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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
1927118380blaizot 1927 in-4 plein maroquin signé bernasconi goix Paris, Auguste Blaizot, 1927, 1 volume in-4 de 220x270 mm, 176 pages, (2)ff. (table des illustrations, justification du tirage gravée). Un des 300 exemplaires numérotés sur Velin de Rives, complet des illustrations à leau-forte par Bernard Naudin (en-têtes, culs-de-lampe, filigranes, planches). Belle reliure signée Bernasconi et Goix, plein maroquin bleu nuit, dos à cinq nerfs portant titres dorés et caissons richement ornés, deux filets dorés et beaux écoinçons inscrits dans un double encadrement sur les plats, toutes tranches dorées et double filet doré sur les coupes, bel encadrement des contreplats, gardes marbrées, couvertures conservées. Quelques frottements sur les coins et les coiffes, discrètes marques sur le plat inférieur et les mors, sinon intérieur frais, bon état, très bel exemplaire.
193022422Paris Ren Kieffer 1930 In-8, box tabac orn sur chaque plat d'une composition de Lauro pousse froid la plaque, dos quatre larges nerfs orn de deux petits motifs pousss froid; doublures et gardes de papier marbr, tte dore, non rogn, couverture illustre (Ren Kieffer).50 spirituelles illustrations en couleurs de Lauro. Tirage limit 550 exemplaires. Un des 500 exemplaires numrots sur vlin.
172321594Genve Jean Mokpap 1723 In-12, bradel vlin, titre de louvrage pouss or sur le dos dans un cartouche rouge bord de petits filets dors; doublures de papier ancien, tranches lisses rouges (reliure de l'poque).Cette dition originale a t publie par l'Abb Desfontaines et imprime en ralit Rouen chez le libraire Viret. Ce texte, publi d'aprs un manuscrit incomplet et ne comportant que 9 chants, fut rimprim par Voltaire Londres en 1728 avec des changements considrables, sous le titre La Henriade. Bel exemplaire en reliure de l'poque.
1831R300122585ARMAND AUBREE. 1829-1831. In-8. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Quelques rousseurs. 459 + 532 + 504 + 444 + 466 + 466 + 476 + 496 + 535 + 468 + 467 + 451 + 431 + 518 + 587 + 575 + 504 + 560 + 526 + 476 + 508 + 516 + 508 + 508 + 475 + 476 + 492 + 551 + 527 + 463 + 436 + 460 + 524 + 503 + 478 + 506 + 508 + 490 + 482 + 491 + 474 + 496 + 460 + 476 + 476 pages - une gravure en noir et blanc sous serpente en frontispice dans les tomes 1, 9,18,42,52 - plats et contre plats jaspés - dos à 4 nerfs - auteur, tomaison, titre de la tomaison et filets dorés sur le dos - 8 photos disponibles.. . . . Classification Dewey : 840.05-XVIII ème siècle
1862RO40258326Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie. 1859-1862. In-12. Relié demi-cuir. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos frotté, Quelques rousseurs. 34 tomes d'env. 500-600 pages chacun. Tome VII manquant. Pièces de titre rouges sur les dos. Titres, tomaisons, roulettes et filets dorés sur les dos. Etiquettes de code sur les couvertures. Quelques tampons de bibliothèque. Epidermures sur les dos, avec quelques pièces de titre effacées. Couverture du tome I se détachant.. . . . Classification Dewey : 840.05-XVIII ème siècle
alb430b37e3e3491c98Voltaire F.M. Princess of Babylon. In Russian /Volter F.M. Printsessa Vavilonskaya. With correction M. Type. Reshetnikov 1789. 2, 238 p. We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUalb430b37e3e3491c98.
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
14011Demi-maroquin vert à coins centre des plats en parchemin (filets dorés entre le cuir et le parchemin), dos à nerfs avec titre doré, charnière cuir, tête dorée, les contre-plats reprennent chacun une illustration en couleurs sur soie avec encadrement doré, étui bordé de cuir, 1934, 27X21 cm, eaux-fortes en couleurs de Sylvain Sauvage, un des 110 exemplaires numérotés sur Vélin de Rives, avec une suite des illustrations en noir et en couleurs en différents états, les bibliophiles du papier. Dos legèrement insolé, bel exemplaire en excellent état dans une très belle reliure soignée.
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
Paris, Belin, 1821 - 1822. Dieci volumi rilegati in cinque volumi a numerazione continua. (mm. 210 x 130). Mezza tela moderna con tassello con titolo ai dorsi. pp. (4), xxviii, 576, una tabella f.t. più volte ripiegata; (4), 621, (2); (4), 742, (2); (4), 544; (4), 479(1). Opera completa di tutte le dieci parti, ognuna con proprio frontespizio, ma con la numerazione delle pagine che non si interrompe. Bruniture sparse ma ottimi esemplari. Contiene: Elemens de philosophie - sur le systeme du monde - sur la precession des equinoxes - sur l'inoculation - de la liberte de la musique - de l'abus de la critique en materie de religion - sur le calcul des probabilites - sur la cause des vents - sur le mouvement des fluides - sur le lois de l'equilibre - sur la destruction des jesuites - memoires sur Christine - Eloges - Correspndance - etc.
In 16 (18x12) Legatura editoriale in pelle, sovracoperta illustrata in b/n e cartone protettivo; ottimo
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
1843127211Paris, Firmin-Didot frères, M. DCCC. XLIII. 1843 13 volumes. In-4 25,5 x 17 cm. Reliures demi-chagrin vert, dos à nerfs encadrés de filets dorés, 845-844-816-839-848-783-782-716-662-790-900-1032-445 pp., orné de 50 gravures sous serpentes et 4 planches, table des matières, à la fin de chaque volume. Accident angulaire sur un volume. Ensemble en bon état.
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
