Candide or Optimism
by Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet de). Translated by Richard Aldington. Introduction by Paul Morand
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About This Item
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1977. Full leather. Fine. Sylvain Sauvage. Collector's Edition, 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. Gilt-stamped dark blue leather, all edges gilt, perriwinkle endpapers, bound-in ribbon marker, 8vo, 131 pp., color frontis., b/w illus. Top edges of endpapers just a bit sunned, tiny spot on title page.
Synopsis
Ever since 1759, when Voltaire wrote "Candide" in ridicule of the notion that this is the best of all possible worlds, this world has been a happier place for readers. Voltaire wrote it in three days, and many generations have found that its laughter does not grow old.
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- Title
- Candide or Optimism
- Author
- Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet de). Translated by Richard Aldington. Introduction by Paul Morand
- Illustrator
- Sylvain Sauvage
- Format/Binding
- Full leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, CT
- Date Published
- 1977
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