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Auction archive: Lot number 91

Voltaire] Lot of 2 works

Estimate
€300 - €400
ca. US$355 - US$474
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 91

Voltaire] Lot of 2 works

Estimate
€300 - €400
ca. US$355 - US$474
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

MARCHAND, Jean Henri. Testamento Politico del signore Francesco Maria Arouet di Voltaire. s.l., 1779 8vo, 170x100 mm; contemporary vellum binidng, titles on label at the spine; engraved frontispiece, fine specimen Unito con/Bound with [AROUET, Francois-Marie] VOLTAIRE. Oeuvres Completes de Voltaire: Epitre, Stances, Ode, Variantes, s.d. 8vo, 200x125 mm; full calf binding, gilt titles and ornaments on the spine, marbled edges; pp. 424. Some sign of foxing, good copy. (2 volumes)
Lot of 2 beautiful works on Voltaire's thought and collection of his works. Marchand's work, translated by Francesc Gustà, known for his apologetic writings, is a very rare first Italian edition published the year after Voltaire's death. The work, enriched by the notes of Gusta, is related to the political ideas of the innocent philosopher whose fame and thought were spreading in those years in Italy. Lotto di 2 belle opere sul pensiero di Voltaire e sulla raccolta delle sue opere. L’opera del Marchand, tradotta dal francese da Francesc Gustà, noto per i suoi scritti apologetici, è una rarissima prima edizione italiana, pubblicata l’anno successivo alla morte di Voltaire. L’opera, arricchita dalle note del Gustà, è relativo alle idee politiche dell’insigne filosofo, la cui fama e il cui pensiero si stavano diffondendo proprio in quegli anni in Italia.

Auction archive: Lot number 91
Auction:
Datum:
19 Oct 2017
Auction house:
BADO E MART AUCTIONS
Via Dei Soncin, 25
35122 PADOVA
Italy
info@badoemart.it
+39 049 875 5317
+39 049 875 5317
Beschreibung:

MARCHAND, Jean Henri. Testamento Politico del signore Francesco Maria Arouet di Voltaire. s.l., 1779 8vo, 170x100 mm; contemporary vellum binidng, titles on label at the spine; engraved frontispiece, fine specimen Unito con/Bound with [AROUET, Francois-Marie] VOLTAIRE. Oeuvres Completes de Voltaire: Epitre, Stances, Ode, Variantes, s.d. 8vo, 200x125 mm; full calf binding, gilt titles and ornaments on the spine, marbled edges; pp. 424. Some sign of foxing, good copy. (2 volumes)
Lot of 2 beautiful works on Voltaire's thought and collection of his works. Marchand's work, translated by Francesc Gustà, known for his apologetic writings, is a very rare first Italian edition published the year after Voltaire's death. The work, enriched by the notes of Gusta, is related to the political ideas of the innocent philosopher whose fame and thought were spreading in those years in Italy. Lotto di 2 belle opere sul pensiero di Voltaire e sulla raccolta delle sue opere. L’opera del Marchand, tradotta dal francese da Francesc Gustà, noto per i suoi scritti apologetici, è una rarissima prima edizione italiana, pubblicata l’anno successivo alla morte di Voltaire. L’opera, arricchita dalle note del Gustà, è relativo alle idee politiche dell’insigne filosofo, la cui fama e il cui pensiero si stavano diffondendo proprio in quegli anni in Italia.

Auction archive: Lot number 91
Auction:
Datum:
19 Oct 2017
Auction house:
BADO E MART AUCTIONS
Via Dei Soncin, 25
35122 PADOVA
Italy
info@badoemart.it
+39 049 875 5317
+39 049 875 5317
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