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68484No place 1761. 8vo. xlviii 379 pp. Minor spotting foxing at the end and with markings in margins with red pencil. Somewhat worn contemporary half calf spine with raised bands and red label. A reprint of the first part first published in 1759. The second part was published in 1763. A reprint of the first part first published in 1759. The second part was published in 1763. hardcover
177156745No place No printer 1771. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt. Gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spine. Stamp on both title-pages. VIII478 pp. A few scattered brownspots. <br/><br/><em>Collection complette des Oeuvres de Mr. de Voltaire. Tome 12. Separately printed </em> unknown
175535501Amsterdam = Paris 1755. Small8vo. Fine contemporary full mottled calf. Richly gilt back. 4278;4208 pp. A fine copy. <br/><br/><em>First edition. </em> unknown
17681591281768. First Edition. paperback. 182pp. half-title; woodcut title page vignette. sewn; unlettered buff wrappers. N.p. Geneva 1768.<br/> <br/> One of Voltaire's best known prose works it came out in many editions the same year. This is presumably the first and conforms to the copy in the Bibliotheque Imperiale.<br/> <br/> unknown
176658868Uten sted. Amsterdam eller Haag. 1766. 8vo. I materie. Ubeskåret. 6 120 s. Fransk. <br/><br/><em>Første 4 s. med et lite hull. Boken utkom flere steder i året 1766 - London Berlin Augsburg m. fl.Materien noe smusset. </em> unknown
1977327195Lincoln: Penmaen Press 1977. First edition of this translation deluxe handbound issue limited to 100 roman numeralled copies signed by Anthony Hecht Lynd Ward and Arthur Wilson this copy is one of a few copies for the translator Anthony Hecht as it is designated copy: "AH" by Hecht in place of a roman numeral. 35 pp. 4to. Quarter-cloth decorated paper covered boardsA fine copy in near fine publisher's cloth slipcase box; nicely printed and illustrated. First edition of this translation deluxe handbound issue limited to 100 roman numeralled copies signed by Anthony Hecht Lynd Ward and Arthur Wilson this copy is one of a few copies for the translator Anthony Hecht as it is designated copy: "AH" by Hecht in place of a roman numeral. 35 pp. 4to. Penmaen Press unknown
2017x-9351285650Gyan Books 2017. Hardcover. New. 108 pages. 5.50x0.38x8.50 inches. Gyan Books hardcover
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1340167573.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1815220871815. Paris chez C.L.F. Panckoucke / Lenormand / Destu Petit Delaunay PÂŽlissier / Pillet / VerdiÂres 1815. Un vol. au format in-12 173 x 103 mm de 2 ff. n.fol. 1 frontispice gravÂŽ n.fol. viii - 591 pp. Reliure de l'ÂŽpoque de demi-basane mouchetÂŽe blonde dos lisse ornÂŽ de doubles filets dorÂŽs piÂce de titre de maroquin rouge titre dorÂŽ tranches mouchetÂŽes. L'exemplaire s'ouvre sur un frontispice gravÂŽ figurant un ''nouveau portrait de Henri IV dessinÂŽ par M. Lafitte d'aprÂs le masque moulÂŽ sur la figure du roi peu de moments aprÂs qu'il eut ÂŽtÂŽ assassinÂŽ .'' et s'agrÂŽmente en outre de deux fac-similÂŽs dÂŽpliants reproduisant des lettres manuscrites du souverain. Angles ÂŽlimÂŽs. LÂŽgers frottements affectant le papier marbrÂŽ des plats. Petite coupe en queue du dos. LÂŽger dÂŽfaut - sans consÂŽquence - affectant les mors. T‰che claire en marge des trois premiers feuillets. Quelques rousseurs dans le texte et trÂs lÂŽgÂres altÂŽrations ÂŽparses. Du reste bonne condition. b42961 unknown
193017483New York: Random House 1930. First Trade Edition. Cloth. Very good/near fine. The first trade edition of Candide by Voltaire from Random House inscribed and hand-numbered by the illustrator Rockwell Kent. Octavo 2 111pp 1. Publisher's red cloth title stamped in gilt on the front cover and spine. Both hinges showing wear with archival reinforcement to both as is common with this book. Solid text block internally clean. In the publisher's first state dust jacket advertisements for other Random House imprints on the rear panel a few scuff marks closed tears at heel of the spine a bright near fine example. This copy is inscribed by Rockwell Kent on the title page: ".especially for Marjorie Wallace! no - 15!! / Rockwell Kent / Montreal / October 1930." Candide was illustrated by Rockwell Kent beginning in the fall of 1927. It was the first book published by Random House. The book was produced by Pynson Printers. The book first appeared as a limited edition of 1470 numbered and signed copies in 1928. It sold out almost immediately. The following year it was released in trade editions by the Literary Guild in 1929 and this copy from Random House in 1930. Johnson p. 44-46. Random House unknown
174277443London:: T. Sowle Raylton 1742. Second edition. later old half morocco and marbled sides. Neat marginal repairs to the fore-edge of the last four leaves; extremities of the binding rubbed with the start 2" of a split at the top of one joint. . 12mo. T. Sowle Raylton, unknown
1930L046960Editions Nilsson 1930. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" 217 4 pages plates. Text in French. Illustrated edition of the 3 short novels; notable for the tipped-in pochoir stencilled watercolor illustrations on glassine. Date is conjectural not dated in book. Few small chips browning and slight rubbing to color pictorial glassine jacket; inner upper hinge starting; slight browning to plates generally unaffecting images; slight internal browning to edges.Polack Robert illustrator; 6 Color Illustrations / Plates. Editions Nilsson paperback
197733147Norwalk: Easton Press 1977. First Limited Collector's Easton Press Edition Illustrated by Sylvain Sauvage with full page colour watercolours and black and white throughout the text. The colour frontispiece of Voltaie by Charles Alleberry. 8vo publisher's original gray morocco lettered in gilt on the spine and decorated in gilt on the spine and covers silk endpapers a.e.g. xix 131 pp. A pristine copy as mint. A PRISTINE EXAMPLE OF THE LIMITED ILLUSTRATED EASTON EDITION. Translated from the French by Richard Aldington. With an Introduction by Paul Morand. Candide was first published by Caron de Beaumarchais in 1759. Since that time it has been published in over a dozen languages. This collector's edition was published by advance reservation exclusively for subscribers to The Easton Press collection of "The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written". The frontispiece portrait was specially commissioned for this edition. Easton Press unknown
ALDR0328A Londres 1775. 8°. XV 447 S. mit 21 v. 22 gest. Taf. Titelblatt mit Zierrahmen u. kleiner Vignette mit Kopf- u. Zierleisten sow. kleinen Schlussvignetten Textseiten mit Doppellinien gerahmt. Marmorierter Lederband d. Zeit restauriert Kanten berieben Fehlstellen unterlegt. eine Lage locker. Seiten und Tafeln gering verfärbt oder fleckig Besitzstempel am Titelblatt Ex libris -Stempel Erich Cimbal. Rose. Erotic Books 357. Vgl. Cohen 2 243f. Cohen/Ricci 103.1 Bengesco I500 - aufwendig gestaltete mit fingiertem Autor und Druckort sow. ohne Verlegernamen herausgegebene Ausgabe der Pucelle dOrleans Voltaires heroisch satirischem Versepos über die Jungfrau von Orleans Jeanne dArc in welchem der Dichter den Glauben an Wunder und Vorsehung und die Glorifizierung der Jungfräulichkeit heftig kritisiert und verspottet. Das Werk erschien nach einigen unvollständigen Raubdrucken erstmals 1762 unter Voltaires Namen und erfuhr obwohl es von der katholischen Kirche auf den Index gesetzt wurde und nur geheim publiziert werden konnte zahlreiche oft unauthorisierte Ausgaben. Allein aus dem Jahr 1775 sind u. a. Ausgaben unbekannter Herkunft eine aus Genf und mehrere mit dem vorgeblichen Druckort London nachzuweisen. Die unsignierten gestochenen Tafeln mit ironisch drastischen Darstellungen erotischer Szenen werden meist Claude Louis Desrais um 1746-1816 zugeschrieben. Das Frontispiz ist anstelle der fehlenden sechsten Illustrationstafel eingebunden. Die fehlende Tafel liegt in Kopie bei. A Londres 1775. unknown
1771729S.l.: S.n. 1771. First edition. Published unbound. Stitched. First page blank but title in ink. First and last pages slightly chipped and stained. Overall in fine condition. First edition. Published unbound. Stitched. 44 4 p. A fictional correspondence between R and T “deux Américaines originaires du Port-au-Prince dans l'Isle de S. Domingue. Le premier réside a Paris depuis quelques années†two Americans from Port-au-Prince on the island of Saint-Domingue. The first lives in Paris for some years. The letters are dated between December 1770 and April 1771. The text is attributed to Voltaire and it is in favour of Maupeou’s jurisdictional reform.<br /> <p><p><br /> René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou 1714–1792 as the chief minister of the French King made a revolutionary attempt to install the enlightened despotism in France through the suppression of the power of the parliament by destroying its system and the favour of the royal authority. He also made efforts to uniform the judicial system throughout the country. <br /> <p><p><br /> Voltaire praised this revolution applauding the suppression of the old hereditary magistrature and justified the reform in several essays among them this one. <br /> <p><p><br /> Scarce and interesting publication we could trace only two copies in institutional holdings in the US.<br /> <p><p><br /> Not in Sabin.<br /> <p>. [S.n.] unknown
1759elala1495np Paris: 1759. 1759. 12mo. pp. 237 3. contemporary calf gilt back spine ends worn. Published the same year as the first. Voltaires witty and devastating attack on philosophical and religious optimism is generally regarded as his most masterful composition. Published surreptitiously no less than seventeen different printings and editions appeared in 1759. Bengesco 1440. Martin 59.25. cfCioranescu 64321. cfQuérard X 323. cfPrinting and the Mind of Man 204. BOUND WITH: POPE Alexander 1688-1744. Essai Sur LHomme Traduit de lAnglois en François Édition revûe par le Traducteur Second Édition. 12mo. pp. 2 p.l. vii-xxxvi 189 3privilege. woodcut ornaments & title vignette. Lausanne: Marc Michel Bousquet & Compagnie 1752. np [Paris]: 1759. unknown
