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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
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
1926WRCLIT68360London & New York: John Lane the Bodley Head / Dodd Mead and Co. 1926. Large octavo. Decorated orange cloth fore and bottom edge untrimmed. Frontis and plates. Spine faintly sunned a few finger smudges to cloth otherwise very good or better. First edition in this format with a portrait and 11 plates by Henry Keen. Translations by H.I. Woolf and with a new translation for this edition of "The White Bull" by Wifrid Jackson. Bookplate of Adrian Goldstone on front pastedown. John Lane the Bodley Head / Dodd, Mead and Co. hardcover books
1912004439Berlin: Pan-Presse 1912. Berlin: Pan-Presse Verlag Paul Cassirer l1912. Small folio original mustard cloth with lettering and design in black. Slightly bowed else fine and fresh. Of 250 numbered copies this is one of 170 on Holland paper printed in Tiemann-Antiqua type. Forty original tipped-in jewel-like etchings some full page by Marcus Behmer: his magnum opus. The eleventh work of the Pan-Presse started by Paul Cassirer and specializing in luxury editions of books and graphics. His gallery represented leading members of the Berlin Secession of which Behmer was a member. Rodenberg page 453. Cloth. Fine. Illus. by Marcus Behmer. Small Folio. Pan-Presse Hardcover 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
