuscolo riz economique de la paroisse de Saint Roch a Paris pubblicato da Herissant nel 1769 e poi in altre stampe successive. Di estrema rarità. Non compare neppure negli elenchi della Bnf. Gosse, ecc unknown
190800544745L. Carteret Editeur 1908. First Edition. Leather Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" A beautifully bound extra-illustrated copy. Fine bound by Bayntun & Son for Buckland of Knightsbridge in full crushed navy blue morocco spine with gilt tooled raised bands and gilt-rulled compartments bordered with twin rules covers bordered in gilt with twiin rules board edges with twin gilt rules elaborately decorated gilt inner dentelles featuring an interlocking gilt floral border surrounding 5 varying decorative gilt rules top edge gilt other edges uncut light rubbing wear to front hinge at top; some scattered foxing to the extra plates. Original cvers bound in at rear. Copy #46 of 200 numbered copies on Marais paper. This limited edition was issued with 13 plates each present in two states all are present. This unique copy is extra-illlustrated with the insertion of 34 additional plates mainly engraved and most 19th century of which 3 are hand-colored. This edition includes an extended preface by Voltaire. Marthe-Marguerite Le Valois de Villette de Mursay Marquise de Caylus 1673-1729 French noblewoman and author. Her memoirs first issued in 1770 were edited by Voltaire and are an entertaining and information first-hand account of Louis XIV and his court. Description:Illustrated by Lionel Peraux. L. Carteret, Editeur unknown
009946Paris An VII 1799: Crapelet Book. Very Good Plus. Hardcover. Later Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. With an engraved portrait and 21 copperplates.xiii 1 223; 4 243 pp. Two volumes bound in half green morocco over marbled boards gilt back with crown and sword in four compartments marbled end papersall edges gilt. Very Good Plus light edge wear extensive light pencil bookseller notations in both French and English verso front marbled end paper giving references for this work. With the armorial bookplates of Victor Duc de Saint-Simon Vermandois second Spanish Duke of Saint-Simon and confirmed as a peer of France by Louis XVIII in 1819 though with the rank of marquis not duke. He served as ambassador first in Lisbon then in Copenhagen before being named Governor-General of the French colonial possessions in India based in Pondichéry in 1834. He did not start using the ducal title until the 1840s. which dates this binding from 1840 to 1865 when he died. A Scarce edition which incorporates the plates of the Didot edition of 1795 but without the frames. Voltaire's notorious bawdy parody of the life of French national heroine Joan of Arc with the risque and erotic illustrations all present. Cohen-Ricci II 1034. Crapelet Hardcover
1790044427Paris: Chez P. Didot Fils Aine De F. A. Didot lAine 1790. In French. Title page dated 1790. Half title: Collection des Auteurs Classiques Francois et Latins. Full grained green leather with red spine label gilt spine decoration all edges gilt gilt tooled inner dentelles marbled endpapers 12.25 inches tall xl 222 2 pages. Some rubbing to the extremities and other cover wear sound binding very clean pages armorial bookplate of M. Bruen inside front cover no other names or markings. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Chez P. Didot, Fils Aine De F. A. Didot lAine Hardcover
196912611DESCH 1969. 1. softcover. DESCH paperback
41259London. Printed for J. and H.L. Hunt. 1824. 16mo. 16cm Second Edition in 6 volumes xl396 & 408 & 407 & 420 & 418 & 426pp. errata page in volume one engraved frontis portrait 76 index in contemporary full calf raised bands diced in the panels with gilt ruled borders double black calf labels gilt titles blind ruled double borders on the boards marbled endpapers booksellers ticket "Kerr & Richardson Glasgow" Vol. VI is labeled IV in error several title labels chipped some slight general wear but a very good attractively bound set complete in 6 volumes. ~ First published by Voltaire in 1764 this English language translation "contains not only that work but the contents of another publication called "Questions on the Encyclopedia" of a manuscript Dictionary entitled a "Dictionary of Opinion" Opinion par l'Alphabet; the articles Voltaire inserted in the French Encyclopedia; a few designed for the Dictionary of the French Academy; and various minor pieces of a still more miscellaneous nature." Preface. Although translator name is not given it is believed to be J.G. Gorton World Cat who one can assume to have also contributed the substantial forty page Preface. Volume One has an engraved frontispiece of a bust of Voltaire by Houden & with a vignette by Stothard. London. Printed for J. and H.L. Hunt. 1824 unknown
175212376London: J. Robinson. London J. Robinson 1752. . Hardback. Likely a pirated edition. A very good copy in half vellum. An important early example of what would become science fiction. Three editions were published in 1752 at about the same time the actual first edition doesn't have the date on the title page unlike the present copy. The other two copies are thought to be unauthorised and likely published in Paris or Germany. An adventure following the journey of alien visitors to Earth from Sirius and Saturn. ".inaugurated a tradition of superior aliens who come to lecture humans about the need to improve themselves" Westfahl volI p17. Some scuffing to the binding handwritten title on the spine ink name to endpaper top edge dusty. A presentable copy of an important milestone in the history of science fiction. 12376 Hyraxia Books. . Very Good. Hardback. Edition. 1752. J. Robinson hardcover
1834vlt21Paris: Chez Lefèvre & Firmon Didot Frères. G: in good condition. Covers rubbed and scuffed. Edge-wear. Spine missing on volume 4; loss to spines on volumes 57 & 69. Some splitting to outer hinges. Sporadic foxing and browning; sometimes heavy. Some staining at page edges. 1834. Reprint. Brown hardback half-leather cover with marbled boards. 210mm x 130mm 8" x 5". 40000pp. Published 1834 - 1840. Comprises: Biographie; Theatre; La Henriade; La Pucelle; Poesies; Essais sur les Moeurs; Siecle de Louis XIV; Histoire du Parlement; Annals de l'Empire; Histoire de Charles XII; Histoire de Russie; Dictionaire Philosophique; Romans; Commentaires sur Corneille; Melanges; Correspondance; Table de Matieres A - K; Table de Matieres L - Z. French text throughout. Very heavy set - significat extra shipping needed for overseas. . Chez Lefèvre & Firmon Didot Frères hardcover
177632921à Paris: Chez Moutard 1776. Fine. Chez Moutard à Paris 1776 9 x 16.50 cm 3 volumes reliés Edition with some parts in first edition first published in 1769 in one 8vo volume. Two volumes were added for this edition. Contemporary full blonde sheep binding. Spine with raised bands decorated. Red morocco title-label. Small lacks at head. Tailcap of volume III worn. 7 corners slightly bumped. Rubbing. The work is an attack and critical commentary on Voltaire's Treatise on Tolerance. The work was well received both by its detractors Voltaire D'Alembert and the public. The author demonstrates not only nourished and erudite argumentation but without pedantry and always with impartiality which Voltaire himself applauded. The Letters are not a defense of the church but of religion. As for the style Abbé Guenée establishes a dialogue with Voltaire and his purpose is clear demonstrative and in no way sententious. Chez Moutard hardcover
181085664London: Longman Hurst Rees & Orme 1810. Fine. Longman Hurst Rees & Orme London 1810 11 x 18 cm 4 volumes reliés First edition. Full caramel calf bindings spines with fine raised bands highlighted with gilt fillets and decorated with richly ornamented double gilt compartments author's name in red calf olive green calf volume labels triple fillets stamped in blind on boards blue paper endpapers and pastedowns blind-stamped borders framing the pastedowns two bookplates pasted on a pastedown of the first volume and following endpapers gilt edges on cuts red speckled edges elegant English bindings Our copy includes in the first volume the portrait of the Marquise du Deffand as frontispiece as well as a facsimile of her handwriting after the preface. Fine copy very handsomely bound. Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme hardcover
177926874Paris: GiguetMichaudSébastien JorryS. n.MartinuChaigneau AînéDebray 1779. Fine. Giguet Michaud Sébastien Jorry S. n. Martinu Chaigneau Aîné Debray Paris 1765-1805 12.50 x 20 cm relié New edition of Raynouard's Templier illustrated with a frontispiece representing the Grand Master of the Templars. The Cornelian grandeur of the play which exalts liberty and virtue earned it Napoleon's support a triumph in theater and bookshop and his entry into the French Academy in 1807 First edition of Dorat's Regulus illustrated with a figure a vignette and a tailpiece by Eisen engraved by Longueil. New edition of Voltaire's Irene same year as the original but the title ornament is different and the author's last play at 84 years old. New edition of Picard's Un jeu de la fortune. First edition of Collin d'Harleville's Artistes containing a signed inscription as well as the author's autograph signature. First edition of Précis historique des Templiers. Contemporary full marbled sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated with 3 tools and roulettes. Red morocco title and volume labels. Rubbing. GiguetMichaudSébastien JorryS. n.MartinuChaigneau AînéDebray unknown
173855405A Paris; Bruxelles; Brussels Londres London: Chez Prault 1738. Fine. Chez Prault A Paris; Bruxelles; Brussels Londres London 1738 - 1745 12.50 x 19 cm relié New edition for Les fils ingrats by Piron. Mahomet by Voltaire is the very rare counterfeit published the same year as the original. First edition of La Mérope françoise avec quelques petites pieces de litterature and of L'ecole des meres by Crébillon. La Lettre a M. Norberg is a new edition. Contemporary glazed brown full calf binding. Spine with raised bands richly decorated. Red morocco title-label. 2 wormholes at head. Joint cracked at upper joint at foot same at lower joint. Corners heavily bumped and worn. One black stain on upper board at foot. First title page bearing multiple crossed-out signatures. Trace of pale dampstain from p. 42 to 46 then from 65 to 113. Chez Prault hardcover
1794AQ34601London: Printed for P. Dodsley 1794. In two volumes. 2 340; 2 341pp 1. Contemporary sheep boards recently rebacked. Boards rubbed. Armorial bookplates of J. T. Abbott Abbeville Darlington to FEPs early ownership inscriptions of Wilson Beckett Heighington and later gift inscriptions to front blank fly- leaves. A handsome edition of Voltaire's shorter literary efforts taken from the French edition of 1764. In addition to an early English appearance of his masterpiece Candide - which seems to conform to the first English translation published by Nourse in 1759 only with the addition of explanatory footnotes - this collection also contains the spurious continuation of Candide under title Candid or The optimist. Part second commonly attributed to literary critic and author Charles-Claude- Florent Thorel de Campigneulles 1737-1805. ESTC T45219. 8vo. Printed for P. Dodsley hardcover
122576London Printed for G. Kearsly at No. 46 in Fleet-street 1774. . 2 vols in 1; 8vo 18 x 11 cm; half-titles and divisional title present ad. f. at end of vol. I dated ownership inscription and MS poem in pen to front endpaper pen notes to final few ff and rear free endpapers; contemporary sprinkled calf rebacked in the 19th-century contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to spine joints and extremities a little rubbed very good;2 vi 222 1ad. 2 vi 300pp.<br /> An early edition of the French Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire's history of the court of Louis XV the penultimate King of France of the ancien régime.<br /><br />With an interesting manuscript poem to the front free endpaper warding-off theft from the owner Edward Dyke 1815:<br /><br />'Did you borrow this Book say<br />Did you filch this Book away<br />Do you know the accusers name<br />Pray return it then for shame;<br />Aye you have forgot then know<br />My name is neither Tom nor Jon<br />Neither is it Jack nor Mike<br />But most call me Edward Dyke'<br /> ESTC T138091. London, Printed for G. Kearsly, at No. 46, in Fleet-street, 1774. unknown
67465Paris De la Société Littéraire-Typographique 1785. Portrait. 527 492 484 504 544 438 466 500 526 pp. Plates. Contemporary nice half calf. Spine gilt. . unknown
