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111272A Paris, Chez Antoine-Augustin Renouard, 1809, 9 volumes in-8 de 210 x 130 mm, de 380 à 551 pages chacun, chaque colume comporte 1 faux-titre, 1 titre avec vignette, 1 ou 2 feuillets de notes à la suite de chaque pièce et une table des pièces in-fine. Reliures en pleine basane racinée, dos lisses ornés portant titre et tomaison dorés sur pièce de cuir rouge, roulette d'encadrement sur les plats, roulette dorée sur les coupes, tranches marbrées. Complet des 44 planches dont le portrait de Voltaire par St Aubin. Au tome 8 les pages 261 à 269 sont reliées dans le désordre (sans manque), au tome 9 les feuilles 427 à 430 les feuillets ne sont pas alignés avec le volume (sans gêne à la lecture), bon état intérieur. Coiffes, coins et coupes émoussés sur certains volumes sinon très agréable exemplaire.
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
1945172369Vernon: Peter Pauper Press 1945. hardcover. near fine. Kredel Fritz. Tinted illustrations throughout by Fritz Kredel. 156pp. Tall slim 8vo handsomely rebound in full navy blue morocco; gilt-stamped spine raised bands; inner dentelles marbled endpapers t.e.g. mount Vernon NY: Peter Pauper Press no date circa 1945. A near fine copy in a pretty binding.<br/><br/> Peter Pauper Press unknown books
1755044596Paris ie. Amsterdam 1755. First Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Very Good Condition. Respined in 1/4 calf in an antique style over original marbled boards. One of six editions of Voltaire's famously bawdy mock epic surreptitiously published in 1755. The first were reputedly the Louvain actually Frankfurt editions but they are all scarce. It wasn't officially published until 1762. Light foxing otherwise crisp and bright. Added endpapers but original front blank retained with an old signature binder ticket on rear pastedown. iv 216. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Anthropology. Inventory No: 044596. <br/><br/> hardcover books
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
17689022099London: Printed for S. Bladon 1768. Hardcover. Very good. Bound in full brown tree calf with the covers spine label and inner dentelles stamped and decorated in gilt. Rubbed at the edges and extremities corners worn through boards are loose at the hinges but holding. Marbled endpapers. <br/><br/> Printed for S. Bladon hardcover books
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
26608Londres [Genève], 1777. 2 vol. in-8°, veau fauve marbré, dos à nerfs ornés de fleurons dorés, pièces de titre en veau fauve, filet doré sur les coupes, tranches rouges. Reliure de l'époque, petit accroc avec léger manque le long d'un mors, mais plaisant exemplaire, très frais. (2) ff., 274 pp.; (2) ff., 260 pp. Les pp. 33 à 64 du tome I sont reliées dans le désordre. Quelques rousseurs.
120385aafA Londres, Chez Charles Hoguel & Compagnie, Libraires dans le Strand, à l’Enseigne de Juvenal. M. DCC. XXXVI. 1736, in-8vo, XXVII (+ 1: Acteurs) + 93 p. (+1 corrections), titre avec vignette gravée sur bois, nom ms. sur titre: Lefevre de Forést, Payé 18 L., reliure en cuir originale. Très usé, dos avec manque.
133281aafA Dresde, chez Georg Conrad Walther, Libraire du Roy, 1752, in-8vo, 80 p. + 1 feuille (vide), cartonnage d’époque couvert de papier peint.
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
192714954New York: The Bennett Libraries Inc 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. With ten etchings by Clara Tice. Limited to 250 copies this one out of series but still signed. Good. Red leather binding by Whitman Bennett rubbed at the joints and edges. Square bound with some reading wear scuffed gilt top edge hinges weak bookplate inside the front board. The Bennett Libraries Inc hardcover
17607699<p>Geneve: Chez les Frères Cramer 1760 Early reprint published in the same year as the first edition. The first edition has a London imprint though it was actually printed in Geneva too and Voltaire's name does not appear on the title. Full modern speckled calf gilt-ruled spine edges stained red. Twelvemo. Small brown stain on verso of title-page and next recto some light dampstaining at top corner. Generally a very good copy. A spurious publication in which Voltaire blatantly pretends that this is a French translation of an original work by the brother of David Hume. According to Voltaire Hume's brother was pastor at an Edinburgh church and had produced two other plays which had been produced in London. "…il est le frère de ce célèbre philosophe Mr. Hume qui a creusé avec tant de hardiesse & de sagacité les fondements de la métaphysique & de la morale; ces deux philosophes sont également honneur à l'Ecosse leur patrie" preface. All editions of this work are rare. OCLC lists one copy of the present edition the Library of Congress copy. Of the first edition OCLC lists seven copies: Yale Maryland New York Public Library Cornell Harvard Texas Chicago.</p> Chez les Frères Cramer,
1876321649Paris: Didier 1876. hardcover. very good. 8 volumes rubricated title pages small 8vo cream cloth a bit darkened with red and green leather spine labels. Paris: Didier 1876. Very good .<br/> <br/> Didier unknown
