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175443846Geneva Chez Cramer 1754. 8vo. Bond in 2 nice contemporary full mottled calf with richly gilt spines and five raised bands. Ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front free end-paper on both volumes. A small tear to upper capital on volume I and title labels on spines are missing. Otherwise a very fine and clean copy. Pp. 50 432; 2 435-915 4 pp. <br/><br/><em>Second edition of Voltaire's history of France. In it he gives a chronological account of the French Empire from the year 742 till 1648. Voltaire exercised immense influence on the development of modern historiography through his innovating new ways of interpreting the past. "Essential to the new conception of a history in the place of histories is the recognition of the role of process and development. There is a central theme to this development as in Voltaire's present work: the progressive development of intellect culture and society. This awareness of a theme fundamentally changes the character of historical writing and introduces a developmental structure to the great narrative historical writings of the eighteenth century." Iggers. Progress and its discontents 1982 p. 44. Voltaire explains his view of historiography in his article on "History" in Diderot's Encyclopédie: "One demands of modern historians more details better ascertained facts precise dates more attention to customs laws mores commerce finance agriculture population.". The present work is a fine example of this tradition.Barbier I194. </em> hardcover
1775149641Good. 1775. Leather. Marbled leathered covers and marbled page edges is written french ; Vol. 1; 478 pages . hardcover
1775149639Good. 1775. Leather. Marbled leathered covers and marbled page edges is written french ; Vol. 2; 495 pages . hardcover
1754013073Frankfurt: Aux depens de la Compagnie 1754 Book. Very Good. Full-Leather. 48 406 pages. Vol 1 only - covers the period to 1346. In old full leather.Ink name to the front free end paper. Ink number to the rear of the front free end paper. Small ink initials at the foot of the title page. Although not named it is by Voltaire. Aux depens de la Compagnie hardcover
1785102128Sans Lieu Kehl : Imprimerie de la SociÂŽtÂŽ LittÂŽraire-Typographique 1785. 215x135mm. demi-basane ˆ coins dos ˆ faux-nerfs piÂces de titre et dÕauteur en cuir bleu ornementations ˆ froid plats papier marbrÂŽ reliure dÂŽbut du XIXe siÂcle. Bel exemplaire. 772 Imprimerie de la Socit Littraire-Typographique unknown
1792LA - BLR - HAY196301792. A Hambourg Leipzig & Brunswick Chez P. F. Fauche Imprimeur-Libraire. reliés demi-cuir bleu de l'époque pour le volume 31 et plus récente pour l'autre volume à petits coins. Très faibles rousseurs au volume 30 seulement très bon état. 2 volumes format : 155/9 cm. avec en début du premier volume le catalogue des empereurs avec leur année de naissance de leur avènement et de leur mort les noms de leurs femmes et de leurs enfants et en fin du deuxième la liste des Electeurs ; pièces de titres et tomaisons en cuir avec filets et caractères dorés ; toutes tranches jaunes. unknown
1753001515A. Basle - Chez John-Henri Decker 1753. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Marbled endpapers. Size: 16mo - over 5 3/4" - 6 3/4" tall. 340 pp. One volume of the 2-volume set. Text is in French. Pages are tight and clean. Moderate shelfwear to the cover. Bumped and rubbed. Pages are wrinkled. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 pound. Category: History; Non-English Language::French; French Language; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 001515. . A. Basle - Chez John-Henri Decker hardcover
1785271221785. pages de titre absentes - Kehl de l'Imprimerie de la sociÂŽtÂŽ littÂŽraire typographique 1785. 2 vol. au format in-12 177 x 113 mm de 1 f. bl. 428 pp. et 1 f. bl. ; 1 f. bl. 399 pp. et 1 f. bl. Reliures uniformes de l'ÂŽpoque de plein veau glacÂŽ porphyre guirlande fleuronnÂŽ dorÂŽe encadrant les plats dos lisses richement ornÂŽs d'un filet d'encadrement dorÂŽs caissons d'encadrement dorÂŽs caissons dentelÂŽs dorÂŽs roulettes dorÂŽes larges fleurons dorÂŽs semis de pointillÂŽs dorÂŽs piÂces de titre de maroquin ÂŽbÂne piÂce de tomaison de maroquin fauve titre dorÂŽ tomaison dorÂŽe palette dorÂŽe en tÂte et queue jeu de petits filets obliques dorÂŽs sur les coupes tranches jaspÂŽes. Ensemble - sous reliures dÂŽcoratives du temps - complet des deux volumes constituant Les Annales de l'Empire ; ici proposÂŽs dans la cÂŽlÂbre ÂŽdition des Oeuvres complÂtes de Voltaire ÂŽtablie par les soins et aux frais Beaumarchais dite ÂŽdition de Kehl. ''Cette cÂŽlÂbre ÂŽdition ÂŽtait la plus complÂte la plus belle et la mieux ordonnÂŽe qui ežt paru jusqu'alors des Oeuvres de Voltaire. C'est sous le point de vue typographique que Beaumarchais mÂŽrite des ÂŽloges''. in Brunet. ''Cet ouvrage ne manque pas d'intÂŽrÂt pour ce qui concerne la conception de son auteur pour ce qui relÂve de l'ÂŽvolution des sociÂŽtÂŽs. L'ouvrage contient un vÂŽritable panorama des faits non seulement militaires politiques et religieux mais aussi sociaux.'' B. Bernard in Dictionnaire Voltaire p. 20. Graesse VII TrÂŽsor de livres rares et prÂŽcieux p. 390 - Brunet V Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres 1353 - Cioranescu III Bibliographie de la littÂŽrature franÂaise du XVIIIÂme siÂcle 63884 - Rahir La BibliothÂque de l'amateur p. 679. Angles ÂŽlimÂŽs. LÂŽgÂres altÂŽrations superficielles affectant les reliures. Pages de titre absentes. Quelques rousseurs ou t‰ches claires dans les corps d'ouvrages. Nonobstant bonne condition. b42961 unknown
1781418<p>London: J. Walker 1781. 1st.</p> J. Walker hardcover
175520110London: A. Millar 1755. First Thus. . Hardcover. Good. 12mo. 308; 300pp. Illus.frontis. 2 volumes bound in one. Spine and covers rubbed and bumped bookplate on front pastedown four 19th century news clipping pasted to back of ffep faint ink signature on title page. <br/> <br/> A. Millar hardcover
174152847Göttingen 1741. Von der Regierungskunst eines Fürsten. Mit historischen und politischen Anmerkungen. Aus dem Französischen übersetzt Insgesamt guter Zustand mit geringen Alterungsspuren Erste deutsche Ausgabe Königliche Universitäts-Buchhandlung 8°. Ldr. Philosophie unknown
174164845Göttingen, verlegts die Königliche Universitets-Buchhandlung, 1741. 8°. Mit gest. Titelvignette (Portrait Machiavellis), 2 gest. Vignetten u. zahlr. Initialen u. Vignetten in Holzschnitt. XIV S., 2 Bll., 268 S., HPgmt. d. Zt. m. durchzogenen Bünden u. handschriftl. Rückentitel.
1759438600London : J. Nourse at the Lamb 1759. 1st London impression later impression. Hardcover. Poor copy in gilt-blocked aniline calf covered boards. Front board detached spine cracked and roughly rubbed as with age. Loosening pages with some foxing and browning. Further scans images and additional bibliographical material available on request. Physical description; 132 pp17.5 cm. Series: Eighteenth Century Collections. Subjects; 1st editions Voltaire. 1st editions Candid. 1701-1800 French literature. London : J. Nourse at the Lamb hardcover
1759221London: printed for J. Nourse at the Lamb opposite Katherine-Street in the Strand 1759. First English Edition. 12mo pp. 8 132; slightly later calf roughly rebacked bookplate of Sir John Thorold a notable British book collector active about a generation after Voltaire; board edges worn annotation on free endpaper likely Thorold's making note of further content not present in the volume; the binding good only but the text clean unmarked and sound.ESTC T83448 printed for J. Nourse at the Lamb opposite Katherine-Street in the Strand 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
17611370752Geneve: n.p. 1761. Pirated Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 234 4 133 3. In Very Good condition. Bound in full contemporary acid-washed calf. Spine paneled with gilt tooling. Some light wear primarily to the hinges corners and head and tail of spine. Edges of text block dyed red. Marbled endpapers. Light age-toning to interior. Part One with a woodcut title vignette of Hermes and Part Two with a deer. Scarce. Shelved case 3. Apparently unrecorded piracy. Not in Bengesco. Printing and the Mind of Man 204.<br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> Published surreptitiously in 1759 that year featured at least seventeen different printings and editions. The second part of Candide is generally attributed to either Thorel de Campigneulles or Henri Joseph Du Laurens first published in 1760. The second part of Candide was often reprinted after the first even though it was known to be apocryphal. 1370752. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. [n.p.] hardcover
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
1761236260o.O. 1761. 237 (2) / 130 (1) S. Kl 8° Ldr. *Einband berieben* 2 Teile in einem Band* Die angebundene Fortsetzung wird Henri-Joseph Du Laurens bzw. früher Charles Claude Florent de Thorel de Campigneulles zugeschrieben* Frühe Ausgabe des erstmals 1759 erschienenen philosophischen Romans* vgl. Bengesco 1443*.
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
179231870Paris: Chez Madame Vaux-Fleuri De l'Imprimerie de L. Potier de Lille 1792. First edition. 1-2 title verso blank leaf paged 63-64 with "Avis" and "Errata" 3-74 small woodcuts. 1 vols. 8vo. Later boards uncut. Spine and extremities rubbed with chipping a few leaves with spots else a very good copy. First edition. 1-2 title verso blank leaf paged 63-64 with "Avis" and "Errata" 3-74 small woodcuts. 1 vols. 8vo. According to the editor's "Avis" most of these fugitive pieces appear first here and some which have appeared elsewhere have been amended or corrected. Includes Mr. D. Rhullieres' "La Chanoinesse Conte" "Sur le Buste de Mirabeau" by M. Deseine"sourd et muet de naissance" and "La Mort de Patrocle Tragédie en Deux Actes¶ Commencing on page 25 is the "Epitre a Monsieur de Voltaire du 31 Decembre 1742" with the "Stances" pp. 28-30. On page 31 is the "Reponse de M. De Voltaire du Premier janvier 1743 Chez Madame Vaux-Fleuri [De l'Imprimerie de L. Potier de Lille] unknown
1768932F36Geneve: Cramer 1768. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 11" by 9". Various. The first seven volumes only of the first folio edition of the complete collected works of Voltaire. Illustrated with fantastic engraved plates. In the original French.The first folio edition of Voltaire's collected works. Present here are the first seven volumes only of a thirty volume set.An impressive collection of the works of Voltaire the influential writer of the French Enlightenment. He was famous for his outspoken wit satire and for his criticism of the Roman Catholic Church. Voltaire was a prolific author writing more than twenty-thousand letters during his life as well as more than two-thousand books and pamphlets. This set contains a collection of his prose and non-fiction works. Volume I 'La Henriade' published in 1768 illustrated with two frontispieces and ten plates. Collated complete.Volume II 'Histoire de Charles XII' published in 1768 illustrated with a frontispiece and one plate. Collated complete.Volume III 'Theatre Tome I' published in 1768 illustrated with six plates. Collated lacking the frontispiece.Volume IV 'Theatre Tome II' published in 1768 illustrated with five plates. Collated complete.Volume V 'Theatre Tome III' published in 1768 illustrated with six plates. Collated complete.Volume VI 'Theatre Tome IV' published in 1768 illustrated with six plates. Collated complete.Volume VII 'Theatre Tome V' published in 1768 illustrated with nine plates. Collated complete.With the bookplate of Emily Francis Whitney to each front pastedown.Lacking half titles. In full calf bindings. Volume I rebacked retaining the original endpapers. Minor losses of calf to back strip heads. Volume II-VI joints starting with boards firmly held. Volume VII joints starting with rear board a touch tender. Volume I front hinge strained but firmly held. Bookplates to front pastedowns. Front free endpaper of vol. V tenderly held to head only. Internally firmly bound. Volume II frontispiece detached and loosely inserted. Pages bright and generally clean. Light tide marks to fore edge of leaves to the first half of volume I. Light spotting throughout volume I and IV and further spotting to pages facing plates. Very Good [Cramer] hardcover
1768004443Geneve 1768. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Multii-volume set45 volumes rebound nicely in red. Pages are slightly discolored and there is some foxing but the interior is quite clean. Rebound in order to save the volumes. Extra shipping will apply <br/> <br/> Geneve hardcover
176424082<p><strong>1764 VOLTAIRE 1ed Contes de Guillaume Vade Discours aux Welches French Lit</strong></p><p><em>"Let us read and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world." </em></p><p>― Voltaire</p><p>Voltaire was a versatile and prolific writer producing works in almost every literary form including plays poems novels essays and historical and scientific works. He wrote thousands of books and letter and frequently made use of his works to criticize intolerance religious dogma and the French institutions of his day.</p><p>Like many writers Voltaire was not immune to harsh criticism nor was he afraid to be critical of France government or people of status. Such was the case with his book '<em>Contes de Guillaume Vade</em>' which Voltaire never put his name to. Vade was a fictional character by which Voltaire could express frustration or even 'French-bash' arrogant French commoners praise or criticize French and English theater and much more. The most famous of these '<em>Contes'</em> was "<em>Le Discours aux Welches</em>" which appears in this anonymously-published 1764 first edition.</p><p>Item number: #24082</p><p>Price: $550</p><p>VOLTAIRE</p><p><strong><em>Contes de Guillaume Vade</em></strong></p><p>Paris: 1764. First edition.</p><p><u>Details</u>:</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete with all pages</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->xvi 386 2</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->References: Bengesco 660</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: French</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Leather; tight and secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~7.75in X 5in 19.5cm x 12.5cm</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->rare and desirable with auction records and price comparisons as high as $1500</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>24082</p><p>Photos available upon request.</p> hardcover
