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1777019737Paris: Chez M. Elmesly; Freres Debure 1777. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. iv 348 pages of text. Original quarter leather binding with marbled paper-covered boards. Moderate rubbing and shelfwear. The front cover is blind-stamped with an armorial device. Minimal soiling to the text which is generally quite clean and is unmarked. These letters respond to criticism by Voltaire of Bailly's history of Astronomy. 208mm x 125mm 8 1/8" x 4 7/8". First edition. Chez M. Elmesly; Freres Debure Hardcover books
1957WRCLIT54227Paris: Plon 1957. Large octavo. Printed wrappers. Color frontis portrait. First edition ordinary issue. Edited by Theodore Besterman. Wrappers lightly soiled internally fine. Plon unknown books
173327422London: Printed for C. Davis and A. Lyon 1733 1733. First edition. Cf. Bengeso 1558; Sabin 100751 noting Voltaire's letters on William Penn and the Pennsylvania Quakers. Fine copy. 8vo contemporary paneled calf rebacked with a new spine and raised bands. The first appearance of an early and important prose work by Voltaire a series of epistolary observations comparing British and French society culture science and philosophy. Written when he was living in England 1727-28 Voltaire's opinions shed a favorable light on British institutions and individuals including Sir Isaac Newton. Voltaire tells an early version of the apple falling from the tree story that inspired Newton's theory of gravity. When Letters was published on the continent as Lettres Philosophiques 1734 it was condemned by French authorities and precipitated one of Voltaire's many conflicts with the crown. <br/><br/> London: Printed for C. Davis and A. Lyon, 1733 unknown 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
177538798Amsterdam Geneva: Jean Robert 1775. Early reprint of 1770 first edition. Half-bound blue leather spine and edges blue cloth covered boards. Gilt stamped lettering to spine navy endpapers. TEG red edgestain. Wear and rubbing to binding light soiling to leather and sunning to edges. Bookplate to front pastedown lacks front free endpaper. Age-toning to paper. An About VG copy. viii 174 2 blank pp. 7-3/4" x 5" <br/><br/>"Madame de Caylus was the mother of the noted French archeologist engraver and man of letters Comte de Caylus. She was a close relative of Madame de Maintenon who brought her up like her own daughter and introduced her to the life at court. She wrote valuable memoirs of the court of Louis XIV entitled 'Souvenirs'; these were edited by Voltaire and by many later editors." Encyclopedia Britannica. Voltaire studied and wrote about this historical period and was the first to edit the 'Souvenirs'. He added interesting observations critical remarks corrections of Madame de Caylus' statements - completing the vivid sketch of life at the court. Jean Robert hardcover books
1926WRCLIT59286Paris: René Kieffer 1926. Small quarto. Handsome color lithographed pictorial wrapper over stiff wrappers. About fine in nicked glassine wrapper. First edition in this format. Illustrated with over thirty vignettes and decorations by Braun colored via pochoir. From an edition of 550 numbered copies this is one of five hundred copies on vélin blanc. Monod asserts that despite the colophon publication actually took place in 1930. MONOD 11440. René Kieffer unknown books
1753003011Dresden: George Conrad Walther 1753. Full Calf. Very Good Minus. 12mo. 17 by 10 cm. 12 488 4 495 1 pp. With errata page. Foxing of early and final leaves mostly light with some leaves in the first volume having heavier foxing. Most of the pages though are on the clean side. Contemporary calf with raised bands and gilt decoration. A few small holes in leather boards and other wear especially on raised bands extremities and joints but still a handsome set. <br/><br/> George Conrad Walther unknown books
1965006564London: University of London Pre 1965. 152p. original blue cloth. University of London Pre unknown 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
17782690eParis: chez Desnos 1778. 12mo 124 x 68 mm. 4 82 1 pp. Two parts continuously paginated. Engraved frontispiece engraved title letterpress title removed six engraved plates before lettering all with tissue guards; one woodcut vignette of a rose. Small repair to outer blank corner of frontispiece else a fine untrimmed copy. 19th-century green straight-grained morocco gilt sides with triple filt fillets framing a wavy double border with roses spine gilt with roses in compartments turn-ins gilt gilt edges by Dupré stamp-signed on front turn-in; later two-part blue morocco slipcase by Riviere slightly scuffed. Provenance: Sir David Lionel Salomons Broomhill Tunbridge Wells armorial bookplate; Carlo de Poortere bookplate.<br/><br/>Only Edition a special copy with the engravings avant la lettre of a literary almanac in two parts unusually dividing the contributors by sex with part 1 pp. 7-34 containing only poems by women and part 2 only by men. A table at the end of each part lists the authors. In the ladies' section are verses by the mother and daughter Mme and Mademoiselle Deshoulières ou Des Houlières Mlle de Scudery Mme de La Suze Mme de Liancourt and other seventeenth-century i.e. "classical" writers. The male contributors include a few more modern authors notably Voltaire whose 13 occasional verses most dedicated to individual women represent a lighter side of his oeuvre.<br/><br/>The unsigned engravings of scenes set in elegant interiors or pastoral settings show a wedding banquet; a couple engaged in a playful chase with Cupid seizing the woman's dress; Reason Athena with a lion being seduced by folly a female fool complete with rattle bells and crazy hat; a female Narcissus admiring herself in a pond; a courting scene with musical instruments; and a lady daydreaming alone in her bedchamber. Grand-Carteret tells us that these plates along with a seventh plate were also used in a different Desnos almanac Les Caprices de l'Amour et de Baccus printed there with expressive captions. The frontispiece shows the bust of a smiling Voltaire being crowned with stars by one of two attendant muses. Grand-Carteret inattentively suggested that the bust might portray Alexis Piron another contributor not noticing the lightly etched titles of two books held by the recumbent muse namely Charles XII and La Henriade both of course by Voltaire and referring to the poem on p. 41 "A Madame la Marquise de Boufflers en lui envoyant la Henriade & Charles XII."<br/><br/>The rose decor of the binding echoes the woodcut vignette of a rose printed at the end of the publisher's anonymous dedication to all ladies Mesdames. The copy was deliberately bound without the letterpress title; it also does not contain the always optional Tables of losses and wins at the gaming table announced in the subtitle. Copies apparently differed and the almanac may have been reissued periodically. Some copies include a section of music according to Grand-Carteret who dates the almanac to 1789 whereas Cohen-de Ricci dated it to 1781. Both their copies seem to have also lacked a letterpress title: OCLC locates only the BnF copy with the letterpress title dated 1778 it is digitized on Gallica but without the plates.<br/><br/>Bengesco Voltaire Bibliographie de ses Oeuvres IV: 2238; Cohen-de Ricci 37-38 7 or 8 plates; Grand-Carteret 611 7 plates. chez Desnos unknown books
1731231308Paris: Josse 1731. First. hardcover. very good. Slim 8vo pp. xxix 3. 110 3 approbation and errata. Decorative copper engraved head-pieces a few contemporary ink annotations full gilt brown calf covers lightly warped and rubbed with a bright gilt heraldic crest on front and back red edges. Paris: J.F. Josse 1731. First Edition. Scarce. Very good.<br/><br/> Josse unknown books
1988234395San Francisco: GAPA 1988. 6p. includes covers 8.5x11 inches news stories calendar of events services and resources photos reports very good newsletter in unbound folded sheets bright yellow covers. Yet another incarnation of the house organ for GAPA. GAPA had several organs including the Newsletter a Bulletin and a semi-slick magazine. GAPA unknown books
1787WRCLIT71108A Geneve 1787. 164pp. 12mo. Old mottled calf gilt label. A number of edges untrimmed. Some spotting and smudging binding rubbed and joints cracked; just a good copy. The second edition noted in Barbier of one of the popular biographies of Voltaire first published the previous year with a portrait not carried over to this edition. BARBIER IV:1018. unknown books
179654353London: privately printed by Catherine Maria Bury Countess of Charleville 1796. First Edition large paper copy one of just 5. The first complete English translation. Large 8vo just under 24 cm pp. 227 218. Untrimmed. Bound in later 3/4 red morocco and plain boards rubbed along the extremities without the half title. "Mostly all of the copies were destroyed the freedom of the translation being considered injurious to the memory of Lady Charleville. Only 5 copies were printed on large paper. See the notes to the Renouard copy no. 1349- sale by Sotheby June 30 1834." The preface and notes cover 5 pages. ESTC; T137636.A nice clean tight set. A poem about Joan of Arc. From Wikipedia: "Voltaire was undoubtedly one of the most controversial writers and philosophers of the Enlightenment Age and The Maid of Orleans was also certainly one of his more contentious works. An epic and scandalous satire concerning the life of the not-yet-canonised Joan of Arc "the Maid of Orleans" the poem was outlawed burned and banned throughout a great portion of Europe during the 18th and 19th centuries. Containing mockery and satirical commentary on the life and antics of its subject the poem itself has variously been described as "bawdy" and "licentious". Despite the often sexist and indecent contents of the text its notoriety and contraband status made it one of the most widely read texts concerning Joan of Arc for several centuries. Circulating throughout the banned regions by often surreptitious means the book was read by a large number of the populace. It was also disseminated by Voltaire himself to some of his colleagues and other members of the upper class the circle of people and the portion of society that the text was specifically intended for. The author 1762-1851 was the daughter of Thomas Townley Dawson she married first James Tisdall and then in 1798 Charles William Bury first Earl of Charleville. She was an invalid for many years. privately printed by Catherine Maria Bury, Countess of Charleville unknown books
1899007638London: The Lutetian Society 1899. One of an edition of 500 numbered copies this copy unnumbered. A new and complete translation into English verse revised corrected and augmented from the earlier English translation of W.H. Ireland and the one attributed to Lady Charleville with the variants now for the first time translated by Ernest Dowson. Near Fine in quarter blue buckram over white buckram gilt lettering and rules Near Fine slight soiling to the white buckram. A handsome copy of this rather uncommon edition. . Limited and Numbered First Edition. Buckram. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. The Lutetian Society Hardcover books
1761260379a londres: Aux dépens de la Compagnie 1761. This rogue edition appeared 1 year before the official edition. Frontispice and 12 plates. 224 pp. 8vo. Contemporay French mottled calf red edges. This rogue edition appeared 1 year before the official edition. Frontispice and 12 plates. 224 pp. 8vo. Bengesco Voltaire : Bibliographie de ses Oeuvres 491 Aux dépens de la Compagnie unknown books
17755953Geneva: Cramer et Bardin 1775. Edition encadré" volume 11. Volume 11 only of the 40-volume "edition encadré" published in 1775 by Cramer et Bardin the last edition of Voltaire's works published under the author's supervision. Then as now La Pucelle d'Orleans was Voltaire's most consumed work so it is not surprising to find this volume detached from the its 39 companions. Voltaire's greatest poem but not the one you read in school. With Ariosto in mind Voltaire rewrote the Joan of Arc story with all the wit and critical distance of an 18th-century libertine. The result is that France's sainted woman warrior becomes the vehicle for an intelligent and licentious burlesque. Good and right-thinking people have always found it offensive but it doesn't really care. Nice binding charming illustrations. Octavo 21 cm; 420 pages portrait frontispiece by Martinet and 21 engraved plates. Text within typographic borders. Bound in contemporary etched leather scored in gilt. Spine decorated in gilt with leather labels. Marbled endpapers. Boards somewhjat splayed. Negligible loss at head and tail. Hinges starting. Upper joint reinforced. Contents clean. References: Cohen-De Ricci 1042; Bengescu Voltaire IV #2141 [Cramer et Bardin] hardcover books
1755044596Paris ie. Amsterdam 1755. First Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Very Good Condition. Respined in 1/4 calf in an antique style over original marbled boards. One of six editions of Voltaire's famously bawdy mock epic surreptitiously published in 1755. The first were reputedly the Louvain actually Frankfurt editions but they are all scarce. It wasn't officially published until 1762. Light foxing otherwise crisp and bright. Added endpapers but original front blank retained with an old signature binder ticket on rear pastedown. iv 216. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Anthropology. Inventory No: 044596. <br/><br/> hardcover books
176424563Londres: aux depens de la compagnie 1764. 8vo pp. xvi 384; engraved frontispiece and 20 engraved plates; 20th-century full crimson straight-grain morocco by Zaehnsdorf decorative gilt border on covers gilt-paneled spine and preserving the original blue printed wrappers which are bound in. First published without plates at Louvain in 1755. This is likely a 'variorum' edition probably Dutch based on the first authorized edition of 1762 Geneva with variant readings from earlier piracies. Bengesco 491. <br/><br/> aux depens de la compagnie unknown books
17622384301762. hardcover. poor. 20 engraved plates by Gravelot. Full sheep; very worn front cover loose internally fine. Geneva 1762. First Authorized Edition. Good.<br/><br/> Voltaire disavowed the edition published at Louvain in 1755. This was "the first which appeared with the approbation of the author; it contains 5 entirely new songs notes preface and a great number of corrections and additions throughout." --Brunet V 1362.<br/><br/> unknown books
17627601Geneva: Cramer 1762. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Octavo. 358 pages. The first authorized edition with a number of piracies appearing before this epic based upon the life of Joan of Arc. Twenty plates by Gravelot. The ornament on the title page is the same as the one on the 1759 first edition of Candide. Contemporary 3/4 brown leather all edges stained red; a few letters lost on red label on spine; some scuffing and edge wear; light marginal stain not affecting text on about 50 leaves; overall a very good copy. <br/><br/> Cramer hardcover books
193054708Paris: éditions du Trianon 1930. First edition this unnumbered copy on vélin du fil. Illustrated with 6 pochoir plates by Keller after watercolors by Léon-Zack. 1 vols. 8vo 8-1/2 x 6-1/4 inches. Three quarter red morocco and decorated paper boards with the original publisher's green wrappers bound in. Very slight rubbing to tips of spine otherwise fine. First edition this unnumbered copy on vélin du fil. Illustrated with 6 pochoir plates by Keller after watercolors by Léon-Zack. 1 vols. 8vo 8-1/2 x 6-1/4 inches. With Pochoir Plates. éditions du Trianon unknown books
1922185531Munich: Julius Schroder Verlag 1922. Hardcover. Vg Cover has general discoloration and staining. Spine has damage along seem and top/bottom edges. Bookblock has age toning. Ownership sticker from previous owner on front end page. Off white cloth boards with red title lettering and gilt design. Decorative end pages. Gilt lettering on spine. Custom partial slipcase. 79 pages 1 unnumbered page : 20 illustrations. "This work with 20 etchings by Fritz Heubner was published in 1922 on behalf of Dr. jur. Julius Schröder Verlag Munich Friedrichstrabe 9 as the eighth print in the series of 'Masterpieces of World Literature with Original Graphics' in a one-time special edition of 250 copies by Knorr & Hirth and Heinrich Wetteroth in Munich printed on real Rhenish hand-made paper and bound by Knorr & Hirth . by hand "- Colophon./ Publisher's vellum covers printed in red and is valid with elaborate sculpture in center front cover top applies to edges and illustrated end papers. Julius Schroder Verlag hardcover books
1942WRCLIT57612Berne-Bümpliz: Éditions Les Belles Feuilles 1942. Small folio. Loose signatures laid into pictorial wrappers. Near fine in good quarter vellum chemise and slipcase the latter a bit worn with cracks and bumps at a few corners. First edition thus illustrated with ten large wood engravings a number of decorated initials and two decorations by Imre Reiner. From a total edition of 220 copies this is one of 170 copies on Rives signed by the artist with an extra suite of the woodcuts on Rives. An interesting production by the artist/designer/typographer. Éditions Les Belles Feuilles hardcover books
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 books
