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VOLTAIRE (FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET DE) Candide, ou l'optimisme, [Paris, or perhaps Lyon], 1759 image 1
VOLTAIRE (FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET DE) Candide, ou l'optimisme, [Paris, or perhaps Lyon], 1759 image 2
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VOLTAIRE (FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET DE)
Candide, [Paris, or perhaps Lyon], 1759

29 March 2023, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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VOLTAIRE (FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET DE)

Candide, ou l'optimisme, 299, [1]pp. (A-M12, N6), woodcut fleuron on title with shell, woodcut ornaments throughout (some signed "N.C."), quires F and G printed in larger type, pages 17, 133 and 277 misnumbered 15, 233 and 177 respectively, contemporary calf, red edges, rebacked preserving most of the original gilt tooled spine and red morocco lettering label ("Can/dide") [Morize 59d. Wade 10; cf. PMM 204], 8vo, [Paris, or perhaps Lyon], 1759

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Scarce edition from the first year of publication, printed in Paris, or, as has been suggested by several bibliographers, Lyon.

Provenance: Francis Maxwell, early ownership inscription on title.

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