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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
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
1960178105New York: Pantheon Books 1960. Hardcover. VG corners lightly bumped light edgewear to boards pages are otherwise very clean. Burgundy cloth boards with stamped gilt lettering white spine with gilt lettering 120 pp 26 bw illustrations. Includes 26 illustrations by artist Paul Klee. Pantheon Books hardcover books
1929151877New York: Rimington & Hooper / Doubleday Doran & Company Inc 1929. Hardcover. VG No dj; quite clean inside and out. Tan cloth gilt letters on spine 132 pp. illus. An English and special edition of "Zadig" a novel first published by French author Voltaire in 1747. With an introduction by David Garnett and illustrations by Valenti Angelo. One of 999 copies. Rimington & Hooper / Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc hardcover books
1977122302Lincoln: Penmen Press 1977. Hardcover. VG. Slipcase covered in black cloth; Black illus. paper over boards; Black cloth at spine; Gilt titling at spine;. Voltaire's poem translated into English by Anthony Hecht; Includes six engravings by Lynn Ward and an introduction by Arthur Wilson; Poem provided in both French and English rest of text in English only; Presentation copy signed by Ward Hecht and Wilson; Also inscribed by Ward on half-title page. Penmen Press hardcover books
1760262806Berne 1760. hardcover. very good. xii336 pages 12mo calf backed blue boards black leather spine label worn text block clean. Berne 1760. Very good.<br/><br/> unknown books
1822290382London: Printed for John Miller and W. Wright 1822. Full Leather. Good binding. With 59 full page plates in Vol. I 9 of which are duplicates on poorer paper and 58 full page plates in Vol. II 9 of which are duplicates; with 25 white Fine Paper engravings pasted down in Vol. I and 25 in Vol. II; with 11 gray Papier de Chine engravings pasted down in Vol. I and 11 in Vol. II. Most of the engravings are illustrations of the various scenes with a few portrait plates; all of the Papier de Chine illustrations are small engraved illustrations meant for the start of each canto and are facing duplicates on Fine Paper. Hinges reinforced by a conservator with Japanese tissue paper. Signed full red morroco binding by Matthews; with gilt lettering and decorations. Marbled endpapers and gilt dentelles. Top edge gilt. Good binding. Printed for John Miller and W. Wright unknown books
1805286188London: Printed by D. N. Shury for J. F. Hughes 1805. First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. First Edition of Voltairiana selected and translated by Mary Julia Young one of Dale Spender's 'Mothers of the Novel.' A prolific author of fiction and poetry Young was a striking example of an independent professional female writer of the eighteenth and early nineteenth century. Writing "for a maintenance" as she euphemistically puts it Young encapsulates the financial hardship and open hostility that greeted female authors of the time especially those who were fully reliant on their literary output. Taken from a letter to the Royal Literary Fund 28 March 1808 by Ms. Young "melange which was thrown together at the express desire of my Publisher and I hope Voltaire has not suffer'd by my choice of selection and omissions." Complete in four volumes. Portrait frontispiece. Page of advertisements at the rear. Very scattered foxing. Wear to the joints extremities and surface of the spines. Full mottled calf with red leather labels and gilt decorations. Four vols. Very Good. Dale Spender Mothers of the Novel p. 137. Romantic Textualities: Literature and Print Culture 1780-1840 Issue 18. . Rachel Hanna The Corvey Project "Mary Julia Young" Orlando Cambridge Women's Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present "Mary Julia Young" . Very Good binding. Printed by D. N. Shury for J. F. Hughes unknown books
1770WRCLIT25846Paris: Chez la Veuve Duchesne. 1770. Two volumes. Octavo. Full contemporary mottled dyed calf spines gilt extra. Portrait plates and engraved headpieces. Light scattered foxing largely to occasional upper margins some extremity wear with narrow losses at extreme crowns of spines three small external worm holes in lower joint of second volume otherwise a very good set. First this edition containing in the first volume a pictorial title a frontis ten plates and ten headpieces all engraved by de Longueil after drawings by Charles Eisen. There are no illustrations in the second volume which concludes with a number of additional poems and documents by Voltaire. Voltaire's letter to Eisen written after seeing his designs opens the first volume and affirms his belief that the edition will be "plus recherchee." RAY ART OF THE FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOK 30. COHEN-DE RICCI 1026/7. SALOMONS p. 172. Chez la Veuve Duchesne... unknown books
1952262292Paris: Gibert Jeune 1952. paperback. near fine/near fine. 16 color plates 23 text decorations by Brunelleschi. 162pp. 12mo pictorial wrappers; uncut. Paris; Gibert Jeune 1952. Limited Edition.<br/><br/> Fine in original tissue dust wrapper with a closed tear on the spine.<br/><br/> Gibert Jeune unknown books
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 books
182938721Hartford: Silas Andrus 1829. Small 8vo pp. 276. Bound in calf blind-stamped design on front and back. Cover worn especially along the hinges which are loose some slight foxing o/w VG. Imprints # 41400 Nice American binding. Silas Andrus unknown books
1918234235New York. : Peter Eckler. 1918. . hardcover. Light edgewear and spotting to covers otherwise a very good copy. . 8vo. Scarce. Peter Eckler. hardcover books
192780833London:: Nonesuch Press. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1927. Hardcover. B000860TV6 . Limited edition: this copy is number 1225 of 1500 copies. Age toning shadows on the endpapers from the dust jacket flaps else very good in a fair edge worn with large chips age darkened separated along the flap folds plain dust jacket. . Nonesuch Press, hardcover books
176314066Geneve: Chez Les Freres Associes 1763. First edn. 8vo pp. 119. Bound in contemporary calf with marble endpapers. A very good copy. BN Voltaire 859. A comedy in verse by the great satirist author of Candide 1759. Chez Les Freres Associes unknown books
1927573731927. VOLTAIRE M. de. THE PRINCESS OF BABYLON. London: Nonesuch Press 1927. Limited edition of 1500 numbered copies on handmade paper translation that of the Glasgow edition of 1769. Illustrated with drawings by Thomas Lowinsky. 156 pp. 12mo. marbled paper-covered boards with white paper corners and spine printed in gilt to spine top edge gilt. Very good plus with light rubbing to boards and spine. unknown books
183627256Hartford: Judd Loomis & Co 1836. Small 8vo pp. 276; frontispiece portrait; ex-Hendrick Hudson Chapter Free Library with bookplate on front pastedown and rubber stamp on content page; front free endpaper torn horizontally moderate foxing throughout; contemporary rainbow calf edges scuffed; a good copy. <br/><br/> Judd, Loomis & Co unknown books
6435London. The Nonesuch Press. MCMXXVII Bound in gilt titled 3/4 vellum and marbled boards. t.e.g. 8vo. This edition limited to 1500 copies of which this is number 261. Beautifully illustrated with full page monochrome plates by Thomas Lowinsky. A Fine copy in original publisher's slipcase. The Nonesuch Press. hardcover books
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
1733288703London: Printed for C. Davis and A. Lyon 1733. First Edition. Half Leather. Very Good binding. Sabin states that "this English translation is the earliest publication of Voltaire;s 'Lettres philosophiques' the first French edition appearing under the latter title at Amsterdam." Based on Voltaire's experiences living in England between 1726 and 1729 favorably comparing it to France and its equivalents. Dampstaining to the final two gatherings and the last two leaves stubbed in. Loss to the bottom of M3 pp. 165/166 affecting the text. Collates complete. 8o: A-S8 /- A4 $4 signed; 144 leaves; 16 253 19 pp. Modern rebinding. Three quarters maroon leather over marbled paper. ESTC T137614. Sabin 100751. Very Good binding. Printed for C. Davis and A. Lyon unknown books
1973WB17070New York: The Limited Editions Club 1973. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Copy 81 of a total edition of 1500. 4to. Signed by the illustrator May Neama. Excellent copy in publisher's slipase. <br/><br/> The Limited Editions Club hardcover books
17523549Dublin: George Faulkner 1752. First Dublin edition. Full contemporary calf with gilt and morocco spine labels. Front joint of volume I cracked near the crown but holding. Internally a lovely copy much fresher than expected of an imprint from this era. Bookplates of William Paul to front pastedown of each; ownership stamp of Robert Paul to front endpapers and title of volume II. Small closed tear to margin of pages v-vi and paper loss to margin of pages 3-4 of volume I neither affecting text. Collating complete: viii 356; 258.68 20. A pleasing set of this important French history.<br/><br/>In the Introduction Voltaire declares that his aim is greater than merely writing the life of Louis XIV: "We would endeavour to describe to posterity not the actions only of one man but the genius of the age; that age which was the most enlightened of all others." Greater than the cultures of ancient Greece and Rome and that period "which followed the taking of Constantinople by Mahomet II" the age of Louis XIV comes the closest according to Voltaire to reaching perfection. He lays out his claims in two volumes celebrating the richness of Enlightenment thought in this grandiose history. George Faulkner unknown books
