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1925699L5Paris: de Rene Kieffer 1925. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 9.5" by 8". Barte. A finely bound limited edition copy of Voltaire's philosohpical tale 'Le Princesse de Babylone'. In a lovely green morocco binding with the original paper wraps bound in to the rear. First edition thus the first edition of this limited work. The princess of Babylon is a philosophical tale written by Voltaire in 1768. It centres on Amazan a handsome shepherd and Formosanta the Princess of Babylon. Their love and jealousy drive them to travel the world. Illustrated with twelve plates by Barte. In the original French. With the bookplate of Dr Jaromira Rasina to the front pastedown. Dr Jaromira Rasina was the president of the federation of Czech bibliophiles. There is an ink inscription to the recto of front endpaper and a photograph of Dr Jaromira Rasina's writing desk. The inscription reads 'The writing-table of the Czech writer philosopher and mystical poet Dr Jaromira Rasina lover of bees and books president of the Federation of Czech Bibliophiles at Hvar where he lived and worked from 1938 until his death on Nov 10 1951. He was then sixty years old. The inscription is signed by Rasina's secretary of 21 years. There is a second inscription addressed to the individual Rasina's secretary gifted the book to. This is numbered 6 of 50 copies on Japon paper. In a full crushed morocco binding. Externally generally smart. Cracks to the joints which are slightly rubbed. Fading to the spine. Bookplate to the front pastedown. Inscriptions to the recto of front free endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright. With just the occasional light spots. Very Good Indeed de Rene Kieffer hardcover
1768932F36Geneve: Cramer 1768. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 11" by 9". Various. The first seven volumes only of the first folio edition of the complete collected works of Voltaire. Illustrated with fantastic engraved plates. In the original French.The first folio edition of Voltaire's collected works. Present here are the first seven volumes only of a thirty volume set.An impressive collection of the works of Voltaire the influential writer of the French Enlightenment. He was famous for his outspoken wit satire and for his criticism of the Roman Catholic Church. Voltaire was a prolific author writing more than twenty-thousand letters during his life as well as more than two-thousand books and pamphlets. This set contains a collection of his prose and non-fiction works. Volume I 'La Henriade' published in 1768 illustrated with two frontispieces and ten plates. Collated complete.Volume II 'Histoire de Charles XII' published in 1768 illustrated with a frontispiece and one plate. Collated complete.Volume III 'Theatre Tome I' published in 1768 illustrated with six plates. Collated lacking the frontispiece.Volume IV 'Theatre Tome II' published in 1768 illustrated with five plates. Collated complete.Volume V 'Theatre Tome III' published in 1768 illustrated with six plates. Collated complete.Volume VI 'Theatre Tome IV' published in 1768 illustrated with six plates. Collated complete.Volume VII 'Theatre Tome V' published in 1768 illustrated with nine plates. Collated complete.With the bookplate of Emily Francis Whitney to each front pastedown.Lacking half titles. In full calf bindings. Volume I rebacked retaining the original endpapers. Minor losses of calf to back strip heads. Volume II-VI joints starting with boards firmly held. Volume VII joints starting with rear board a touch tender. Volume I front hinge strained but firmly held. Bookplates to front pastedowns. Front free endpaper of vol. V tenderly held to head only. Internally firmly bound. Volume II frontispiece detached and loosely inserted. Pages bright and generally clean. Light tide marks to fore edge of leaves to the first half of volume I. Light spotting throughout volume I and IV and further spotting to pages facing plates. Very Good [Cramer] hardcover
1754559628 416; xxiv 206 2; 4 215 1 first volume contains parts 1 & 2 with continuous pagination the second and third volumes contain parts 3 & 4 and 5 & 6 paginated separately for each part Published by J. Nourse hardcover
175863549Edinburgh: Printed for W. Gray 1758. 12mo. Three parts in one volume. vi 470 pp. Contemporary quarter leather over marbled boards. Lacks any spine lettering. Wear to spine ends. Boards rubbed. Corners repaired with vellum tips. Contemporary handwriting to free endpapers. Internally clean. The first two parts on the Austrian War of Succession were first published in English in London in 1756. This Edinburgh edition adds a part three of 170 pp. on the Scottish Rebellion of 1745/1746 not included in the London edition. . Good. Leather Spine Marbled Boards. 1758. Printed for W. Gray 1758 hardcover
42278London: The Folio Society 2011. 4to 205pp. one of 1000 numbered copies signed by the illustrator coloured illustrations full plum goatskin decorated in gilt matching slip-case a fine copy. London: The Folio Society, 2011 unknown
18385151Paris: Chez Furne 1838. 13 volumes large 8vo engraved frontis. portrait 46 engraved plates plus illus. in text & 1 facsimile mss. leaf; contemporary 1/2 blue calf gilt some chipping to spine ends and wear to extremities front hinge of vol. IV cracked. Chez Furne unknown
1817101608Lefevre Paris 1817-1818. 1817. Ohleder. 3 Kupfer Frontispiz und 2 gefaltete Kupfer mit physikalischen Abildungen. Einband etwas berieben und bestoßen sonst in gutem Zustand. . OSB185. HC Lefevre, Paris 1817-1818,. hardcover
1770100487F. Newbery 1770. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. Translated into English from the French translation and commentary by Voltaire of the original Italian edition written by Cesare Baccaria. Third edition. Leatherbound. Covers worn and gutters are cracked. Bookplate inside front cover of Thomas Munro Governor of Madras between 1820-1827. Munro introduced the Ryotwari System which allowed the government to deal directly with the cultivator 'ryot' for revenue collection and gave the peasant freedom to cede or acquire new land for cultivation. F. Newbery hardcover
1848Spine sunned and chipped; boards lightly rubbed and edgeworn; joints lightly cracked; minor foxing and toning; early ink ownership inscription dated 1824; bookplate. Very good. Voltaire. Histoire de Charles XII. Roi de Suede. London: Longman Hurst Rees Orme & Brown 1816. Nouvelle Histoire de Charles XII. Roi de Suede. Nouvelle édition stéréotype. <br /> Twelvemo. 259pp. Bound in contemporary tree calf gilt-ruled to spine. unknown
1785BMM4713Salzburg & Leipzig: Neuen Buchhandlung & Ben Johann Georg Mdkle 1785. Separate title pages 3 with 2 for the Neue.; Publication date from the Anhang; Pale patterned paper over boards gilt label on tan spine label & frontis illustrations; A good copy; 250 235 & 136 pages. Size: 3.75"x6". Hardcover. Neuen Buchhandlung [&] Ben Johann Georg Mdkle Hardcover
1827224708Paris ; Sautelet 1827. 1st Edition in this form. Hardback. Provenance; bookplate of the Bibliotheque Guille-Alles Guernsey. Good copies only in the original gilt-blocked aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands & gilt-cross bands &c. Some boards detached. Spine bands and panel edges rubbed and dust-toned as with age.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; Text in two bordered columns. Subjects; France - Literature - Eighteenth Century. Enlightenment - France - Works. Satire - France. Paris ; Sautelet hardcover
1924303104Paris: Librairie des Amateurs; A. Ferroud - F. Ferroud 1924. Hardcover. Very Good. Limited illustrated edition. One of 1000 copies on Holland paper. Illustrations and designs by Mossa hand-colored by E. Charpentier. Octavo. Contemporary quarter calf and marbled paper boards marbled endpapers. Scuffing to the spine and board edges very good; interior pages illustrated plates and designs very bright and fresh. A handsome copy with fine Symbolist illustrations and designs by Mossa all expertly hand-colored in watercolor. OCLC locates only three copies. Librairie des Amateurs; A. Ferroud - F. Ferroud hardcover
95247Kiøbenhavn i. e. Sorøe Friderich Christian Pelt 1766-69. 313 1 14 294 20 s. Tittel-vignett. 1 helsides plansje. Foldet kart. Bundet i ett samt. helskinnbd. med fire opph. bind. Gult skinn tittelfelt. Ryggen med 3 små ormhull. Ex libris på forsats. Navn på forsatsbl. Navnestempel og navn på tittelbl. Reparert rift i tittelbl. bd I. 12 s. av register bd II litt fuktskjoldet i ytre marg. . unknown
17551108080007Amsterdam 1755. Leather Bound. Good. 12mo. French. 2 volumes bound in 1. Fully bound in contemporary brown leather. 5 raised bands 6 compartments. Burgundy title plate on spine with gilt lettering. Gilt decorative borders along spine. Tight binding and solid boards. Moderate shelf wear. Slight cracking along spine edge. Scuffing to spine. Rubbing to boards. Extensive bumping and fraying to corners. Light chipping to board edges. Chipping and minor loss to spine ends. Red page ends. Notes on front endpage describing Voltaire as author. Otherwise clean unmarked pages. Good text block and legible text. A fairly well-preserved volume in readable condition. This volume though officially unnatributed to him was a work of Francois-Marie Arouet better known by his pen name: Voltaire. It collects all installments of his history of the war of 1741 being the War of Austrian Succession. An exceptional addition to the library of any scholar on World History. Bengesco 1232. Amsterdam hardcover
0612-17London i. e. Wien Mößle 1787. 3. verm. u. verb. Aufl. Aus dem Französ. des Hrn. v. Voltaire. Bd. 1 v. 2 ap. 8°. 296 S. Mit gest. Titelportr. Pbd. m. marmor. Bezugspapier. Unbeschn. Expl. Kl. Namenstempel am Tit. VD18 12415383-001; vgl. Fromm 26924; Weller I 136 London [i. e. Wien, Mößle 1787]. unknown
1756028263London: Printed for J. Nourse 1756. Octavo. Second edition. 4 2pp. ads 1- 260 pages. Two parts in one volume with continuous pagination. Voltaire was becoming a major correspondent on European affairs and published Historie de la guerre de 1741 and then the work was translated into English in 1756. ESTC 137642 in their note specifically says "not a reissue of the 1st edition". The first edition which had 292 pages had several errors hence the corrected edition in the same year. Bound in full contemporary calf handsomely rebacked to style ruled and lettered in gilt corners worn edges rubbed some off-setting from binding glue to first and last few leaves but only margins not affecting text. No foxing names or bookplates. A very nice copy. Printed for J. Nourse unknown
1810-06Vienne Pierre van Ghelen 1752. 127; 130; 92; 80; 46 S. Mit je 1 gest. Titelvign. Pbd. d. Zt. Ecken u. Kanten berieb. Sander 473 Destouches - Sammelband mit 5 französischen Dramen in frühen zum ersten Mal in Wien gedruckten Ausgaben. Johann Peter van Ghelen der 1721 die Druckerei nach dem Tod seines Vaters übernahm bekam von Maria Theresia erneut 1742 sowie 1752 das kaiserliche Privileg und führte das Unternehmen zu hervorragendem Erfolg. Seine Kindheit verbrachte er tlw. bei Verwandten in Brüssel wo er in Berührung mit der frankophonen Literatur kam. Vorliegendes Buch weicht vom sonstigen Verlagsprogramm insofern ab als damals vorwiegend Evangelien- u. Gebetbücher od. Kalender wie z.B. genealog.-herald. Kalender ohne großen Zensuraufwand gedruckt wurden. vgl. Mayer Wiens Buchdruckergeschichte Bd. 2 S. 19 f. - Enthält: 1 Destouches: - Le Glorieux. Comedie en Vers. En cinq Actes; - Les Philosophes amoureux. Comédie en cinq actes; 2 PIRON Alexis: Gustave Wasa. Tragedie en cinq actes; 3 Voltaires Erstling: Oedipe. Tragedie; 4 De Lafont: Les trois Frères Rivaux. Comedie; 5 Legrand: L'Amour Diable. Comedie. Vienne, Pierre van Ghelen 1752. unknown
1932febbb007<p>First Edition in Ukrainian of Voltaire Seleted works Translation by Ivchenkova.</p> Literature and Art
1746212681746. S.l. Paris s.ÂŽ. Prault 1746. 2 parties reliÂŽes en un fort vol. au format in-16 143 x 83 mm de 1 frontispice gravÂŽ nfol. 1 page de titre gravÂŽe n.fol. xxiii - 447 pp. et 1 f. bl. Reliure de l'ÂŽpoque de plein maroquin cerise filets en pointillÂŽs dorÂŽs dentelle dorÂŽe et cha”nettes dorÂŽe encadrant les plats lesquels sont en outre agrÂŽmentÂŽs de fleurons angulaires dorÂŽs dos lisse ornÂŽ d'un filet d'encadrement dorÂŽ filets verticaux en pointillÂŽs dorÂŽs filets dorÂŽs roulettes dorÂŽes important semis d'arcs-de-cercle dorÂŽs titre dorÂŽ palette dorÂŽe en queue jeu de petits filets obliques gras et maigres dorÂŽs sur les coupes titre dorÂŽ dentelle intÂŽrieure dorÂŽe. Exemplaire revÂtu d'une dÂŽlicieuse reliure du temps de plein maroquin. Ensemble complet de ses deux parties ; ici reliÂŽes en un volume. L'ouvrage s'ouvre sur un frontispice gravÂŽ en regard d'une page de titre dessinÂŽe par Cochin Fils et gravÂŽe par Fessard. Exemplaire en outre ici truffÂŽ de 10 figures ˆ pleine-page par Charles Eisen qui ne devaient primitivement pas figurer dans la prÂŽsente ÂŽdition. Reprises d'aprÂs l'ÂŽdition de 1751 elles ont ici ÂŽtÂŽ contrecollÂŽes en regard de la page liminaire de chacun des Chants. ''Edition dite La Henriade des DamnÂŽs en raison d'une note supprimÂŽe dans beaucoup d'exemplaires.'' in Cohen. L'exemplaire s'ouvre - en originale - sur la PrÂŽface de Fontenelle ''rÂŽdigÂŽe pour cette ÂŽdition. Elle contient la note dite des damnÂŽs et celle sur Colbert''. in L'Oeuvre imprimÂŽ de Voltaire ˆ la BibliothÂque nationale. ''C'est pour cette ÂŽdition que Marmontel composa une PrÂŽface qui a ÂŽtÂŽ reproduite en tÂte des principales rÂŽimpressions de La Henriade. La seconde partie du volume comprend les variantes et l'Essai sur la poÂŽsie ÂŽpique. C'est dans cette ÂŽdition que l'on trouve la fameuse note sur le calcul des damnÂŽs p. 138 qui ÂŽtablit qu'on peut compter environ 120000 fois 947 millions Âtres humains destinÂŽs aux peines de l'Enfer.'' MalgrÂŽ ses frÂŽquentes infirmitÂŽs Voltaire a conduit la Henriade ˆ un point de maturitÂŽ o je ne sache pas qu'aucun Po‘me soit encore parvenu. Jamais la langue franÂaise n'eut autant de force que dans la Henriade. Oeuvre emplit d'humanitÂŽ on y trouve partout de la noblesse l'auteur s'ÂŽlÂve avec un feu infini jusqu'au sublime vivacitÂŽ dans les peintures force dans les caractÂres et les descriptions beautÂŽ des sentiments.'' Cohen II Manuel de l'amateur de livres ˆ gravures du XVIIIÂme 1026 - Bengesco I Bibliographie des Oeuvres de Voltaire 375 - L'Oeuvre imprimÂŽ de Voltaire ˆ la B.n.F. 1705. Dos trÂs lÂŽgÂrement passÂŽ. Angles lÂŽgÂrement ÂŽlimÂŽs. Papier parfois lÂŽgÂrement oxydÂŽ. Quelques claires et ÂŽparses rousseurs dans le texte. Nonobstant belle condition. b42961 unknown
1753118820La Haye - Leipzig et Dresde - Basle : Jean Neaulme - George Conrad Walther 1753 - 1754 - 1757 - 1758. 155x100mm. bandeaux lettrines culs-de-lampe reliure demi-veau blond ˆ coins avec piÂces de titre et de tomaison et filets dorÂŽs au dos ˆ cinq nerfs plat papier mouchetÂŽ. 1208 Jean Neaulme - George Conrad Walther unknown
174155473Londres : chez Guillaume Mayer 1741. 200x125mm. XX-2ff. vignette sur la page de titre demi-veau ˆ coins piÂce de titre au dos filets dorÂŽs. TrÂs bel exemplaire. 404 chez Guillaume Mayer unknown
25673In-8 xii-314pp. et table gravure frontispice portrait de l'auteur reliure demi-maroquin noir dos plat orné coins frottés tranches brunies Nb-0108 unknown
200090London and Paris: Elmesly and Debure 1777. Full leather 348pp. Very good. Full contemporary leather raised bands - joints tender. Edge wear and bumps. Marbled endpapers. A very clean and tight copy. Elmesly and Debure Hardcover
1928elala167Paris: Henri Babou 1928. 1928. 4to. pp. 132 3. numerous text illus. with pochoir hand-colouring. original coloured pictorial wrs. short tears in upper & lower spine slight discolouration from bookmark on title & half-title. First Edition Illustrated by Jacques Touchet Limited to 350 copies this one of 330 on Arches. "No one of Voltaires works shows his anti-religious or at least anti-ecclesiastical animus more strongly. The various title-words of the several articles are often the merest stalking-horses under cover of which to shoot at the Bible or the Church the target being now and then shifted to the political institutions of the writers country his personal foes &c .". Encyc. Brit. 11th Edn. The book was officially condemned and ordered to be burned. Carteret IV 406. 1st Edition. Paris: Henri Babou, [1928]. unknown
1781418<p>London: J. Walker 1781. 1st.</p> J. Walker hardcover
