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Kelly, George Armstrong . WAR, REVOLUTION AND TERROR: A PUBLIC BIOGRAPHY OF ADAM-PHILIPPE DE CUSTINE
n.p. 1982. Voltaire Foundation offprint 205. Octavo, pp.217-295, stapled wraps. VG, minor wear. (a28839)
$35.00 Besterman, Theodore . SHAKESPEARE AND VOLTAIRE
NY 1965 1st Morgan Library. 12mo, 46pp., wraps. VG. (a43145)
$26.00 Fellows, Otis . METAPHYSICS AND THE BIJOUX INDISCRETS: DIDEROT'S DEBT TO PRIOR
Geneva 1967. Offprint from Studies in Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century. 8vo., pp.509-540, wraps. VG. (a49236)
$40.00 (voltaire) . SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON THE ENLIGHTENMENT: INTRODUCTORY PAPERS BUDAPEST 26 JULY - 2 AUGUST 1987
Oxford 1987 Voltaire Foundation. Articles in English or French. Lg.8vo., 278pp., wraps. Some pencil notation on just a few pages. VG. (a49335)
$45.00Harper, Henry H.. VOLTAIRE
no place, n.d. (c.1910). Printed exclusively for members of the bibliophile Society. 8vo., 71pp., wraps. Good, cover somewhat worn; binding secure; text clean. no owner marks. (a50618)
$27.00 Barr, Mary-Margaret H. . A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WRITINGS ON VOLTAIRE 1825-1925
New York 1929 Institute of French Studies. 8vo., 123pp., wraps.. Good. (a50661)
$40.00Calinescu, G.. FOUR THEATRICAL MOMENTS: M. DE VOLTAIRE'S SECRETARIES; VOLTAIRE'S VENGEANCE; ON WRATH OR NAPOLEON AND FOUCHE; NAPOLEON AND SAINT HELENA
Bucarest 1964. Four short plays (15pp. total) in English printed in the Rumanian Review. Whole issue has several articles on drama. Lg.8vo., wraps. VG. (a51244)
$35.00 B�thiay de Mezi�res, Eug�ne El�onore de . CRITIQUE D'UN LIVRE CONTRE LES SPECTACLES INTITULE J. J. ROUSSEAU, CITOYEN DE GENEVE, A M. D'ALEMBERT
Amsterdam et a Paris 1760 Chez Lambert...& Duchesne. A controversy raged in France in the middle of the eighteenth century for and against Theatre. Includes 'Remarques Sur le Livre de J. J. Rousseau Contre le Theatre' and 'Jugement de M. De Voltaire Sur les Spectacles.' In French. 12mo, 93pp., rebound in later wraps. Several institution stamps. Author's name written in pencil along top margin. Good, some wear. Rare. (a53690)
$750.00 Crowley, Francis J. . VOLTAIRE'S POEME SUR LA LOI NATURELLE A CRITICAL EDITION
Berkeley 1938 University of California. In English. 8vo., pp.177-304, original wraps. Inscribed and signed by Crowley. VG. (a54286)
$50.00 Havens, George R. . TWELVE NEW LETTERS OF VOLTAIRE TO GABRIEL CRAMER
1040. Offprint from Romanic Review. 8vo., pp.341-354, wraps. Inscribed and signed by Havens on the front. VG, some fading on the front wrap. (a55559)
$35.00 Havens, George R. . THE CONCLUSION OF VOLTAIRE'S POEME SUR DE DESASTRE DE LISBONNE
1941. Offprint from Modern Language Notes. 8vo., pp.423-426, original printed wraps. Inscribed and initialedby GRH on the front. VG. (a56790)
$25.00(voltaire). VOLTAIRE ET LA CULTURE PORTUGAISE EXPOSITION BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE ET ICONOGRAPHIQUE
Paris 1969 Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian. In French. 4to., 153pp., wraps. Good plus. (a5751)
$33.00 Strauss, David Friedrich . VOLTAIRE SECHS VORTR�GE
Bonn 1877 Emil Strauss. Vierte Auflage. In German. Octavo, 316pp., frontis, 1/2 cloth and marbled boards. Good, some wear on outer hinges, corners rubbed. (a65968)
$25.00 Voltaire . LA PUCELLE D'ORLEANS, POEME DIVISE EN VINGT-ET-UN CHANTS, AVEC LES NOTES DE MR. DE MORZA
Londres 1775 Nouvelle edition, corrigee augmentee du'un chant entier, & de plusiers morceaux repandus dans le corps de l'ouvrage, avec les Variantes que l'on a jointes a la fin de chaque Chant. Hardcover. In French. Octavo, xv, (1), 447pp., (1), original paper covered boards. Book opens to titlepage, no front blanks. Lacks the 21 engraved plates, text complete. Good, worn. Joan of Arc. (a71878)
$190.00Voltaire, Francois-Marie Arouet. THE AGE OF LEWIS XIV: A NEW EDITION REVISED AND CONSIDERABLE AUGMENTED BY THE AUTHOR - 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
Glasgow 1753 Henry Aitkens. Two volumes. 12mo., 388pp., 364pp., full leather with raised bands and mounted leather spine labels. Owner name stamp in red ink on title page and twice in small ink inscription (Abrm Keteltas); also owner signed on end paper by Joseph F. Cainright. No other ownership marks. Good, light wear, some light staining in text, front cover of second volume attached by binding strings only. (a72555)
$165.00M. de V *** (Voltaire) . EPITRE DU DIABLE
Geneve 1760. In French. 12mo.(16 x 10 cm), 2 x 3 inch engraving on cover of a devil flying over a river with a letter in his outstretched hand, slight cropping of margins, later plain wraps. One word written in ink on top margin of title page (valoir?). Good, document cellophane tape on spine.. (a78425)
$295.00Voltaire. LA PUCELLE D'ORLEANS, POEME HEROI-COMIQUE EN DIX-HUIT CHANTS
Londres (Paris?) no date or publisher. In French. 16mo., 272pp., (3). enraved frontis, full leather wih marbled end papers. All edge gilt. Good, cover very worn, lightly chipped, hinges cracked and covers beginning to detach. (a79048)
$150.00 (Voltaire) . L'OEUVRE IMPRIME DE VOLTAIRE A LA BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE (2 VOLUMES, complete)
Paris 1978 first edition Bibliotheque Nationale. ISBN 2-7177-0100-1. In French. Two volumes. Sm.4tos.,1824p., original printed wraps. Volume Premier: Index et Nos. 1 a 617. Volume Second: Nos. 618 a 5618 et addenda. Ex-university reference library. VG plus. 2 volumes. (a87209)
$240.00 Grapa, Caroline Jacot . L' HOMME DISSONANT AU DIX-HUITIEME SIECLE
Oxford 1997 first edition Voltaire Foundation. ISBN 0 7294 0540 0. Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century 354. In French. Hardcover. Octavo, 386p., blue cloth . Fine, no DJ. (a87879)
$120.00Maffei, Francesco Scipione. LA MEROPE TRAGEDIE
Livorno 1763 Santini e Compagni. Compilate e Raccolt per D. Vincenzo Cavallucci. In Italian. Contents: Merope, pp. 1-133; Annotazioni, pp. 135-401; Lettera de Sig. Voltaire Premessa alla sua Merope, pp. 405-35; Risposta Alla Lettera Del Voltaire, pp. 438-76. 8vo., 476pp., original boards with vellum backstrip. Ink title on spine. Good plus condition, lacks front bland end papers - opens to halftitle. Board edges a bit worn, binding tight and text clean and bright. Italian drama. (mu298)
$145.00