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177940966London: Fielding and Walker. 1779. 1st Thus. Hardcover. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. A very delightful gem for the Voltaire collector. This adorable little book has been rebound in dark blue leather with blue marbled endpapers. A prior owner has left a handsome bookplate on the front endpaper and has written his name in an antique hand on the title page. The book was printed on rag paper which has toned lightly. There is some foxing as expected but the text is entirely legible. The date of the rebinding is impossible to ascertain but I would guess late 19th century. There is some dulling of the gold titles. As to the contents there is an 83-page section at the back titled Original Pieces as an addendum to the main works. Contact me for more particulars. Fast shipping with tracking number provided. ; 5.5x8.25x1 inches; 224 pages . Fielding and Walker hardcover
17551108080007Amsterdam 1755. Leather Bound. Good. 12mo. French. 2 volumes bound in 1. Fully bound in contemporary brown leather. 5 raised bands 6 compartments. Burgundy title plate on spine with gilt lettering. Gilt decorative borders along spine. Tight binding and solid boards. Moderate shelf wear. Slight cracking along spine edge. Scuffing to spine. Rubbing to boards. Extensive bumping and fraying to corners. Light chipping to board edges. Chipping and minor loss to spine ends. Red page ends. Notes on front endpage describing Voltaire as author. Otherwise clean unmarked pages. Good text block and legible text. A fairly well-preserved volume in readable condition. This volume though officially unnatributed to him was a work of Francois-Marie Arouet better known by his pen name: Voltaire. It collects all installments of his history of the war of 1741 being the War of Austrian Succession. An exceptional addition to the library of any scholar on World History. Bengesco 1232. Amsterdam hardcover
17629639London: Salisbury 1762. Hardcover 264 pages. Fair. Art on front and back board. Leather bound. Gilding and art on outer spine. Rubbing and bumping to top and bottom of outer spine and to boards and corners. Heavy age wear to text block. Age wear and foxing to front and back paste-downs. Age wear throughout text. Multiple pages feature lines/paragraphs underlined notated in pencil. Salisbury hardcover
1731lbc002.081Christophe Revis Basle 1731. DISBOUND TEXT No covers. 165 x 93 mm. Text consist of pages 3-180 Tome I and pages 1-176 Tome II. Page 1 of Tome II is a title page without date or publisher. Tome I has a trimmed frontispiece and title page A Basle Chez Christophe Revis MDCCXXXI but both appear to be printed on light card and inserted. UNCLEAR IF THESE ARE ORIGINAL. If they are not the printing details may be INCORRECT. Photographs available on request. Main body of text is clean and tight and suitable to rebind. Book is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age. . VG. Christophe Revis (Basle) unknown
1732lbc002.080GB: T. Warner 1732. DISBOUND TEXT No covers. No edition stated. 165 x 95 mm. 96 pages. Text runs from title page to page 96. Minor ink marks on page 83. The book has been CLOSELY TRIMMED with no main text loss. Fairly clean tight text but slight browning to early and late leaves. Book is in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age. . VG-. T. Warner unknown
1732lbc002.079GB: Pierre Dunoyer Londres 1732. DISBOUND TEXT No covers. No edition stated. 164 x 97 mm. 64 pages. Text commences at titel page and ends with a catalogue fo 19 items. Bright and tight. Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. . VG. Pierre Dunoyer (Londres) unknown
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
175446288Londres:: Chez Jean Nourse 1754. Originally published in The Hague in 1753. contemporary full mottled calf; gilt panelled spines. Armorial bookplates; some scatterred foxing. A very attractive set. 12mo. Half-titles present. Chez Jean Nourse, unknown
173650575bdParis: Jean Baptiste Claude Bauache 1736. First Edition. Octavo 1/4 red levant & red cloth hardcover leather uncut iv i-viii 1-80 i pp. Woodcut ornaments. One of Voltair’s better received theatrical presentations with a setting in the New World. Very Good bearing the bookplate of collector and French translator Richard F. O’Gorman. Jean Baptiste Claude Bauache, 1736. First Edition. hardcover
1736elala1494Paris: Jean Baptiste Claude Bauche 1736. 1736. 8vo. pp. 5 p.l. vii 1 80. woodcut ornaments initials & title vignette. 5 inserted engraved plates after Eisen Moreau Gravelot & Desene illustrating various scenes from the play taken from various editions of the work. modern bds. Second Edition published same year as the first by the same publisher with errata corrected. This tragedy revolving around a wicked Spanish governor of Peru who is in love with the virtuous American princess who in turn loves the long believed dead heroic American prince is one of the first French plays to be set in America. It was one of the most well received of Voltaires theatrical works. Bengesco 107. Cioranescu 64168. European Americana 736/253. Sabin 100698. cfQuérard X 313. Paris: Jean Baptiste Claude Bauche, 1736. unknown
1739852London: Printed for J. and P. Knapton at the Crown in Ludgate Street 1739. First edition. Near fine. Small octavo. 2442 pp. Likely disbound from a pamphlet collection with vestiges of the leather spine present; outer leaves dust soiled with occasional spots; internal pages near fine. Original price intact on title page: Price Six-Pence. One page advertisement after conclusion of the translated text. <br /> <br /> First edition. An exceptionally scarce prospectus for Voltaire's landmark French enlightenment philosophy "Le Siecle de Louis XIV." Voltaire's revolutionary philosophical approach that argued intellect over military might was not completed or published until 1751 making this fragile 1739 pamphlet a remarkably early standalone English translation. ESTC T112827. Printed for J. and P. Knapton, at the Crown in Ludgate Street unknown
1759752Genève Geneva: Cramer 1759. First Edition. 3 vols. in one 12mo 164 x 100mm pp. 2 291 1; 133 1 35 1. First printing of the great 18th century philosophical narrative with all the points correct. Including the 3 usual cancels the right title page ornament repeated pages 193 and 266 the misprints of “que ce ce fut†page 103 line 4 and “précisément†page 125 line 4 the correction removing a paragraph break page 31 the rewritten lines about the Lisbon earthquake page 41 etc. Contemporary full calf red calf label rebacked with the original spine saved and laid down recornered marbled endpapers gilt rubbed inner paper hinges strengthened old ink signatures on the endpaper and front blank tiny signature on the title page one tissue strengthened tear at the bottom of A2 touching the last 3 lines of text without any loss otherwise internally quite nice clean and very good. Bound without N7 a blank and N8 a notice to the binder as is usual agreeing in all respects to what you would have received if you had purchased a copy in sheets on publication day then bought the sequels and then handed them over to the most local Swiss bindery. Ref: PMM 204. There were 18 editions of Candide in 1759. It took 221 years for a clear and convincing bibliography to first sort them out and then got accepted and once accepted our real 1st edition was confirmed as rare. In the last 15 years however that bibliographical data has been more widely circulated and several 1st editions that weren’t on the original 22–copy census have come into market. It is still scarce more so in a contemporary binding.<br /> <br /> Candide bides as the epitomic philosophical fable of the French Enlightenment and the genotype of irony without exaggeration and though it’s laced with more salt than the postwar streets of Carthage it repeatedly tolls a reminder that light hearts live long. Most importantly Candide remains remarkably relevant when examined through contemporary frameworks functioning as an incisive proto-postcolonial text that anticipates modern discourse on global inequality systems of oppression and the limitations of Enlightenment rationality. The novel's scathing portrayal of slavery conquest and religious persecution resonates with intersectional analyses that recognize how power structures interlock across racial gender and economic dimensions. The savage irony throughout the text dismantles not just philosophical optimism but also European exceptionalism exposing the hypocrisy of colonial enterprises and religious institutions alike. The narrative's episodic structure—with its global movements between Europe South America and the Ottoman Empire—invites discussions of transnationalism and diasporic experience while Candide's concluding retreat to cultivate his garden has been reinterpreted by ecocritical scholars as both an acknowledgment of environmental interdependence and a potentially problematic withdrawal from systems-level political engagement.<br /> <br /> “Do you believe†said Candide “that men have always massacred each other as they do to-day that they have always been liars cheats traitors ingrates brigands idiots thieves scoundrels gluttons drunkards misers envious ambitious bloody–minded calumniators debauchees fanatics hypocrites and fools†“Do you believe†said Martin “that hawks have always eaten pigeons when they have found them†<br /> –Voltaire Candide. Cramer unknown
1759023043London: J. Scott and J. Gretton. Rebound in full new leather. Scholars have differed about whether this edition or the Nourse edition published in the same year was the First Edition in English. At the very least the First Edition of This Translation. One of the greatest works in all literature. According to PMM 204: The folly of philosophic and religious optimism is displayed with a vigor and wit that carries the reader away. Near Fine. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1759. J. Scott and J. Gretton hardcover
1764elala166Geneva: Cramer 1764. 1764. 8vo. pp. xvi 386 2. complete with half-title. woodcut title vignette. A fine copy in contemporary mottled calf gilt back. First Edition. Bengesco I 660. Cioranescu 63982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. [Geneva: Cramer], 1764. Hardcover
176824889London: S. Bladon 1768. 1st English Language edition. Hardcover. Good-. 1st English language edition. Good- condition. 8vo. 172 pp. Bound in full contemporary brown leather. Upper corners of covers are worn through; front board expertly reattached; front blank end paper lacking; spine dried. Previous owners neat signature on title page; bookplate of John de Bois Freer on inside cover. A Intriguing glimpse into Voltaire's philosophy and his defense of the Englightenment. S. Bladon hardcover
178641246AB1786. Basel De l'imprimerie de Jean-Jacques Tourneisen 1786. 20.9cm x 12.6cm. 552 pages. Original Hardcover. Good condition only with considerable rubbing to the binding. Preowner's name plate on pastedown. Bookplate of Richard Oliver Presented to the Albemarle Club. Oeuvres Completes de Voltaire. Tome Trente-Huitieme. Includes also the description of : "Austerités" / Astrologie / Athéisme / Atomes / Avarice / Auguste Octave / Avocats / Babel / Roger Bacon / Baiser / Banqeroute / Barac et Debora / Bataillon / Bayle / Blaspheme / Bornes de L'esprit Human / Brachmanes Brames / Cartesianisme / Celtes / Chaine des Etres Crées Charité / Charlatan / De La Chine - Section I. etc. hardcover
173862659Amsterdam Etienne Ledet & Compagnie 1738. 8vo. In contemporary full sprinkled calf with five raised bands and richly gilt spine. Wear to extremities corners bumped and with loss of leather spine-ends with loss of leather. With a small printed note pasted on to lower margin of title-page. Ex-libris pasted on to verso of front board. Pencil annotations to front free end-paper and previous owner's names in ink. A few pages slightly browned but internally generally nice and clean. 6 XII 399 1 401-410 6 pp. 1 frontispiece and 7 engraved plates. Numerous engraved headpieces vignettes and diagrams throughout. Wanting the portrait. <br/><br/><em>First edition - with the imprint of Amsterdam publisher Ledet to whom Voltaire had sent the manuscript - of this important work in which Voltaire introduced Newton in France and thereby ending the Cartesian era."Voltaires importence for the history of science lies particularly in his having composed a famous popularization of Newton Élemens de la Philosophie de Newton 1738 which also collaborating with his companion and mistress Émilie marquise de Chatelet on her translation of the Principia into French and more generally in his having referred with the lightness of touch that made him a serious critic of human condition his moral philosophy to what he took to be Newtonian and hence the correct account of physical reality." DSB XIV:p.83. - G.J.Gray No. 155. </em> hardcover
1738000010155Amsterdam: Etienne Ledet & Compagnie 1738. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 5 4-399 3 pp. Full contemporary calf with the spine in six compartments spine lettered and decorated in gilt; all edges decoratively stained red. A blue silk-ribbon bookmark bound in. Title page printed in red and black with the publisher's device engraved on it. Illustrated with two frontispieces six plates a folding table a full-page chart in-text engravings and diagrams and engraved head and tailpieces quite elaborate ones. Babson 59-60. Bengesco 1570. Gray 33. PMM 97. SEP Barbara Becker "Émilie du Châtelet". The first state as the Desbordes imprint is generally recognized as the later state. With the pagination error on p. 271. Voltaire is credited with having spread Newton's revolutionary contributions to science across the European continent. He dedicated this work to his romantic and scientific partner the Marquise du Chatelet herself an accomplished scientist. The Marquise completed the first translation of Newton's Principia into French. Voltaire acknowledged her significant contributions to the production of this work an exposition of Newtonian Physics. This book was widely read and quite influential in spreading and popularizing Newton's groundbreaking ideas. Newton's work would replace Descartes' physical system and remained the standard in physics for two hundred years until the discovery of the Theory of Relativity and Quantum Mechanics in the early twentieth century. A brilliant piece of print history and a cornerstone work in the history of science. A Very Good example with the front joint expertly strengthened the bottom corners and spine tips show very minor loss; the rear decorative endpaper has a tiny chip to its corner page 231 is bound in upside down. Etienne Ledet & Compagnie hardcover
174438273A Londres but Paris no printer 1744. Small 8vo. Contemp. full mottled calf raised bands richly gilt back. Previous owners stamp on tp. Engraved portrait Newton engraved titlevignette VIII5-121-232209-4714 pp. The text is complete and continous despite the odd pagination. Having 8 engraved plates 1 folding and many textengravings. A few leaves with contemporary marginal notes. Internally fine and clean. <br/><br/><em>Second or third edition a contrefacon not printed in London but in Paris. "Voltaires's importence for the history of science lies particularly in his having composed a famous popularization of Newton Élemens de la philosophie de Nrwton 1738 while also collaborating with his companion and mistress Émilie marquise de Chatelet on her translation of the Principia into French and more generally in his having referred with the lightness of touch that made him a serious critic of the human condition his moral philosophy to what he took to be Newtonian and hence a correct account of physical reality." DSB XIV:p.83 The work has been called one of the most beautifull illustrated scientific works at all.- This edition not in Gray's Bibliography. </em> hardcover
1775600AG1775. Paris 1775 gez. 1775 Kupferstich Voltaire im Bett liegend von Personen umgeben von Neé und Masquelier nach Non. Bildgrösse: 145 x 18 cm. Blattgrösse: 195 x 23 cm. Leicht fleckig. unknown
173378072Amsterdam : Aux Depens de la Compagnie 1733. 150x95mm. 12 ff. 288 269 pages lettrines bandeaux reliure veau-marbr de lÕpoque. Titre encadrements et fleurons dors au dos nerfs. Inscriptions manuscrites sur le page de titre du tome premier. 330 Aux Depens de la Compagnie 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
175350313Paris: Michel Lambert attributed to 1753. First edition thus. Hardcover. Good- to good condition. 12mo. 2 193pp. Original calf with gilt lettering on red leather label of spine gilt tooling and decorative ruling on spine; raised bands. Red edges. Printer's device on title page. Decorative headpiece endpieces and initial. Voltaire's critical and powerful essay on the history of the Crusades. Binding with light wear along edges light scuffing and rubbed. Spine with small closed tears at joints. Roman number and letter inked to front free endpaper. Light damp-staining of first and last few pages. Lightly age-toned block. Binding and interior in overall good- to good condition. Michel Lambert (attributed to) hardcover
17654481CB1765. 2 in 1 Band. Genève Cramer 1765. 8°. 292 283 S. Mit 1 gest. Tafel 1 Textholzschn. und einigen Holzschnittvignetten. Lederband der Zeit. Erschien ebenfalls anonym erstmals ebenda 1759-1763 in 2 Bänden. - Nur wenig stockfleckig. Einband berieben und bestossen. unknown
175513554Berlin M. Sansouci 1755. Blank cont. papercovers. Backstrip worn. Engraved portr.XXII404 pp. Apart from a few brownspots in the text internally good. unknown