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[VOLTAIRE, Francois-Marie Arouet de, 1694-1778] :Biblio.com

LETTRES ECRITES DE LONDRES SUR LES ANGLOIS ET AUTRES SUJECTS. PAR M. D. V.

173446420Basle i.e. London : by W. Bowyer 1734. First edition. Although an English translation had been published in London as "Letters Concerning the English Nation" in 1733 this is the first appearance of the original French text of the book now generally known as the "Lettres Philosophiques" and as "the first bomb thrown at the Ancien Régime". It has been said of Voltaire that "he came to England a poet and left it a philosopher": however that may be this book resulting from his stay in 1726-1728 is "one of the greatest and most influential works of the eighteenth century and beyond . the book that taught the whole of Europe how to think" Voltaire Foundation. The letters contrasting English and French thinking deal variously with religion in England - Quakers Anglicans Presbyterians and Socinians; politics parliament and Magna Carta; trade commerce and the businessman who "contributes to the felicity of the world"; English empiricism and Francis Bacon John Locke and Isaac Newton; and literature - Shakespeare above all Wycherley Congreve Swift and Pope etc. The London publishers' preface is interesting on the author's extreme reluctance to sanction a French-language edition - they had suppressed this edition for an entire year but others were now preparing illicit editions and they now had to displease the author to please the public. The furore which greeted the French editions when they appeared probably justified Voltaire's reluctance and the use here of a fake Basle imprint. Foolscap 8vo 171 x 103mm. viii228xxpp. Bound in a creditable modern rendition of early eighteenth-century full panelled calf; sprinkled edges; a few slight marks; Voltaire's name added to title-page in manuscript; faint fringe of very pale discolouration to fore-edge throughout text barely visible in most places; a few minor internal marks and tiny flaws but a good copy of one of the key books of the Enlightenment. Eighteenth-century 1768 ownership inscription now obscured. Basle [i.e. London : by W. Bowyer], 1734. hardcover

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Dictionnaire Philosophique Portatif

17641322Londres 1764. 8vo.Â 190 x 120 mm. 7 Â½ x 4 Â½ inches.Â viii 344 1 pp.Â Â Â Bound with half-title in contemporary Dutch decorated paper boards vellum spine and corner tips.Â Frontispiece portrait of Hugo Grotius dated 1790 probably added when bound.Â Some contemporary manuscript notes in the text and on the rear free endpaper.Â Very nice copy. First edition.Â Voltaireâ€™s Philosophical Dictionary organized alphabetically and containing his thoughts on European society beginning with a short essay on Abraham and a critique of the stories of the Bible.Â Voltaireâ€™s Dictionnaire ends with the topic of Virtue where referring to theologians in the Catholic Church his final words are a petition to God. Â In his most sarcastic way he completes his book with the sentence â€œMon Dieu donnez nous souvent de pareils fripons!â€ My God give us often such rogues as these!.Â Voltaire had this work published in Geneva by Gabriel Grasset who to keep the authors identity secret created a false imprint stating London as the place of printing.Â Included are 73 essays on subjects ranging from Baptism to Character Equality Fables History Liberty Religion Solomon and Tyranny to name a few.Â â€œVoltaire sought to create a text which would fit in one's pocket and be affordable because "revolutionary material must be small enough for people to carry with them". What he created is a text which educated and amused at the same time.â€Â As you can see by the subjects of Voltaireâ€™s essays the Catholic Church was the target of much of his rhetoric.Â He wanted to expose the hypocrisy of the Church and at the same time advocate for a more rational God one who allowed for free will and self-examination as a major tenant of his philosophy. There are numerous edition of Voltaireâ€™s Dictionnaire Philosophique but the first is scarce in the market.Â This is a nice copy in a sound and not unattractive copy. Roger Pearson Voltaire Almighty 2005. . unknown

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(FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). (EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED). VOLTAIRE, FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET DEBiblio.com

LA PUCELLE D'ORLÉANS POËME EN VINGT-UN CHANTS

1799ST17632cParis: de l'Imprimerie de Crapelet an VII 1799. 228 x 150 mm. 9 x 6". Two volumes. Very attractive 19th century red morocco by Capé stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in French fillet border raised bands compartments with central quatrefoil surrounded by lacy gilt tooling gilt lettering gilt dentelles all edges gilt. Housed in a later marbled slipcase. WITH engraved frontispiece by Gaucher and 21 ENGRAVED PLATES after Marillier Monsiau and Ponce as called for AND EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH 46 PLATES comprised of a suite of 20 small plates a suite of 21 large plates and five portraits. Verso of front free endpaper with the bookplate of Jacques Bastenet. Cohen-de Ricci 1035; Graesse VI 393. See also: Cohen-de Ricci 1047-48 for the plates by Moreau. ◆Two three-inch abrasions on one cover and a hint of wear to joints both very well disguised by refurbishment leather faintly soiled but the decorative bindings still lustrous and quite pleasing without any significant condition issues. Occasional mostly light foxing never serious and most of the plates clean but noticeable enough to be regrettable some of the smaller extra-illustrations slightly browned due to paper stock but still a book with considerable appeal inside and out with the engravings richly impressed. This printing of Voltaire's mock-heroic "Pucelle" a licentious burlesque based on the Joan of Arc story features the same beautiful engravings found in the Didot edition of 1795 but without the frames plus two additional suites of plates taken from other editions. The set of 20 small plates seem to be close copies of Gravelot's illustrations from the 1762 Geneva edition of "La Pucelle"; the set of 21 larger images are by Moreau all but two being before letters. The latter set probably comes from the suite of images for Voltaire's "Oeuvres" published by Renouard in 1802 of which there were just 40 copies before letters according to Cohen-de-Ricci. Capé was one of the most distinguished binders in France in the middle years of the 19th century being especially well known for the delicacy of his work as evidenced by our spines. He was the binder to the Empress Eugénie and Béraldi calls him "the Bozérian of the second Empire.". de l'Imprimerie de Crapelet unknown

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Toland, John; Voltaire, Jean Francois MarieBiblio.com

Le Nazareen ou le Christianisme des juifs des gentils et des Mahométans. Traduit de l’anglois The Nazarene or the Christianity of Jews Gentiles and Muslims Translated from the English FIRST FRENCH EDITION OF TOLAND'S NAZARENUS - bound with two treatises by Voltaire: Un Chretien contre six Juifs A Christian against Six Jews and: Le Taureau blanc traduit du Syriaque The White Bull Translated from the Syriac

177449131disguised addresses 1774. Hardcover. Nearly Fine. Three works in sammelband published between 1774 and 1777 octavo. I. A-V8 = 160 leaves; xlvii 1 blank 261 p. 160 blank 1 avertissement 9 table 1 erratapp. Half title separate title precedes the two letters each letter with caption title; II. pi A-L8 M6 = 94 leaves; 2 188pp. p. 28 misnumbered 82 errata at verso title; III. A-C8 = 24 leaves; 48pp. Eighteenth-century catâ€™s paw calf spine with raised bands compartments tooled in gilt morocco lettering piece. Marbled endleaves edges tinted red green silk ribbon marker. Mild wear at extremities occasional light marginal foxing in early leaves a nearly fine set in a handsome contemporary binding. I. J. Toland Le Nazareen Londres n.p. MDCCLXXVII 1777. First French edition of Nazarenus originally published at London in 1718 here translated by Paul Henri Theri Baron dâ€™Holbach 1723-89. The Irish freethinker and philosopher John Toland 1670-1722 here proposes â€œ. that the ancient Celtic beliefs revealed in an Irish manuscript of the four gospels captured the true spirit of Christianity Judaism and Islamâ€ Stephen H. Daniel ODNB. A false imprint possibly printed at Amsterdam. ESTC T104300. Weller E. O. Falschen Druckorte II 1864 p. 203 noting Amsterdam. Jonathan Israel ranks Nazarenus among Tolandâ€™s more significant writings: â€œ. His astounding quasi-theological project. in which he seeks to dechristianize Christianity and remodel it as a republican civic religion designed only to teach the common people morality demonstrate his original creative side and some depthâ€ Radical Enlightenment 613. II. Voltaire Un ChrÃ©tien contre six Juifs Londres n.p.: MDCCLXXVII 1777 - Bengesco 1860 with nearly 4 pages of notes. Published in 1778 our copy is chap. XIV of Lâ€™Evangile du jour 1769-80 an 18-part collection of works by or published by Voltaire; see Bengesco 1904. N.B.: On page 28 a single 3-1/2 line sentence treating the Chinese has been struck out. The printed text which immediately follows reprints the sentence with an abridged ending. III. Voltaire Le Taureau blanc traduit du Syriac A Memphis n.p: MDCCLXXIV 1774 - Also from Lâ€™Evangile du jour - Cf. Bengesco 1509. Our edition is complete. Bengesco notes that this printing of Le Taureau is often found separate. hardcover

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Nouveaux Melanges Philosophiques Historiques Critiques &c. &c. Premiere -Cinquieme partie

1905Geneva: Cramer 1765-1768. Five volumes. A GORGEOUS COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION with ALL HALF-TITLES PRESENT of one of Voltaire's most important and fascinating works a haphazard collection of philosophical and literary pieces which clearly demonstrate the depth and scope of his genius. The original intention was to publish only three volumes and for that reason many bibliographers consider the first three volumes a complete work in itself although Voltaire continued until the 19th volume appeared in 1776. I offer here the first three volumes along with the next two. In his introduction to the third part Voltaire points out that some of the works which appear here had been published before but only incorrectly and incompletely. He goes on to assert that many of the other works originally printed alongside them and attached to his name were not in fact by him. His reason for publishing this collection therefore was to present a definitive and complete text of many of his most important works many of which are printed here for the first time. Included are his commentary on Beccaria his Traite sur la tolerance with documentation that had not previously been published and dozens of other pieces. Volume 3 is complete with the supplement which is often missing. Due to their subversive nature they all ended up on the Catholic Church's Index of Prohibited Books these books were published without the name of the author the name of the publisher or the place of publication. Due to their popularity they were reprinted by Cramer and mercilessly pirated by other publishers. Most sets are mixed with different printings by different publishers. The volumes I offer here however are first printings throughout. Nicely printed on fine laid paper with numerous head- and tailpieces. 8vo. Bound in very attractive contemporary half French calf and decorated boards spines in six compartments leather spine labels. Minimal traces of wear to corners else fine and bright with large margins and no defects inside or out. Bengesco 2212; B.N. vol. 214 part I columns 82-86; Barbier III 531-532. A very rare and important set in contemporary bindings and in excellent condition. Geneva: Cramer, 1765-1768 hardcover

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