Candide (2011) - Limited Edition - Folio Society edition

Candide (2011) - Limited Edition

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Candide (2011) - Limited Edition - Folio Society edition
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Candide (2011) - Limited Edition
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Candide (2011) - Limited Edition

Voltaire
Edition year 2011
Binding Leather
Illustrator Quentin Blake
Translator Tobias Smollett
Limited edition Yes
Signed Yes
Weight 2 Kg
Pages 205
Dimensions 27.4 × 23.2 cm

Edition details

Candide or Optimism by Voltaire. Translated by Tobias Smollett. Introduced by Julian Barnes. Signed and illustrated by Quentin Blake who contributed 17 colour and 28 black & white illustrations. Printed on Modigliani paper. Gilded page tops. Bound in maroon Nigerian goatskin blocked with a gilt cover and spine title design. Dark green endpapers. Grey slipcase emblazoned with gilt title across all sides. 205pp. 27.4x23.2cm. 1000 copies. (£195) (Sold out in 3 weeks)

About the book

Voltaire's Candide follows a naïve young man who has been taught that everything happens for the best in the best of all possible worlds. A succession of wars, disasters, betrayals and absurd adventures steadily destroys this optimistic philosophy. Fast-paced and sharply satirical, the book attacks religious hypocrisy, political cruelty and philosophical complacency while asking how people can live sensibly in an imperfect world.

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  • Candide
    VGC Printing year: 2011

    In very good overall condition. No.224, book is like new, slightly faded case.

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