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How Voltaire might present Candide and the Age of Enlightenment
Worn, closed copy of Voltaire's Candide from 1759, showing its original blue-paper wrapper and exposed, fragile spine with visible stitching. Title page of Voltaire's Candide, ou l'Optimisme, printed in 1759, with French text, a floral ornament, and handwritten notes at the bottom. Open copy of Voltaire's Candide showing pages 242 and 243, with text in French and rough, untrimmed page edges, bound in its original blue-paper wrapper.
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early printing of Voltaire's Candide
An early version of Voltaire's Candide printed in London, 1759.
The Newberry Library, Louis H. Silver Collection purchase, 1964 (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
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Title page of an early printed version of Voltaire's Candide published in...
The Newberry Library, Louis H. Silver Collection purchase, 1964 (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
early printing of Voltaire's Candide
An early version of Voltaire's Candide printed in London, 1759.
The Newberry Library, Louis H. Silver Collection purchase, 1965 (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
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