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173481165London: Jacob Tonsen 1734. Finely bound example of Voltaire's epic poem La Henriade. Small octavo original leather gilt titles and tooling to the spine marbled endpapers. In good condition. Text in French. La Henriade is an epic poem written by the French Enlightenment writer and philosopher Voltaire. According to Voltaire himself the poem concerns and was written in honor of the life of Henry IV of France and is a celebration of his life. The ostensible subject is the siege of Paris in 1589 by Henry III in consort with Henry of Navarre soon to be Henry IV but its themes are the twin evils of religious fanaticism and civil discord. It also concerns the political state of France. Voltaire aimed to be the French Virgil outdoing the master by preserving Aristotelian unity of place—a property of classical tragedy rather than epic—by keeping the human action confined between Paris and Ivry. Jacob Tonsen hardcover
1763980110London: J. Nourse & P. Vallant. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1763. Three-Quarter Leather. Nice clean tight volumes. Corners worn. Some wear on raised bands and hinges -- cosmetic only as bindings are strong. Attractively tooled spines. There are light water stains in the lower corners of most of the pages in Volume II. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . J. Nourse & P. Vallant hardcover
51-4446Paris : Chex Auguste Delalain . ; A Toulouse : Chez Jn. Meu. Douladoure .1810-1811. 12mo. 11 x 18.5 cm 2 vols. in 1. Unillustrated. Modern qtr. Sakora goat and marbled boards by the artisan binder Sasha Mosalov. xiv 269 cm.La Henriade est une épopée en dix chants de Voltaire qui fut écrite en l'honneur du roi de France Henri IV et qui plaide pour la tolérance. OCLC Number: 978105424.Notes: With added t.p. in Latin dated 1810: Henriados Voltarii libri decem .Latin and French on opposite pages.Description: 4 269 pages Other Titles: Henriade.Responsibility: de Voltaire ; en dix chants ; traduite en vers latins avec le texte français en regard ; par un ancien professeur. Paris : Chex Auguste Delalain ... ; A Toulouse : Chez Jn. Meu. Douladoure ...1810-1811 hardcover
175972214Amsterdam: Chez François L'Honore 1759. Nouvelle Edition. Full Leather. Good. Originally done as two volumes this is the one volume edition with 3 parts bound as one with seperate paginations. 17 x 10 cm. 16mo. xix 192pp La Henriade 96pp Histoire Abregee 96pp Essay sur la Poesie Epique. Bound into full brown leather with leather spine label and gilt decorations to spine. Marble endpapers and foredges. 11 full page illustrations including a frontispiece and an illustration in front of each of the 10 sections of the poem. French language text. Top 3 cm of front cover hinge are cracked and head of spine and corners of boards show rubbing and chipping. Previous owner's bookplate on front fixed endapepr. Cohen pg 1025. Chez François L'Honore unknown
17627601Geneva: Cramer 1762. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Octavo. 358 pages. The first authorized edition with a number of piracies appearing before this epic based upon the life of Joan of Arc. Twenty plates by Gravelot. The ornament on the title page is the same as the one on the 1759 first edition of Candide. Contemporary 3/4 brown leather all edges stained red; a few letters lost on red label on spine; some scuffing and edge wear; light marginal stain not affecting text on about 50 leaves; overall a very good copy. <br/><br/> Cramer hardcover
1617Paris: Rene Kieffer 1926. Soft cover. Good. Quarto. 98 pages. Edition limited to 550 copies; this is No. 191 on vélin blanc. Original decorated stiff paper wrappers. Glassine dustwrapper spine mostly missing. Illustrated by Georges Braun with 41 plates in pochoir. <br/> <br/> Paris: Rene Kieffer, 1926. paperback
186570000Paris: Leclere Libraire-Éditeur 1865. Later printing. Leather Bound. Very Good. xv 211; 169pp. Quarto 25.5cm. 3/4 leather with marbled boards. Gilt stamped lettering on spine. Raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Gilt topstain. Mild scuffing to extremities. Light sporadic moisture staining to the leather of each volume. Textblocks a bit wavy. Bookplate affixed to each front free endpaper. In the original French. Illustrated.<br /> <br /> A satirical poem about Joan of Arc. The poem began to circulate in the 1730s and was immediately controversial. Though outlawed throughout much of Europe during the 18th and 19th centuries it became one of the most widely read texts about the life of Joan of Arc. Leclere, Libraire-Éditeur unknown
191116277Leipzig: Verlag Von S Hirzel. Good with no dust jacket. 1911. Hardcover. Heavily annotated with underlining and marks light tone otherwise light wear. Solid hardcovers. ; French language letters; Vorwort Zur literarischen Einführung Anhang and footnotes in German language. Three of three volumes complete set: I 1908 II 1909 and III 1911. Ownership signature of George R Havens on front paste-down of Volume III noted scholar of the French Enlightenment and Ohio State professor. The letters document the nearly half-century intellectual and personal relationship between Frederick the Great of Prussia and Voltaire begun with correspondence from Crown Prince Frederick in 1736. Documentation from the Prussian archives of Friedrich's correspondence with Voltaire a significant part of 18th century intellectual history from the library of an outstanding scholar of the period. ; 0 pages . Verlag Von S Hirzel hardcover
1977189780Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 1977. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine Accented in 22kt gold printed on archival paper with gilded edges smyth sewing & concealed muslin joints. Bound In full leather with hubbed spines. ; Collector's Edition.; First Easton Press Edition. Easton Press hardcover
1981312788New York: Franklin Library / Oxford University Press 1981. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Antoni Clave. Near Fine Bound in one quarter premium full leather. Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. Decorated endsheets and with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints.; First Franklin Library Edition. Franklin Library / Oxford University Press hardcover
11461No publisher or date late C19th. Broadsheet one page 44 x 21.5cm fold marks two small closed tears staining at top not affecting text mainly good condition. The item has introductory remarks on the verses presumably manuscript being sent by Keate with a gift reminding readers of Keate's work on the Pellew Islands and patronage of Lee Bow another Marcellus. These are followed by 34 lines of verse offering support and help with complimentary phrases. It commences "'Tis not I readily confess My virgin hue or silv'ry dress" concluding "My last drop will flow for you. Such the aid I mean to give If with you allow'd to live." This is followed by brief words on the death burial and nature of Keate with 10 lines from the epitaph on or near his grave with a few words about "a Gentleman who distinguished himself in his early years at the Scotch Bar" who "prepared" the Epitaph. Apparently not published elsewhere. Notes: a.James Carmichael Smyth features in both" An account of the Pelew Islands" and "The History of Prince Lee Boo son of Abba Thulleking of the Pelew Islands". e b.DNB "Smyth experimented with nitrous-acid gas for the prevention of contagion in cases of fever. At the request of the government he continued the experiments at the prison and hospital at Winchester Hampshire where there was an epidemic of typhus. He conducted a similar experiment to destroy contagion in 1795 on the HMS Union a hospital ship which between September 1795 and January 1796 had taken on board 479 typhus sufferers from the Russian fleet. He heated crude nitre presumably with carbon and the oxides of nitrogen given off would in fact have been fatal to the lice which spread typhus a disease not yet distinguished from typhoid. In addition Smyth thought washing and cleanliness very important. For his experimental work parliament voted Smyth in 1802 a reward of £5000. His claim to the discovery was disputed by Dr John Johnstone of Birmingham for his father Dr James Johnstone and by M. Chaptal for Guyton de Morveau. After a keen controversy Smyth's claims were upheld. Shortly afterwards he was elected physician-extraordinary to George III. He then went to the south of France for his health and on his return settled at Sunbury Middlesex. He died at Sunbury on 18 June 1821". From the papers of the Carmichael-Smyth Family. See also #11462 these verses in a different format. No publisher or date, [late C19th?] unknown
11462No publisher or date late C19th. Handbill four pages 8vo bifolium minor staining mainly good condition. The item has introductory remarks on the verses presumably manuscript being sent by Keate with a gift reminding readers of Keate's work on the Pellew Islands and patronage of Lee Bow another Marcellus. These are followed by 34 lines of verse offereing support and help with complimentary phrases. It commences "'Tis not I readily confess My virgin hue or silv'ry dress" concluding "My last drop will flow for you. Such the aid I mean to give If with you allow'd to live." This is followed by brief words on the death burial and nature of Keate with 10 lines from the epitaph on or near his grave with a few words about "a Gentleman who distinguished himself in his early years at the Scotch Bar" who "prepared" the Epitaph. Apparently not published elsewhere. Notes: a.James Carmichael Smyth features in both" An account of the Pelew Islands" and "The History of Prince Lee Boo son of Abba Thulleking of the Pelew Islands". e b.DNB "Smyth experimented with nitrous-acid gas for the prevention of contagion in cases of fever. At the request of the government he continued the experiments at the prison and hospital at Winchester Hampshire where there was an epidemic of typhus. He conducted a similar experiment to destroy contagion in 1795 on the HMS Union a hospital ship which between September 1795 and January 1796 had taken on board 479 typhus sufferers from the Russian fleet. He heated crude nitre presumably with carbon and the oxides of nitrogen given off would in fact have been fatal to the lice which spread typhus a disease not yet distinguished from typhoid. In addition Smyth thought washing and cleanliness very important. For his experimental work parliament voted Smyth in 1802 a reward of £5000. His claim to the discovery was disputed by Dr John Johnstone of Birmingham for his father Dr James Johnstone and by M. Chaptal for Guyton de Morveau. After a keen controversy Smyth's claims were upheld. Shortly afterwards he was elected physician-extraordinary to George III. He then went to the south of France for his health and on his return settled at Sunbury Middlesex. He died at Sunbury on 18 June 1821". From the papers of the Carmichael-Smyth Family. See also #11461 these verses in a different format. The handbill has a full Epitaph 32 lines with a lengthy encomium not just 10 lines as the broadside. No publisher or date, , [late C19th?] unknown
1770voltairecontesPort-Malo: Chez le Citoyen Hovius 1770. Hardcover. Pages show toning text binding . Romans et Contes de Voltaire Novels and Tales Tome Troisieme et Quatrieme published in Port-Malo France 1770. Text undated found publication date from worldcat and google books digital copies. Rare find 2 volumes bound as one of four volume set. Includes two front space full page engravings.Pages show toning text binding tight engravings both present for each volume contemporary 3/4 leather boards show rub wear cracking at hinges and crazing to spine Chez le Citoyen Hovius hardcover
19203782AB1920. München Wolff 1920. 26 : 20 cm. 90 Seiten 1 Blatt mit 26 Federzeichnungen von Paul Klee. Original-Halbleinenband mit Deckelfileten. Erste Ausgabe. - Das einzige von Klee verantwortlich mitgestaltete und illustrierte Buch. "This book is included as one of the few examples of Klee's book illustration as well as an important record of his early drawing style" Artist and the Book 143. Die Illustrationen stammen aus dem Jahr 1911. - Lang Expressionismus 176; Boston 143; Schauer II 118. unknown
183626493SEVILLA: Imprenta Nacional 1836. 8º.- Plena piel de época lomera con tejuelo y filetes dorados.- 3 tomos.- I: 1 hoja.- 304 páginas.- 1 hoja.- II: 1 hoja.- 304 páginas.- 1 hoja.- III: 1 hoja.- 272 páginas.- 1 hoja.- Lámina frontis retrato del autor. Esporádicas manchas de óxido. Palau anota: ""Hidalgo dice ""el sitio de la edición el año y la imprenta que aparecen en la portada. Deben ser supuestos"". "". Palau 372558 Imprenta Nacional unknown
1785320871785. S.l. Editions d'Art Seper / Le Chant des SphÂres / Arts et couleurs 1986. 2 forts vol. au format pt in-4 262 x 205 mm de 201 et 216 pp. Reliures d'ÂŽdition de plein skyvertex lie-de-vin ˆ l'imitation de maroquin filets d'encadrement dorÂŽs et ˆ froid sur les plats lesquels s'ornent d'une large frise d'encadrement ˆ froid composition figurative en relief au centre frappÂŽe des armes dorÂŽes de France jeux de filets en relief formant croisillons sur fond de lys en relief fleurons dorÂŽs dos ˆ nerfs ornÂŽs de filets maigres ˆ froid caissons d'encadrement dorÂŽs entrelacs de fleurons en relief ˆ froid armes de France et fleuron hÂŽraldique dorÂŽs titre dorÂŽ tomaison dorÂŽe tÂtes dorÂŽes gardes de pleine moire lie-de-vin sous ÂŽtuis bordÂŽs. Un des exemplaires du tirage numÂŽrotÂŽ ; complet de son certificat d'authenticitÂŽ volant. Ensemble complet des deux volumes le constituant. Chacun s'agrÂŽmente de nombreuses autant que dÂŽlicates compositions en couleurs par Jean Gradassi. ''Toutes les illustrations de cette collection en trois volumes vÂŽritables reconstitutions historiques en couleurs ont ÂŽtÂŽ reproduites ˆ partir de sÂŽlections manuelles et rehaussÂŽes d'aquarelle au pochoir. ConfÂŽrant ˆ cette ÂŽdition une grande valeur artistique''. ''PassionnÂŽ d'Histoire Jean Gradassi se spÂŽcialise dans cet art difficile qu'est l'illustration et pour lequel l'ÂŽtude des costumes civils et militaires de l'architecture du mobilier d'ÂŽpoque sont une base indispensable ˆ sa crÂŽation artistique o chaque dÂŽtail mÂŽrite d'Âtre examinÂŽ ˆ la loupe. Quand on sait avec quelle minutie et quel souci du dÂŽtail chaque architecture chaque costume chaque personnage sont mis au point et avec quelle Ç maestria È dans la couleur il parvient ˆ faire vivre toutes ces scÂnes spirituelles et animÂŽes on est transportÂŽ d'admiration pour son art''. Voltaire cÂŽlÂbre ici les idÂŽes progressistes des LumiÂres fait ÂŽtat des avancÂŽes culturelles techniques et ÂŽconomiques rÂŽalisÂŽes au cours du rÂgne de Louis XV. TrÂs belle condition. b42961 unknown
4831Couverture rigide. Bon/1948. in-4. Paris Gibert Jeune 1948 in-4 in-4 110pp broché Exemplaire en parfait état de l'édition numérotée. Superbement illustré de 16 compositions en couleurs et 46 dessins en noir de Brunelleschi. unknown
175628383London: Jean Nourse 1756. two volumes in one full contemporary calf binding five raised bands on spine binding quite sound and tight text clean and sound original owner signature on front endpaper along with price paid for the book. First London edition in the original French. First Thus. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Jean Nourse Hardcover
2d7613Neue verbesserte Auflage. Christian Friedrich Himburg Berlin 1782. XXVIII/224 S./2 Bl./114 S./1Bl. Pappband der Zeit mit handbeschriebenem Rückentitel etwas berieben bestossen und fleckig/Innengelenke und Vorsätze erneuert/Titel mit Bildausschnitrt dieser ersetzt durch passende Lithographie der Zeit. - Fromm VI 26944/Wohl der dritte Berliner Druck der zuerst 1778 erschienenen Übersetzung durch Wilhelm Christhelf Siegmund Mylius 1754 - 1827. Im selben Jahr 1782 erschien bei Himburg eine zweite mit fünf Tafeln von Chodowiecki illustrierte Ausgabe dieser Übertragung mit der leicht abweichenden Bezeichnung "Neue Auflage" eine vierte Ausgabe folgte 1794 vgl. Goedeke. In der Vorrede zur ersten Auflage weist Mylius auf die Besonderheit seiner Übersetzung hin die in der Übertragung von Personen satirischen Anspielungen etc. auf deutsche Verhältnisse besteht. In der Vorrede zur zweiten Auflage musste er sich gegen harte Kritik zur Wehr setzen. Vom Standpunkt der Übersetzungstheorie betrachtet eine sehr interessante Übertragung mit einer Fülle von treffenden und kraftvollen Wortneuschöpfungen. Die Titelvignette zeigt Voltaire bei der Arbeit - unknown
a78425Geneve 1760. In French. 12mo.16 x 10 cm 2 x 3 inch engraving on cover of a devil flying over a river with a letter in his outstretched hand slight cropping of margins later plain wraps. One word written in ink on top margin of title page valoir. Good document cellophane tape on spine. . paperback
1929008138New York NY: Rimington and Hooper 1929. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Angelo Valenti. This is Issue Number One from the Savoy Editions series. Designed and printed by Richard W. Ellis The Georgian Press and published October 11 1929 in an edition of 999 copies. Set in Monotype Italian Old Style and printed from type on French Laid paper. Of this edition 49 copies were printed on Zanders handmade paper and numbered 951 to 999 of which 15 copies were hand-colored and signed by the artist. This is one of those 15 copies. This copy is no. 953 and is so numbered in ink on the colophon page. Signed on the colophon page by the artist Valenti Angelo and by the printer Richard W. Ellis. Translation by R. Bruce Boswell done originally for Bohn's Classical Library. 10.25 x 6.75 inches. Tan cloth somewhat soiled with beveled boards. The spine is age-darkened. The morocco spine label has almost entirely perished. Gently bumped spine head and tail and with fairly sharp corners. Text block firmly bound in. With x and 131 numbered pages. TEG and with handsomely deckled fore-edge and bottom edge pages. There are 22 headpiece illustrations - one for the introduction and one for each chapter - executed by Valenti Angelo and in various shades of salmon sky blue and gray and also with gilt that is as reflective as gold leaf. The other 984 copies were apparently illustrated throughout with monochrome illustrations in brown ink. All pages with moderate age-toning. Approximately 60 pages i.e. 30 sheets including recto and verso with damp-staining or tidewater marks at the bottom margin some prominent and some hardy noticeable. Lacking the slipcase. A Good copy. Rare in any condition. 1 lb. 10 oz. Originally published as "Zadig ou la Destinée" Zadig or The Book of Fate; 1747. It is a novelized work of philosophical fiction by the Enlightenment writer Voltaire. This book would be a desirable addition to the library of the collector of works by Valenti Angelo. <br/> <br/> Rimington and Hooper hardcover
175443846Geneva Chez Cramer 1754. 8vo. Bond in 2 nice contemporary full mottled calf with richly gilt spines and five raised bands. Ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front free end-paper on both volumes. A small tear to upper capital on volume I and title labels on spines are missing. Otherwise a very fine and clean copy. Pp. 50 432; 2 435-915 4 pp. <br/><br/><em>Second edition of Voltaire's history of France. In it he gives a chronological account of the French Empire from the year 742 till 1648. Voltaire exercised immense influence on the development of modern historiography through his innovating new ways of interpreting the past. "Essential to the new conception of a history in the place of histories is the recognition of the role of process and development. There is a central theme to this development as in Voltaire's present work: the progressive development of intellect culture and society. This awareness of a theme fundamentally changes the character of historical writing and introduces a developmental structure to the great narrative historical writings of the eighteenth century." Iggers. Progress and its discontents 1982 p. 44. Voltaire explains his view of historiography in his article on "History" in Diderot's Encyclopédie: "One demands of modern historians more details better ascertained facts precise dates more attention to customs laws mores commerce finance agriculture population.". The present work is a fine example of this tradition.Barbier I194. </em> hardcover
1978199416Franklin Center Pennsylvania: Franklin Library 1978. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine Leather Bound Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. Franklin Library hardcover
1981175765Franklin Center Pennsylvania: Franklin Library 1981. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine Leather Bound. Book accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. This Special Edition was prepared for subscribers to The Oxford Library of the World's Greatest Books.; First Franklin Library Edition.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Franklin Library hardcover
50356Préface d'Eugène Marsan. Édition illustrée de six Eaux-Fortes originates à l'aquatinte par d'Henri Lafarge. Paris : Éditions Léo Delteil 1925. Quarto finely bound by Riviere in half crushed Morocco over marbled papered boards ruled in gilt spine in compartments with raised bands gilt ornamentation and contrasting morocco title labels some silver fishing and retouching to the boards marbled endpapers original wrappers bound in pp. 100; 5 blank illustrated with 19 original etchings and aquatints by Lafarge tissue guards a beautiful work. Edition limited to 302 copies this is one of 75 copies printed on antique paper containing the six original prints each in three states plus an additional rejected etching in the first state. A beautifully illustrated edition of Voltaire's Contes en vers Tales in Verse and Premiers contes en vers Early Tales in Verse being collections of satirical humorous and risqué poems that reflect his philosophical critiques of society the Catholic Church superstition and faith. hardcover
