Voltaire; Laguillermie (eaux-fortes) - Oeuvres de Voltaire (série de 5 volumes) - 1878
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Voltaire’s illustrated five-volume Oeuvres de Voltaire, with etchings by Laguillermie, was published in 1878 as a limited edition of 190 copies.
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VOLTAIRE (François-Marie Arouet, known as). Novels of Voltaire. Zadig followed by Micromegas. Candide, or Optimism. The Ingenu, a True Story. The Princess of Babylon. The Letters of Amabed followed by The White Bull. Paris, Librairie des Bibliophiles [D. Jouaust], 1878. 5 vols. 16mo, half brown morocco, spines with raised bands decorated with gilt ornaments, title « Œuvres de Voltaire » and date gilt, marbled-paper boards with gilt fillet along the joints, gilt top edges, bookmarks, original wrappers preserved (contemporary binding).
Illustrated by Laguillermie and limited to 190 copies, this one on Holland laid paper.
Published in the centenary year of Voltaire’s death (1694–1778), this edition brings together his major philosophical tales in the printer-publisher Damase Jouaust’s (1834–1893) « Petite Bibliothèque artistique », whose anchor device and motto « Occupa portum » adorn the title pages.
Volume I opens with a preface by Arsène Houssaye (1815–1896), followed by Zadig, or Destiny (1747), an Oriental tale set in the Babylon of Moabdar and Astarté, and Micromégas (1752), the voyage of the giant from Sirius and the dwarf from Saturn. Next come Candide (1759), with Pangloss, Cunégonde, Cacambo, Eldorado, and the Lisbon earthquake; The Ingenu (1767), in which a Huron who has landed in Lower Brittany ends up in the Bastille alongside the Jansenist Gordon; The Princess of Babylon (1768), the quest of Formosante and Amazan, guided by the phoenix; and finally The Letters of Amabed (1769), a satire of the Goa Inquisition, and The White Bull (1774), in which the magus Mambrès watches over Nebuchadnezzar, transformed into an animal.
The illustrations comprise a portrait of Voltaire as frontispiece and eleven original etchings by Frédéric-Auguste Laguillermie (1841–1934), three of them for Candide.
Bindings very slightly rubbed, old adhesive-tape repair to the wrapper of Zadig; the title page of Zadig and its introduction are bound at the end of the volume containing Candide; some foxing and other minor defects.
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Les Colporteurs have been practicing for more than twenty years and offer a variety of books with a predilection for the old and the rare. They also act as experts in old books for courts, estates and auctions in Vendée and Aquitaine.
VOLTAIRE (François-Marie Arouet, known as). Novels of Voltaire. Zadig followed by Micromegas. Candide, or Optimism. The Ingenu, a True Story. The Princess of Babylon. The Letters of Amabed followed by The White Bull. Paris, Librairie des Bibliophiles [D. Jouaust], 1878. 5 vols. 16mo, half brown morocco, spines with raised bands decorated with gilt ornaments, title « Œuvres de Voltaire » and date gilt, marbled-paper boards with gilt fillet along the joints, gilt top edges, bookmarks, original wrappers preserved (contemporary binding).
Illustrated by Laguillermie and limited to 190 copies, this one on Holland laid paper.
Published in the centenary year of Voltaire’s death (1694–1778), this edition brings together his major philosophical tales in the printer-publisher Damase Jouaust’s (1834–1893) « Petite Bibliothèque artistique », whose anchor device and motto « Occupa portum » adorn the title pages.
Volume I opens with a preface by Arsène Houssaye (1815–1896), followed by Zadig, or Destiny (1747), an Oriental tale set in the Babylon of Moabdar and Astarté, and Micromégas (1752), the voyage of the giant from Sirius and the dwarf from Saturn. Next come Candide (1759), with Pangloss, Cunégonde, Cacambo, Eldorado, and the Lisbon earthquake; The Ingenu (1767), in which a Huron who has landed in Lower Brittany ends up in the Bastille alongside the Jansenist Gordon; The Princess of Babylon (1768), the quest of Formosante and Amazan, guided by the phoenix; and finally The Letters of Amabed (1769), a satire of the Goa Inquisition, and The White Bull (1774), in which the magus Mambrès watches over Nebuchadnezzar, transformed into an animal.
The illustrations comprise a portrait of Voltaire as frontispiece and eleven original etchings by Frédéric-Auguste Laguillermie (1841–1934), three of them for Candide.
Bindings very slightly rubbed, old adhesive-tape repair to the wrapper of Zadig; the title page of Zadig and its introduction are bound at the end of the volume containing Candide; some foxing and other minor defects.
Seller's Story
Les Colporteurs have been practicing for more than twenty years and offer a variety of books with a predilection for the old and the rare. They also act as experts in old books for courts, estates and auctions in Vendée and Aquitaine.
Details
Number of books
5
Subject
Illustrated, Literature
Book title
Oeuvres de Voltaire (série de 5 volumes)
Author/ Illustrator
Voltaire; Laguillermie (eaux-fortes)
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1878
Height
18 cm
Edition
Commemorative edition, Illustrated Edition, Limited edition
Width
12 cm
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Librairie des Bibliophiles; Édition Jouaust
Binding/ Material
Half leather
Number of pages
750
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