Candide
by Voltaire
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+, unmarked contents, slight edgewar, tigh binding, bright gilt.
- Seller
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Nevada City, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Modern Library, June 1930. Stated 1st Edition... Flex hardcover in brown cloth boards w gilt stamp & gilt spine titling; no jacket.. Good+, unmarked contents, slight edgewar, tigh binding, bright gilt.. Satirical novell first published in 1759 by philisopher author. Nice bright tight 1st edition copy from new plates, with both Parts I & II. It is rare for Modern Library to state their first editions, and this one is very scarce.
4-1/2 x 6-3/4, 236 pp + books list, decorative endpapers.
4-1/2 x 6-3/4, 236 pp + books list, decorative endpapers.
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
- edburynbooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30082
- Title
- Candide
- Author
- Voltaire
- Format/Binding
- Flex hardcover in brown cloth boards w gilt stamp & gilt spine titling; no jacket.
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+, unmarked contents, slight edgewar, tigh binding, bright gilt.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Stated 1st Edition..
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Modern Library
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- June 1930
- Keywords
- Fiction, Poetry, Literature, Criticism
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About the Seller
edburynbooks
Biblio member since 2007
Nevada City, California
About edburynbooks
I sell from my home, where I have about 25,000 books shelved or stored. I am also an author, poet, photographer, taroist, publisher, collector. Selling books online for almost 15 years, including my own titles and rare books from my collection.
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