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NEWHardcover, 194 x 140 mm, in orange cloth with black and gilt lettering, and blind vignette to front, lettering to spine; ornamental border to front; collated 8vo: π8 [a]6 1-98 106 χ1, i.e. 93 leaves, pp.: [i-vii] viii-xxvi, [2] [1] 2-153 [4] [1], QC slip laid in. Title-page (olive and black): ЮВЕНАЛ | САТИРЫ | ПЕРЕВОД | Д. С. НЕДОВИЧА И Ф. А. ПЕТРОВСКОГО | ВСТУПИТЕЛЬНАЯ СТАТЬЯ | А. И. БЕЛЕЦКОГО | {vignette} | ACADEMIA | 1937 || Opposite t.p. (olive and black): ЮВЕНАЛ | {palmette} | — | {vignette} | ACADEMIA | МОСКВА ЛЕНИНГРАД || T.p. verso (imprint): D. IUNII IUVENALIS | SATURAE | Переплет, | титульные страницы и заставки | М. В. Ушакова-Поскочина || Print run: 5,300 copies. Printer: Печатный двор (Л) Catalogue raisonné: Крылов-Кичатова (2004): № 943, p. 296. Contributors: Juvenal [Decimus Junius Juvenalis; Ювенал] (Roman, c. 55 – 128) Недович, Дмитрий Саввич (Russian, 1889 – 1947) – translator (killed by Soviet State). Петровский, Фёдор Александрович (Russian, 1890 –1978) – translator Белецкий, Александр Иванович (Ukrainian, 1884 – 1961) – preface Ушаков-Поскочин, Максим Владимирович (Russian, 1893 – 1943) – artist (killed by Soviet State). -
NEWHardcover, 195 x 145 mm, in black cloth with green embossed vignette to front, gilt lettering to spine, upper margins red, dust jacket with lettering in a pictorial frame, collated 8vo: 1-408 414 (i.e. 324 leaves), pp.: [1-6] 7-643 [5] plus 9 b/w photographic plates, extraneous to collation. DJ heavily restored. Title-page (green and black): ТЕРЕНЦИЙ | КОМЕДИИ | ПЕРЕВОД | А. В. АРТЮШКОВА | РЕДАКЦИЯ И КОММЕНТАРИЙ | М. М. ПОКРОВСКОГО | ВСТУПИТЕЛЬНАЯ СТАТЬЯ | П. ПРЕОБРАЖЕНСКОГО | {vignette} | ACADEMIA | 1934 || Contra-title (green and black): АНТИЧНАЯ ЛИТЕРАТУРА | ПОД ОБЩЕЙ РЕДАКЦИЕЙ | Д. А. ГОРБОВА, В. О. НИЛЕНДЕРА | и П. Ф. ПРЕОБРАЖЕНСКОГО | ТЕРЕНЦИЙ | (ум. в 159 г. до н. э.) | {vignette} | ACADEMIA | МОСКВА ЛЕНИНГРАД || Imprint: PUBLIUS TERENTIUS APER | COMOEDIAE | Титула, переплет, суперобложка | и заставки Д. И. Митрохина || Print run: 5300 copies. Printer: Ленинградская правда (Л) Catalogue raisonné: Крылов-Кичатова (2004): №682, p. 255. Contributors: Terence [Публий Теренций Афр] (Roman, 195/85 – 159? BC) – author Артюшков, Алексей Владимирович (Russian, 1874 – 1942) – translator Покровский, Михаил Михайлович (Russian, 1868/9 – 1942) – editor Преображенский, Пётр Фёдорович (Russian, 1894 – 1941) – preface (killed by the Soviet State) Митрохин, Дмитрий Исидорович [Mitrohin, Dmitry] (Russian, 1883 – 1973) – artist. -
NEWHardcover, 176 x 130 mm, in orange cloth with embossed black and brown designs to front, lettering over labels to spine, pictorial endpapers; collated 8vo: 1-278 281, i.e. 217 leaves, pp.: [1-7] 8-432 [2] plus two-colour frontispiece with tissue guard; bookplate with SPb Admiralty boat to front ffl verso “ИЗ КНИГ [blank] 000282”; headpieces, 12 full-page illustrations within collation; pictorial dust jacket. Title-page (red and black): ЛЮЦИЙ АННЕЙ | СЕНЕКА | {vignette} | ТРАГЕДИИ | В ПЕРЕВОДЕ | СЕРГЕЯ СОЛОВЬЕВА | ВСТУПИТЕЛЬНАЯ | СТАТЬЯ | Н. Ф. ДЕРАТАНИ | ACADEMIA | 1933 || Opposite t.p.: СОКРОВИЩА МИРОВОЙ | ЛИТЕРАТУРЫ | СЕНЕКА | ТРАГЕДИИ | ACADEMIA МОСКВА – ЛЕНИНГРАД || T.p. verso (imprint): LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA | TRAGOEDIAE | Иллюстрации и заставки, титульные | листы, переплет и супер-обложка | работы П. Алякринского || Print run: 5,250 copies. Printer: Печатный двор (Л) Catalogue raisonné: Крылов-Кичатова (2004): № 579, p. 238. Contributors: Сенека [Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger] (Roman, 4 BC – 65 AD) – author Соловьёв, Сергей Михайлович (Russian, 1885 – 1942) – translator Дератани, Николай Фёдорович (Russian, 1884 – 1958) – preface Алякринский, Пётр Александрович (Russian, 1892 – 1961) – artist -
![Римская сатира. Сборник: Гораций, Персий, Сенека, Петроний, Ювенал, Сульпиция, Аноним / Пер. с лат. Сост. и коммент. Ф. А. Петровского. Офрмл. худ. Евг. Когана. — М.: Гос. изд-во худ. лит., 1957. — pp.: [1-7] 8-315 [5].](https://varshavskycollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/LIB-2494.2020-a-1-500x500.jpeg)
NEWHardcover, 263 x 180 mm, crimson buckram with black lettering and gilt garland to front, gilt lettering on black labels and gilt fleurons to spine, collated 8vo: 1-208, i.e. 160 leaves, pp.: [1-7] 8-315 [5]; light brown pictorial dust jacket. Half-title: ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОЕ | ИЗДАТЕЛЬСТВО | ХУДОЖЕСТВЕННОЙ | ЛИТЕРАТУРЫ || Title-page (crimson and black): {ornamental rule} | РИМСКАЯ | САТИРА | {vignette} | ПЕРЕВОДЫ С ЛАТИНСКОГО | • | ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОЕ | ИЗДАТЕЛЬСТВО | ХУДОЖЕСТВЕННОЙ ЛИТЕРАТУРЫ | МОСКВА 1957 || Opposite t.p.: {ornamental rule} | ГОРАЦИЙ | ПЕРСИЙ | СЕНЕКА | ПЕТРОНИЙ | ЮВЕНАЛ | СУЛЬПИЦИЯ | АНОНИМ | {vignette} || T.p. verso (imprint): СОСТАВЛЕНИЕ И КОММЕНТАРИИ | Ф. А. ПЕТРОВСКОГО | * | ОФОРМЛЕНИЕ ХУДОЖНИКА | ЕВГ. КОГАНА || Print run: 25,000 copies. Authors: Ювенал [Juvenal, Decimus Junius Juvenalis] (Roman, c. 55 – 128) Гораций [Horace, Quintus Horatius Flaccus] (Roman, 65 – 8 BC) Персий [Persius, Aulus Persius Flaccus] (Roman, 34 – 62) Сенека [Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger] (Roman, 4 BC – 65 AD) Петроний [Petronius, Gaius Petronius Arbiter] (Roman, 27 – 66) Сульпиция [Sulpicia] (Roman, fl. 81 – 96) Translators: Дмитриев, Михаил Александрович (Russian, 1796 – 1866) Ярхо, Борис Исаакович (Russian-Jewish, 1889 – 1942) Недович, Дмитрий Саввич (Russian, 1889 – 1947) Петровский, Фёдор Александрович (Russian, 1890 –1978) Artist: Коган, Евгений Исаакович (Russian-Jewish, 1906 – 1983) -
NEWHardcover, black cloth, 175 x 135 mm, red lettering to spine, red Phrygian cap and white weapons and tools to front cover, collated 8vo: 1-508 516, i.e. 406 leaves, pp. [1-7] 8-808 [4] incl. errata and illustrations, plus photo frontispiece; cream dust jacket with a vignette, red and black lettering to front and spine, black lettering to flaps. Title-page (red and black): ПЕСНИ | ПЕРВОЙ | ФРАНЦУЗСКОЙ | РЕВОЛЮЦИИ | {vignette} | ПОДБОР ТЕКСТОВ, | ВСТУПИТЕЛЬНАЯ СТАТЬЯ И КОММЕНТАРИИ | А•ОЛЬШЕВСКОГО | • РЕДАКЦИЯ | М•ЗЕНКЕВИЧА И АБРАМА ЭФРОСА | ВВЕДЕНИЕ | Ц. ФРИДЛЯНДА | ACADEMIA | 1934 || Contra-title (red and black): ФРАНЦУЗСКАЯ | ЛИТЕРАТУРА | ПОД ОБЩЕЙ РЕДАКЦИЕЙ | А•М•ЭФРОСА | ПЕСНИ | ПЕРВОЙ ФРАНЦУЗСКОЙ | РЕВОЛЮЦИИ | {vignette} | / 1789-1799 / | МОСКВА – ЛЕНИНГРАД | ACADEMIA | 1934 || Imprint: Суперобложка, переплет, | титул, шмуц-титула, | заставки и концовки | М. В. Маторина || Print run 5300 copies. Printer: Красный пролетарий (Moscow) Catalogue raisonné: Крылов-Кичатова (2004): №661, p. 251-2. Contributors: Ольшевский [Овсянников], Александр Александрович [Russian, 1878 – 1951) – compiler Зенкевич, Михаил Александрович (Russian, 1886 – 1973) – editor Эфрос, Абрам Маркович (Russian-Jewish, 1888 – 1954) – editor Фридланд [Фридлянд], Цви (Russian-Israeli, 1898 – 1967) – preface Маторин, Михаил Владимирович (Russian, 1901 – 1976) – artist -
NEWHardcover, 153 x 110 mm, in blue cloth with embossed brown vignette to front, lettering and design elements to spine, no dust jacket, collated 8vo: 1-68 (i.e. 48 leaves), pp.: [1-8] 9-91 [5], plus 10 tonal lithography plates extraneous to collation. Title-page (red and black): ПАЙЕН ИЗ МЕЗЬЕРА | Мул без узды | Москва ~ Ленинград || Contra-title (red and black): PAIENS DE MAISIERES | La mule sanz | frain | Academia ~ 1934 || Serial title: ЛИТЕРАТУРА СРЕДНЕВЕКОВЬЯ | Под общей редакцией | Р. О. Шор и Б. И. Ярхо || Half-title: ПАЙЕН ИЗ МЕЗЬЕРА. МУЛ БЕЗ УЗДЫ | (ДЕВУШКА НА МУЛЕ) | Перевод со старофранцузского | Е. Васильевой | Редакция, статья и комментарии | А. А. Смирнова || Imprint: Иллюстрации (автолитографии) и | орнаментации книги Е. Д. Белухи Print run: 5300 copies. Printer: Печатный Двор / Полиграфкнига (Л) Catalogue raisonné: Крылов-Кичатова (2004): №658, p. 251. Contributors: Пайен из Мезьера [Paien de Maisieres] (French, Late 12th – early 13th century) – author Шор, Розалия Осиповна (Soviet-Jewish, 1894 – 1939) – editor Ярхо, Борис Исаакович (Soviet-Jewish, 1889 – 1942) – editor Васильева [Дмитриева], Елизавета Ивановна [Черубина де Габриак] (Russian, 1887 – 1928) – translator Смирнов, Александр Александрович (Russian, 1883 – 1962) – preface, commentary Белуха, Евгений Дмитриевич (Russian, 1889 – 1943) – artist -
NEWHardcover, 150 x 112 mm, quarter cloth over pictorial cardboard, gilt lettering to spine, collated 8vo: 1-88 96, i.e. 70 leaves, pp. [1-6] 7-137 [3], cover, t.p. vignette, head- and tailpieces woodcuts by Aleksei Kravchenko; QC slip laid in. Half-title: ЛИТЕРАТУРА | СРЕДНЕВЕКОВЬЯ | Под общей | редакцией | Р. Шор | Academia || Title-page (red and black): ОКАСЕН | И | НИКОЛЕТ | Старофранцузская | песня-сказка | Перевод М. Ливеровской | Под редакцией А. А. Смирнова | Вводная статья и примечания | А. А. Смирнова | {vignette} | Academia | 1935 || Imprint: Гравюры А. И. Кравченко Print run: 5,300 copies Printer: Красный пролетарий (М) Catalogue raisonné: Крылов-Кичатова (2004): № 752, p. 266. Contributors: Шор, Розалия Осиповна (Soviet-Jewish, 1894 – 1939) – editor Ливеровская, Мария Исидоровна (Russian, 1879 – 1923) – translator Кравченко, Алексей Ильич [Kravchenko, Aleksei] (Russian, 1889 – 1940) – artist -
NEWHardcover, stapled, grey cloth, 175 x 135 mm, brown lettering to spine, brown geometrical elements to front cover, collated 8vo: 1-348 356, i.e. 278 leaves, pp. [1-7] 8-555 [1], plus photo frontispiece; terracotta dust jacket with black lettering to front and spine, meander borders, black lettering to flaps, barbarically restored. Title-page (red and black): ЛИСИЙ | РЕЧИ | Перевод, статьи и комментарии С. И. Соболевского | ACADEMIA | 1933 || Contra-title (red and black): АНТИЧНАЯ ЛИТЕРАТУРА | Под общей редакцией А. Малецкого | ЛИСИЙ | (ок. 459—380) | ACADEMIA | Москва – Ленинград || Imprint: Lysiae orationes | Заставки, | переплет и супер-обложка | В. А. Милашевского || Print run 5300 copies. Printer: Красный пролетарий (Moscow) Catalogue raisonné: Крылов-Кичатова (2004): №557, p. 235. Contributors: Лисий [Λυσίας; Lysias] (Greek, c. 445 – 380 BC) – author Соболевский, Сергей Иванович (Russian, 1864 – 1963) – translator Милашевский, Владимир Алексеевич (Russian, 1893 – 1976) – artist -
NEWHardcover, 177 x 125 mm, in dark fuchsia cloth with gilt ornamental border to front, gilt lettering and design elements to spine, all margins yellow, red dust jacket with white lettering in a pictorial border, black lettering to flaps; collated 8vo: 1-108 112 (i.e. 82 leaves), pp.: [1-6] 7-162 [2]. Inscription (ms, black ink) of the previous owner to t.p. Сур. Гайсарян, 13.V.29 г. М. Printed with large upper margins. Title-page (red and black): {headpiece} | — | КАТУЛЛ | КНИГА | ЛИРИКИ | ✦ | ПЕРЕВОД | ВСТУПИТЕЛЬНАЯ | СТАТЬЯ | И ПРИМЕЧАНИЯ | А. И. ПИОТРОВСКОГО | {vignette} | ACADEMIA | — | M•C•M•XXIX || Contra-title (red and black): {headpiece} | — | СОКРОВИЩА | МИРОВОЙ | ЛИТЕРАТУРЫ | ✦ | КАТУЛЛ | {vignette} | ACADEMIA | — | M•C•M•XXIX || Imprint: Обложка и титул работы В. П. Белкина. Print run: 2100 copies. Printer: Ленинградская правда (Л) Catalogue raisonné: Крылов-Кичатова (2004): №362, p. 204-5. Contributors: Catullus, Gaius Valerius [Катулл, Гай Валерий] (Roman, c. 84 – c. 54 BC) – author Пиотровский, Адриан Иванович [Piotrovsky, Adrian] (Russian, 1989 – 1937) – translator (killed by the Soviet State on November 21, 1937). Белкин, Вениамин Павлович (Russian, 1884 – 1951) – artist -
NEWHardcover, 197 x 135 mm, light-blue cloth with blind design elements, brown lettering to spine; collated 8vo: i-ii8 1-198 206, i.e. 174 leaves; pp.: [i-vi] vii-xxxi [xxxii], [2] 3-314 [2], plus three-colour woodcut frontispiece before [1], errata slip tipped in at the back; QC slip and reader’s feedback slips laid in. Cream dust jacket with red lettering and a brown vignette woodcut to front, woodcut head- and endpieces. Title-page (red and black): ГРЕЧЕСКИЕ | ЭПИГРАММЫ | Перевод, | статья и примечания | Л. В. Блуменау | Редакция и дополнения | Ф. А. Петровского | ACADEMIA | 1935 || Opposite t.p. (red and black): АНТИЧНАЯ ЛИТЕРАТУРА | ГРЕЧЕСКИЕ ЭПИГРАММЫ | (VII век до н. э. — IX век н. э.) | ACADEMIA | Москва – Ленинград || T.p. verso (imprint): Фронтиспис, заставки, концовки, | переплет и супер-обложка | Г. А. Ечеистова || Print run: 5300 copies. Printer: Красный пролетарий (М). Catalogue raisonné: Крылов-Кичатова (2004): № 718, p. 260-1. Contributors: Петровский, Фёдор Александрович (Russian, 1890 –1978) – editor Блюменау, Леонид Васильевич (Russian, 1862 – 1931) – translator Ечеистов, Георгий Александрович (Russian, 1897 – 1946) – artist -
NEWHardcover, stapled, dark olive cloth, 200 x 140 mm, black lettering to spine, portrait of the author pasted to front cover, collated 8vo: 1-348 352, i.e. 274 leaves, pp. [1-7] 8-547 [1], plus errata leaf before back ffl and 12 plates incl. frontispiece, extraneous to collation; Black dust jacket with olive lettering and vignette to front and olive lettering to spine, black lettering to flaps, barbarically restored. Title-page (green and black): ВОЛЬТЕР | ОРЛЕАНСКАЯ | ДЕВСТВЕННИЦА | ПОЭМА | В ДВАДЦАТИ ОДНОЙ ПЕСНЕ | Перевод под редакцией | М. Лозинского | Вступительная статья | С. Мокульского | Комментарии | Л. Н. Галицкого | и Д. Е. Михальчи | ACADEMIA | 1935 || Contra-title (green and black): ФРАНЦУЗСКАЯ ЛИТЕРАТУРА | Под общей редакцией А. М. Эфроса | ВОЛЬТЕР | (1694—1778) | ACADEMIA | Москва – Ленинград || Imprint: VOLTAIRE | LA PUCELLE D’ORLEANS | Иллюстрации, заставки, | концовки, переплет и супер- | обложка М. К. Соколова || Print run 5300 copies. Catalogue raisonné: Крылов-Кичатова (2004): №707, p. 259. Contributors: Arouet, François-Marie [Voltaire] (French, 1694 – 1778)– author. Михаил Леонидович Лозинский [Mikhail Lozinsky] (Russian, 1886 – 1955) – translator. Стефан Стефанович Мокульский (Russian, 1896 – 1960) – preface Лев Николаевич Галицкий – commentary Дмитрий Евгеньевич Михальчи (Russian, 1900 – 1973) – commentary Михаил Ксенофонтович Соколов [Mikhail Sokolov] (Russian, 1885 – 1947) – artist Абрам Маркович Эфрос (Russian-Jewish, 1888 – 1954) – series editor -
NEWHardcover, 254 x 190 mm, brown cloth with black and gilt vignette to front, gilt lettering to front and spine, pictorial endpapers, yellow pictorial dust jacket, collated 8vo: 1-248, i.e. 192 leaves, pp.: [1-7] 8-379 [5]; woodcut h.-t., t.p., faux-title, 12 book titles, initials, tail-pieces, and dust jacket. Woodcut title-page: ВЕРГИЛИЙ | ЭНЕИДА | (white on black) ПЕРЕВОД | ВАЛЕРИЯ БРЮСОВА | И | СЕРГЕЯ СОЛОВЬЕВА | РЕДАКЦИЯ, | ВСТУПИТЕЛЬНАЯ СТАТЬЯ | И КОММЕНТАРИИ | Н. Ф. ДЕРАТАНИ || Woodcut half-title: ПАМЯТНИКИ МИРОВОЙ | ЛИТЕРАТУРЫ | ВЕРГИЛИЙ | ЭНЕИДА | Academia | МОСКВА – ЛЕНИНГРАД | 1933 || Imprint (t.p. verso): P. VERGILII MARONIS | ÆNEIS | Супер-обложка и орнаментация книги (гравюры на дереве), | переплет и форзац работы Л. С. Хижинского || Print run: 5300 copies Catalogue raisonné: Крылов-Кичатова (2004): № 529, p. 230. Contributors: Virgil [Publius Vergilius Maro; Вергилий] (Roman, 70 BC – 19 BC) Брюсов, Валерий Яковлевич [Bryusov, Valery] (Russian, 1873 – 1924) Соловьёв, Сергей Михайлович (Russian, 1885 – 1942) Дератани, Николай Фёдорович (Russian, 1884 – 1958) Хижинский, Леонид Семёнович [Khizhinsky, Leonid] (Soviet, 1896 – 1972) -
NEWHardcover, 252 x 190 mm, green cloth with gilt vignettes to front and back, and gilt lettering to spine, pictorial endpapers, collated 8vo: 1-108 114, i.e. 84 leaves, pp.: [1-7] 8-166 [2], incl. two engraved faux-titles. Title-page (green and black): ВЕРГИЛИЙ | СЕЛЬСКИЕ | ПОЭМЫ | БУКОЛИКИ | ГЕОРГИКИ | ❧ | ПЕРЕВОД | ВСТУПИТЕЛЬНАЯ СТАТЬЯ | И КОММЕНТАРИИ | С. ШЕРВИНСКОГО | {VIGNETTE} | ACADEMIA | МОСКВА ~ ЛЕНИНГРАД | MCMXXXIII || Contra-title (green and black): Сокровища мировой литературы | ВЕРГИЛИЙ | БУКОЛИКИ | и | ГЕОРГИКИ | {VIGNETTE} | ACADEMIA | МОСКВА ~ ЛЕНИНГРАД | MCMXXXIII || T.p. verso: PUBLII VERGILI MARONIS | BUCOLICA ET GEORGICA | Титульные листы, супер-обложка, переплет | и форзац по рисункам П. А. Шиллинговского || Print run: 5,300 copies. Catalogue raisonné: Крылов-Кичатова (2004): № 528, p. 230. Contributors: Virgil [Publius Vergilius Maro; Вергилий] (Roman, 70 BC – 19 BC) Шервинский, Сергей Васильевич (Russian, 1892 – 1991) Шиллинговский, Павел Александрович (Russian, 1881 – 1942) -
Royal 4to, 29.8 x 23.5 cm, contemporary half brown morocco, marbled boards gilt ruled, spine with gilt-ruled raised bands, gilt title lettering; "William Gore" armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Title page: THE | CHASE. | A | POEM. | BY | WILLIAM SOMERVILLE, | ESQ. | [VIGNETTE] | LONDON : | PRINTED BY W. BULMER AND CO. | Shakespeare Printing Office, | CLEVELAND-ROW. | 1796. Collation: without signatures. — Pagination: [i-v] vi-xv [xvi], [i] ii-vii [viii], [1-5] 6-126; illustrations: engraved title, 4 running titles, 4 headpieces, 4 tailpieces – 13 altogether, all drafted by John Bewick, 12 executed by Thomas Bewick and the last one by Charlton Nesbit. Catalogue Raisonné: Thomas Hugo. The Bewick Collector, vol. 1 (1866): p. 38, № 94: "The first edition... was printed in royal 4to". John Bewick made all the drawing on the blocks but was not able to execute the engravings himself "because of ill-health. They were engraved by Thomas Bewick, with the exception of the tail-piece at the end of the volume, which was engraved by Nesbit". Thomas Bewick (c. 11 August 1753 – 8 November 1828); John Bewick (1760 – 1795), the younger brother of Thomas, died at the age of 35. Christie's, who sold a similar copy on 29 Oct 2012, provides for the size 2°. -
Three volumes, 8vo, 20.5 x 13.5 cm each, uniformly bound in crimson morocco, ruled in triple-fillet gilt, flat spine, triple-fillet gilt-ruled compartments with gilt elements in compartments, two black labels lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, multiple woodcut tailpieces. Armorial bookplate of Henricus Liber Baro de Gudenus to front pastedowns in all volumes: “HENRICVS LIBER BARO | DE GVDENVS | 1891 | Jauner”. Title-page: ROMANS | ET | CONTES | DE | M. DE VOLTAIRE | {chain rule} | TOME PREMIER (SECOND; TROISIEME). | {chain rule} | {publisher’s device with motto: “nuper sub modio nunc super”} | A BOUILLON, | AUX DEPENS DE LA SOCIETE TYPOGRAPHIQUE. | {floral rule} | M. DCC. LXXVIII. || Vol. 1: Collation: π2 (h.t., t.p.) a1 (table), A-T8, (Aiv unsigned), total 155 leaves plus 16 leaves of plates, incl. frontispiece, and two blanks – first and last, extraneous to collation. Frontispiece by Cathelin after de La Tour, unsigned t.p. vignette (device), 5 unsigned headpieces, and 15 plates after Monnet by Chatelin, Dambrun (5) Deny (6), Thiébault (2), and Vidal. Pagination: [i-v] vi [1-3] 4-304, total 310 pages, ils. Vol. 2: Collation: π2 (h.t., t.p.) a2 (table), A-V8, total 164 leaves plus 20 leaves of plates, incl. frontispiece, extraneous to collation, no blanks. Frontispiece by Dambrun after Monnet, unsigned t.p. vignette (device), 3 headpieces by Deny after Monnet, 2 unsigned headpieces, 19 plates: after Martiny by Deny; after Monnet by Baquoy, Dambrun (3), Deny (9), and Vidal (4); and after Moreau by Deny. Pagination: [i-v] vi-viii [1-3] 4-320, total 328 pages, ils. Vol.3: π2 (h.t., t.p.) a1 (table), A-O8 P6 a-f8 g1 h2 ('avis au relieur'), total 172 leaves plus 21 leaves of plates, incl. frontispiece, extraneous to collation, no blanks. Frontispiece by Dambrun after Monnet, unsigned t.p. vignette (device), indistinctly signed headpiece to “Jenni” after Monnet (probably Thiébault), 2 unsigned headpieces, 20 plates: after Marillier by Deny (4), Lorieux (2), Patas, and Vidal. Pagination: [i-v] vi [1-3] 4-236, [1-2] 3-102, total 328 pages, ils. Provenance: Heinrich von Gudenus [Heinrich Johann Baptist Ghislain von Gudenus] (Austrian, 1839 – 1915); ref.: Bibliotheca Ecclesiae Metropolitanae Strigoniensis. Catalogue raisonné: Ray (French): № 35, pp. 71-2; Cohen - de Ricci: 1038-9; Lewine: 562-3. Contributors: François Marie Arouet de Voltaire (French, 1694 – 1778) – author. Artists: Clément Pierre Marillier (French, 1740 – 1808) Maurice Quentin de La Tour (French, 1704 – 1788) Charles Monnet [Monet] (French, 1732 – 1819) Pietro Antonio Martini (Italian, 1738 – 1797) Jean-Michel Moreau [Moreau le Jeune] (French, 1741 – 1814) Engravers: Jean Charles Baquoy (French, 1721–1777) Louis-Jacques Cathelin (French, 1738 – 1804) John Baptist Chatelain (British, 1710 – 1758) Jean Dambrun (French, 1741 – 1808/14) Jeanne Deny (French, 1749 – c. 1815) Martial Deny (French, b. 1745) F. B. Lorieux (French, fl. 1786 – 1810) Charles Emmanuel Patas (French, 1744 – 1802) Elisabeth Thiébault (French, 18th century) Gérard Vidal (French, 1742 – 1801) -
Title (in red and black): CANDIDE | OU L'OPTIMISME | PAR | VOLTAIRE | ILLUSTRATIONS | DE | BRUNELLESCHI | {vignette} | GIBERT JEUNE | LIBRAIRIE D'AMATEURS | 61, BOULEVARD SAINT-MICHEL, 61 | PARIS || Pagination : [6] 1-163 [164][2], with 23 black tailpieces, plus 16 colour plates extraneous to collation, incl. frontispiece, printed by A. Dantan and stencil-coloured (au pochoir) by E. Charpentier after gouache and watercolour drawings by Umberto Brunelleschi; total 102 leaves. Limited edition of 2500 copies, this is № 39. Printed at Imprimerie Coulouma, Argenteuil (H. Barthélemy, director) on July 15, 1933. Binding: 26.5 x 20.5 cm, publisher’s pictorial wrappers, vignettes and lettering to front wrapper and spine, publisher’s device to back wrapper. Description of the stensil (au pochoir) technique. -
Title (chain border): CANDIDE | VOLTAIRE | ILLUSTRATIONS BY | MAHLON BLAINE | {vignette} | NEW YORK | WILLIAMS, BELASCO | AND MEYERS || Title verso: (top) COPYRIGHT, 1930, BY WILLIAMS, BELASCO & MEYERS || (bottom) PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | BY J. J. LITTLE & IVES COMPANY, NEW YORK || Pagination:[1-6] 7-144, headpiece, frontispiece and 5 plates after Blaine’s pen drawings, within the pagination. Binding: 25 x 16.5 cm; blue cloth, blind-stamped frame, stamped-gilt lettering to front board and spine, thick wove paper, upper edge blue, fore-edge untrimmed, yellow vergé endpapers. Arouet, François-Marie [Voltaire] (French, 1694 – 1778)– author. Woolf, Herman Irwell [Chambers, Dorset] (British, 1890 – 1958) – translator. Blaine, Mahlon [Hudson, G. Christopher] (American, 1894 – 1969) – illustrator. Williams, Belasco and Meyers (NY) – publisher. J. J. Little & Ives Company (NY) – printer. See the Cameo Classic reprint [LIB-2777.2021]. -
Title (chain border): CANDIDE | VOLTAIRE | ILLUSTRATIONS BY | MAHLON BLAINE | {vignette} | NEW YORK | Illustrated Editions Company | 220 FOURTH AVENUE || Title verso: (top) COPYRIGHT, 1930, BY WILLIAMS, BELASCO & MEYERS || (bottom) PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | BY J. J. LITTLE & IVES COMPANY, NEW YORK || Pagination:[1-10] 11-144, headpiece, frontispiece and 5 plates after Blaine’s pen drawings, within the pagination; tailpieces by A. Zaidenberg. Binding: 21 x 14 cm; quarter beige buckram over blue cloth, stamped-gilt and red lettering and vignette to front board and spine. Binding in a way similar to Sterne's A sentimental journey published by Three Sirens Press in c. 1930 [LIB-2784.2021]. Not only that: tailpieces in this Illustrated Editions Company edition are the same as in Cameo Classic edition, with the only difference – here the name of the artist is stated, whether in the Cameo Classic it is not; see [LIB-2777.2021]. Bear in mind that Cameo Classic does not belong to Williams, Belasco and Meyers, it is a Grosset and Dunlap series. Compare Williams, Belasco and Meyers Candide and Illustrated Editions Company Candide title pages:
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Arouet, François-Marie [Voltaire] (French, 1694 – 1778)– author. Woolf, Herman Irwell [Chambers, Dorset] (British, 1890 – 1958) – translator. Blaine, Mahlon [Hudson, G. Christopher] (American, 1894 – 1969) – illustrator. Zaidenberg, Arthur (American, 1902 – 1990) – illustrator. Williams, Belasco and Meyers (NY) – copyright holder. Illustrated Editions Company (1929-1942) – publisher. J. J. Little & Ives Company (NY) – printer. See the Cameo Classic reprint [LIB-2777.2021].
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