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1930172739Paris: Editions Nilsson 1930. Paperback. Good- moderate corner and edge wear including small edge tears to brown paper dj. light interior and exterior discoloration. Plain cream wraps with brown folded paper dust jacket featuring watercolor illustrations front and back. 217 pp. 6 watercolor illustrations on glassine. 3 short novels by Voltaire illustrated by Robert Polack. Editions Nilsson paperback books
182896178Paris: Deslangle Freres 1828-34. Finely bound set of the complete works of Voltaire with historic scientific and literary notes. Octavo 97 volumes text in French. Bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands marbled endpapers frontispieces with tissues guards and half-titles as issued. In very good condition. A complete set covering the broad scope of the versatile and prolific writer. One of the most influential thinkers of the French Enlightenment Francois-Marie Arouet know by the nom de plum Voltaire was a resourceful and prolific writer. His works touched nearly every literary form including plays poems novels theoretical essays and scientific treatises. A forthright and candid advocate of civil liberties he frequently criticized the institutions of religious dogma and classism prevalent in 18th century France often doing so through satire to avoid censorship and imprisonment. Deslangle Freres hardcover books
1785118071De L'Imprimerie de la Societe Litteraire-Typographique 1785. Volume 22 of L'imprimerie De La Societe Litteraire Typographique's complete works of Voltaire. Octavo bound in full contemporary calf with gilt tooling to the spine black morocco spine labels letterd in gilt gilt ruling to the panels gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles all edges gilt ribbon bound in marbled endpapers engraved frontispiece portrait of Luois XV. In very good condition. Desirable in a contemporary binding. One of the most influential thinkers of the French Enlightenment Francois-Marie Arouet know by the nom de plum Voltaire was a resourceful and prolific writer. His works touched nearly every literary form including plays poems novels theoretical essays and scientific treatises. A forthright and candid advocate of civil liberties he frequently criticized the institutions of religious dogma and classism prevalent in 18th century France often doing so through satire to avoid censorship and imprisonment. De L'Imprimerie de la Societe Litteraire-Typographique unknown books
179088112Lisboa: Na Officina de Simao Thaddeo Ferreira 1790. First Portuguese edition of Voltaire's three tragedies translated into Portuguese. Octavo bound in full period calf gilt titles and tooling to the spine red spine label marbled endpapers. In near fine condition. A nice example. One of the most influential thinkers of the French Enlightenment Francois-Marie Arouet know by the nom de plum Voltaire was a resourceful and prolific writer. His works touched nearly every literary form including plays poems novels theoretical essays and scientific treatises. A forthright and candid advocate of civil liberties he frequently criticized the institutions of religious dogma and classism prevalent in 18th century France often doing so through satire to avoid censorship and imprisonment. Na Officina de Simao Thaddeo Ferreira unknown books
175695156London: J. Nourse 1756. Early printing of Voltaire's history of the War of 1741. Octavo bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards gilt titles and tooling to the spine red morocco spine label. In very good condition. One of the most influential thinkers of the French Enlightenment Francois-Marie Arouet know by the nom de plum Voltaire was a resourceful and prolific writer. His works touched nearly every literary form including plays poems novels theoretical essays and scientific treatises. A forthright and candid advocate of civil liberties he frequently criticized the institutions of religious dogma and classism prevalent in 18th century France often doing so through satire to avoid censorship and imprisonment. J. Nourse hardcover books
176581265London: Printed for Thomas Brown 1765. First edition in English of Voltaire's Pocket Dictionary of Philosophy. Octavo full period calf gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine gilt ruled marbled endpapers all edges red. In good condition. One of the most influential thinkers of the French Enlightenment Francois-Marie Arouet know by the nom de plum Voltaire was a resourceful and prolific writer. His works touched nearly every literary form including plays poems novels theoretical essays and scientific treatises. A forthright and candid advocate of civil liberties he frequently criticized the institutions of religious dogma and classism prevalent in 18th century France often doing so through satire to avoid censorship and imprisonment. Printed for Thomas Brown unknown books
177295126Lausanne: Chez Francois Grasset & Comp 1772. Early edition of Voltaire's biography of one of the most influential and widely translated writers of all time. Octavo bound in full sprinkled sheepskin. Gilt titles and tooling to the spine pictorial endpapers all edges red ribbon bound in. In very good condition with some rubbing to the extremities. Tasteful period bookplate. One of the most influential thinkers of the French Enlightenment Francois-Marie Arouet know by the nom de plum Voltaire was a resourceful and prolific writer. His works touched nearly every literary form including plays poems novels theoretical essays and scientific treatises. A forthright and candid advocate of civil liberties he frequently criticized the institutions of religious dogma and classism prevalent in 18th century France often doing so through satire to avoid censorship and imprisonment. Chez Francois Grasset & Comp unknown books
176882403Geneve 1768. First edition of one of Voltaire's best-known works of prose. Octavo original full period calf gilt titles to the spine red morocco spine label raised bands marbled endpapers. In good condition. Rare and desirable. One of Voltaire's finest romances" The Princess of Babylon relays the story of the beautiful Formosanta who travels the world in search of her lover Amazan Barron Fantasy Literature I:88. Subtle in its philosophy Voltaire breaks narrative conventions in this novella to foster Enlightenment values and in the process also "pokes fun at a number of literary traditions" Pearson Fables of Reason 196. The novella saw instant success upon publication and was in such demand that it was being illegally pirated in England and printed under a false imprint of 'Geneva' when it was actually printed in London. hardcover books
19293491London: The Scholartis Press 1929. LIMITED EDITION. Hard Cover. Very Good. Octavo. SIGNED BY C. E. VULLAMY THE TRANSLATOR ON COLOPHON PAGE without personalization. LIMITED EDITION OF 70 COPIES. THIS IS No. 46. Newly translated with an introduction and notes by thr translator and signed; printed on hand-made antique paper; 207pp. bound in 1/4 brown pigskin over paper covered boards; top edge gilt all others uncut. A handsome very good copy. <br/><br/> The Scholartis Press hardcover books
1907BL4432Leipzig:: Alfred Kroner 1907. 1907. 8vo. VI 164 pp. Blue printed wrappers stamped in white; rubbed. Very good. These are his Voltaire lectures reprinted. Alfred Kroner, [1907]. unknown books
192721012501New York: The Bennett Libraries Inc 1927. Limited Edition. Leather bound. Near Fine. Tice Clara. No. 89 of 250 special copies octavo size 189 pp. Clara Tice 1888-1973 avante-garde illustrator and artist spent most of her life in New York City; due to her provocative art she was seen as representative of bohemian Greenwich Village. Her fame actually increased when the Society for the Suppression of Vice remember this was 1915 tried to confiscate her art; this naturally drew more attention to her art which was thereafter published in works such as Vanity Fair. Looking at the etchings in this book might cause comment even today; they lavishly celebrate the feminine figure and are rampant with sexual innuendo. <br/><br/>This one of the 250 special edition copies bound in full morocco by Whitman Bennett N.Y. and printed on special deckle-edge Pannekoek paper. The text according to the title page an exact copy of the "Earliest English Text Printed in Holland by Joh. Enschede en Zonen". <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Red leather binding by Whitman Bennett N.Y. with their stamp on the verso of the front free endpaper with two female seated nudes depicted in gilt on the front corners four raised bands on the spine gilt rules decorations and lettering on the spine with "Special Issue" at the tail top edge gilt other edges uncut gilt rules on the turn-ins decorative endpapers limitation statement on the verso of the half-title page two separate title pages for each Part in red and black Part II title page being on page 121 of the book with ten full-colour etchings by Tice each etching with its tissue guard Table of Contents at the end; octavo size 9 1/8" by 6 1/4" pagination: 1-182 Table of Contents 183-189; limited edition this no. 89 of 250 special copies total edition 1000. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Near fine; the leather binding smooth and supple a strong square text block with solid hinges the text pages clean and bright all of the etchings with their tissue guards present and the book is entirely free of prior owner markings; we are grading near fine due to a few very light marks to the leather on the back board a few pages roughly opened one leaf with a short closed fore-edge tear pp. 173-174 and the black ink on the etchings has powdered slightly; still a near fine example of Tice's outstanding nudes. <br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please contact us for details. <br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. The Bennett Libraries Inc unknown books
17782690eParis: chez Desnos 1778. 12mo 124 x 68 mm. 4 82 1 pp. Two parts continuously paginated. Engraved frontispiece engraved title letterpress title removed six engraved plates before lettering all with tissue guards; one woodcut vignette of a rose. Small repair to outer blank corner of frontispiece else a fine untrimmed copy. 19th-century green straight-grained morocco gilt sides with triple filt fillets framing a wavy double border with roses spine gilt with roses in compartments turn-ins gilt gilt edges by Dupré stamp-signed on front turn-in; later two-part blue morocco slipcase by Riviere slightly scuffed. Provenance: Sir David Lionel Salomons Broomhill Tunbridge Wells armorial bookplate; Carlo de Poortere bookplate.<br/><br/>Only Edition a special copy with the engravings avant la lettre of a literary almanac in two parts unusually dividing the contributors by sex with part 1 pp. 7-34 containing only poems by women and part 2 only by men. A table at the end of each part lists the authors. In the ladies' section are verses by the mother and daughter Mme and Mademoiselle Deshoulières ou Des Houlières Mlle de Scudery Mme de La Suze Mme de Liancourt and other seventeenth-century i.e. "classical" writers. The male contributors include a few more modern authors notably Voltaire whose 13 occasional verses most dedicated to individual women represent a lighter side of his oeuvre.<br/><br/>The unsigned engravings of scenes set in elegant interiors or pastoral settings show a wedding banquet; a couple engaged in a playful chase with Cupid seizing the woman's dress; Reason Athena with a lion being seduced by folly a female fool complete with rattle bells and crazy hat; a female Narcissus admiring herself in a pond; a courting scene with musical instruments; and a lady daydreaming alone in her bedchamber. Grand-Carteret tells us that these plates along with a seventh plate were also used in a different Desnos almanac Les Caprices de l'Amour et de Baccus printed there with expressive captions. The frontispiece shows the bust of a smiling Voltaire being crowned with stars by one of two attendant muses. Grand-Carteret inattentively suggested that the bust might portray Alexis Piron another contributor not noticing the lightly etched titles of two books held by the recumbent muse namely Charles XII and La Henriade both of course by Voltaire and referring to the poem on p. 41 "A Madame la Marquise de Boufflers en lui envoyant la Henriade & Charles XII."<br/><br/>The rose decor of the binding echoes the woodcut vignette of a rose printed at the end of the publisher's anonymous dedication to all ladies Mesdames. The copy was deliberately bound without the letterpress title; it also does not contain the always optional Tables of losses and wins at the gaming table announced in the subtitle. Copies apparently differed and the almanac may have been reissued periodically. Some copies include a section of music according to Grand-Carteret who dates the almanac to 1789 whereas Cohen-de Ricci dated it to 1781. Both their copies seem to have also lacked a letterpress title: OCLC locates only the BnF copy with the letterpress title dated 1778 it is digitized on Gallica but without the plates.<br/><br/>Bengesco Voltaire Bibliographie de ses Oeuvres IV: 2238; Cohen-de Ricci 37-38 7 or 8 plates; Grand-Carteret 611 7 plates. chez Desnos 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
19672312569New York: The Modern Library 1967. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 1956-1970 printing in the first jacket design used for the version edited by Haskell Block Toledano 047.3. Front hinge just beginning to weaken jacket edges rubbed bottom corner of front jacket flap clipped with small ink number above the corner and on the corner of the rear panel. 1967 Hard Cover. xxii 576 8 pp. 8vo. "Candide is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. It begins with a young man Candide who is living a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism by his mentor Professor Pangloss. Candide parodies many adventure and romance clich The Modern Library hardcover books
1833BL4662Paris:: A. Hiard 1833. 1833. Volumes 10 & 11 only. 12mo. 256; 250 pp. Original printed wrappers; waterstained spine tender. Untrimmed. Bookplate of Ward Ritchie. Very good. Provenance: Ward Ritchie Southern California printer spent time in Paris apprenticing to Francois-Louis Schmied 1873-1941 one who would influence Ritchie's work for the rest of his days. A. Hiard, 1833. unknown books
1998Embry 196692Konemann 1998. Remainder dot owner's gift inscription else fine in fine dust jacket. Konemann, 1998. unknown books
1978Embry 192680Franklin Library 1978. Fine. Full brown leather decoratively gilt. Franklin Library, 1978. hardcover books
197349898NY: Limited Editions Club 1973. First edition. 4to. 123 pp. Fine in paper-covered boards with leather spine and original unprinted tissue dust jacket. Fine publisher’s slipcase. Translated from the French by Richard Aldington introduction by Anatole Broyard and illustrated by May Néama. One of 1500 numbered copies by Néama. NY: Limited Editions Club, hardcover books
198163039Berkeley: Arif Press 1981. First edition. 16 pp. Fine in full red cloth with printed spine label. Translated from the original French by P.H. Hanssen. Designed and printed by Wesley B. Tanner. One of 150 copies on Mohawk Letterpress text paper. Berkeley: Arif Press, hardcover books
1795289953London but New York. : Printed for I. Carnan & Sold by Berry Rogers & Berry New York. circa 1795 . First American edition. Contemporary tree calf red spine label gilt title. . Good hinges spit but holding ink names to endpapers corners torn from ffep pages lightly toned. 12mo. 18x10.7 cm. . Compact edition of Voltaire’s famous dictionary. "Revolutionary material must be small enough for people to carry with them" .Voltaire. weight: 0.7 lb. Cameo portrait of the author on the title page. Printed for I. Carnan & Sold by Berry, Rogers & Berry, New York. unknown books
176210290Dublin: Pr. for W. Smith P. Wilson J. Exshaw and H. Bradley 1762. 12mo. 63 1 pp. <br><br>Later edition of a translation of Voltaire's "Zaïre" by Aaron Hill which first appeared in 1736. With an epilogue on p. 63 and the verso of p. 63. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â ESTC N45525. Removed from a nonce volume text block split in two parts with pp. 3738 separating. Pages waterstained throughout. Small chip out of one corner of title-page. Bottom edges shaved with loss of imprint date and many final lines catchwords and signature letters. Pr. for W. Smith, P. Wilson, J. Exshaw, and H. Bradley unknown books
1777291158La Haye but Geneve.: Aux Depens des Libraires. 1777. 1st Edition. Publisher’s plain marbled wraps. . Very good untrimmed in the original wraps old ink name to title page. 8vo. 21.5x14 cm. . French text. weight: 0.6 lb. Aux Depens des Libraires. paperback books
1770979London: Pr. for R. Butters ca. 1770. 12mo. 51 1 blank pp. lacks the plate. <br><br>Taken from the manager's book at the Theatre Royal Covent-Garden." Translated by Aron Hill from Voltaire's "Zaire. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â ESTC T212610. Taken from the manager's book at the Theatre Royal Covent-Garden." Removed from a nonce volume with sewing holes. Without the frontispiece. TItle-leaf reattached stamped soiled and browned; inner margin covered with brown paper obscuring a few letters; and inner edge of second page repaired with tape partially covering the Dramatis Personae. Lacks the plate. Light foxing age-toning in margins. Pr. for R. Butters unknown books
196834715London: Sotheby & Co. 1968. First edition. Paper wrappers. Paperclip mark to rear wrapper and leaf of one volume else fine copies. Illus. with b/w photos and reproductions. 8vo. Both sales on Tuesday 11th June 1968. The first sale with seven lots had the House of El Dieff taking the main collection of first editions; the second sale had most of its 168 lots bought by either the Voltaire Institute or the Geneva University Library. Prices and buyers list laid in both copies. Sotheby & Co. unknown books
1922185531Munich: Julius Schroder Verlag 1922. Hardcover. Vg Cover has general discoloration and staining. Spine has damage along seem and top/bottom edges. Bookblock has age toning. Ownership sticker from previous owner on front end page. Off white cloth boards with red title lettering and gilt design. Decorative end pages. Gilt lettering on spine. Custom partial slipcase. 79 pages 1 unnumbered page : 20 illustrations. "This work with 20 etchings by Fritz Heubner was published in 1922 on behalf of Dr. jur. Julius Schröder Verlag Munich Friedrichstrabe 9 as the eighth print in the series of 'Masterpieces of World Literature with Original Graphics' in a one-time special edition of 250 copies by Knorr & Hirth and Heinrich Wetteroth in Munich printed on real Rhenish hand-made paper and bound by Knorr & Hirth . by hand "- Colophon./ Publisher's vellum covers printed in red and is valid with elaborate sculpture in center front cover top applies to edges and illustrated end papers. Julius Schroder Verlag hardcover books
