VOLTAIRE, (François-Marie Arouet de). (Oeuvres choisies). Edition

176.
VOLTAIRE, (François-Marie Arouet de). (Oeuvres choisies). Edition
stéréotype. 21 vols. 8vo. Later full red morocco, gilt lettering on spines,
gilt outer and inner fillets (spines somewhat faded). From the library of
James Arthur Taylor with his engr. bookplate).
Paris, Antoine-Augustin Renouard, 1808-16.
CHF 1800.Edition of Voltaire’s works, arranged in 21 vols. by Renouard. It consists of: Théâtre,
9 vols., 1809; Romans, 2 vols., 1809 and 1808; Poèmes et discours en vers, 1808;
Epîtres, stances et odes, 1808; Contes en vers, satires, et poésies mèlées, 1808; Siècle
de Louis XIV, 2 vols., 1808; Précis du siècle de Louis XV, 1808; Histoire de l’empire
de Russie sous Pierre le Grand, 1809; La Henriade, poème, avec les notes et variantes,
suivi de l’essai sur la poésie épique, 1816; La Pucelle d’Orléans, poème en vingt et
un chants, 1816; Histoire de Charles XII, roi de Suède, 1816. - Bengesco IV, 2184; cf.
Cohen/de Ricci 1047.
177.
VOYNICH, W(ilfrid) M(ichael). The First (to Ninth) List of Books
offered for Sale at the net Prices Affixed. 2 vols. With numerous plates.
739 pp., 36 pp. index; pp. 742-1115. 8vo. Half leather (rubbed).
London, Voynich, 1902.
CHF 1600.Nine catalogues of 3812 rare books offered for sale by the legendary bookdealer of
Polish extraction Wilfrid Michael Voynich, who, in 1912, discovered the famous Voynich
manuscript which has remained undeciphered until today. It was bequested to the
Beinecke Rare Books Library at Yale University by H. P. Kraus. - Various traces of use.
178.
WEBER, J(ohann) C(arl). Die Alpenpflanzen Deutschlands und der
Schweiz in 400 nach der Natur colorirten Abbildungen in natürlicher
Grösse. 4th ed. with systematically arranged text by C(ajetan) A(nton)
Kranz. 4 vols. With 400 handcolored lithographed plates. Small 8vo.
Orig. green cloth (vols. I-II with slightly different gilt-stamping).
Munich, Christian Kaiser, 1880.
CHF 850.The most comprehensive edition of Weber’s work on Alpine plants. With its charming
illustrations true to nature, it was one of the most popular botanical works in the 19th
century. The present edition offers, for the first time, not only German and Latin names,
but also French and English to render this compendium internationally useful. - Nissen,
BBI, 2119; cf. Imhof 177 and 330 (different eds.).
179.
WESTENRIEDER, Lorenz von. Baierisch-historischer Calender oder
Jahrbuch der merkwürdigsten baierischen Begebenheiten alt- und
neüer Zeiten für 1787. With engr. frontispiece, engr. title, and 11 (of
12) engr. plates, vignette at end, all by J. M. Mettenleitner. 285 pp., 7
leaves calendar. 12mo. Contemp. calf, spine gilt, gilt fillet around sides
(somewhat rubbed).
Munich, J. B. Strobl, (1786).
CHF 280.-
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