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This is an as-new condition copy of "CANDIDE" by Voltaire. 1979; The Franklin Library; Pennsylvania. Handsome copy bound in full leather with decorative gilt covers and spine, gilt page edges on all sides of the text block, decorative end papers, and three raised bands on the spine. With numerous full-page illustrations by Antoni Clave. Translation by Tobias Smollet.
Condition:
The book is in Fine condition and appears unread - clean both inside and out with no issues found.
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
- CraigsClassics
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7129
- Title
- Candide
- Author
- Voltaire
- Illustrator
- Antoni Clave
- Format/Binding
- Decorative
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 1979
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- voltaire, candide, zadig, optimism, philosophy, micromegas, letters on english, age louis xiv, l'ingenu, henriade, treatise tolerance, oedipus, history charles xii, princess babylon, maid orleans, zaire, mahomet, alzire, white bull, nanine, ignorant philo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature / Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
CraigsClassics
Biblio member since 2018
Hudson, New Hampshire
About CraigsClassics
My store offers a curated selection of antiquarian books in a variety of topics with an emphasis on classic literature and children's classics. I take pride in providing great customer service with prompt replies to offers and inquiries, careful packaging and next-day shipping. Based in scenic southern New Hampshire.
Glossary
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
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