Candide
by Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet de
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0948415010
- ISBN 13
- 9780948415012
- Seller
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Chagrin Falls, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Inky Parrot Press, 1985. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good ; Very Good Slipcase. 1985 Inky Parrot Press, Oxford, UK. Limited Edition of 360 numbered copies, of which this is number 59. Signed by illustrator on limitation page. Illustrated by Wilton Priestner. Oversize hardcover has mustard paper-covered boards with black spine lettering and cover decorations. Illustrated endpapers. Black and white illustrations. 141 pages. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Spine slightly darkened. Imprinted bookplate on blank page opposite half-title page. Pages clean and unmarked. Illustrated, paper-covered slipcase has lightly bumped bottom corners and a faint smudge. Translated by Richard Aldington. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. This item will be shipped with signature confirmation required.
Synopsis
Candide, ou l'Optimisme (in French) is a French satire written in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled Candide: or, All for the Best (1759); Candide: or, The Optimist (1762); and Candide: or, Optimism (1947). It begins with a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism (or simply optimism) by his mentor, Pangloss.
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Details
- Bookseller
- SmarterRat Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11242
- Title
- Candide
- Author
- Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet de
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0948415010
- ISBN 13
- 9780948415012
- Publisher
- Inky Parrot Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- Literature,Art,Signed
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed; Literature; Art;
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