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Candide
by Voltaire
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued
- ISBN 10
- 0394499034
- ISBN 13
- 9780394499031
- Seller
-
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1975. Facsimile. Hardcover. 0394499034 . Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. NY: Random House, 1975. Facsimile of the 1928 signed and limited edition, its 50th anniversary. 12 x 8 in. Tan cloth, gilt letters and design on red background. Book in near fine condition (tiny spot on rear cover), slipcase very good plus, some light soil spots. ISBN 0394499034; 12 x 8 inches; Unpaginated pages .
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). The novella 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 tutor, Pangloss.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dale A. Sorenson (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6960
- Title
- Candide
- Author
- Voltaire
- Illustrator
- Rockwell Kent
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued
- Edition
- Facsimile
- ISBN 10
- 0394499034
- ISBN 13
- 9780394499031
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- 0394499034, Rockwell Kent, Illustrated Book
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Dale A. Sorenson
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Silver Spring, Maryland
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...