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Candide oder der Optimismus (Candide or Optimism) [SIGNED BY THE ARTIST AND THE PUBLISHER]
by Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet); Rudolf Kriesch (Original lithographs by); Rudolf Schneider-Schelde (Translated by)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- g+ to vg
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
Wien; München; Basel: Kurt Desch, 1958. Limited edition. Hardcover. g+ to vg. 1/400. Folio. 208, [4]pp. Uncut. Original half leather over fine Japanese paper covered boards, with gold lettering on spine. Book housed in its illustrated paper covered chemise in matching illustrated paper covered slipcase. Limitation page signed by Rudolf Kriesch and Kurt Desch. Striking limited edition of this French satire first published in 1759 in which Voltaire depicts the worst of the world and his pathetic hero's desperate effort to fit it into an optimistic outlook. This work is splendidly illustrated throughout with 62 original lithographs by Rudolf Kriesch. Moderate rubbing and sunning along edges of slipcase. Chemise with spine slightly age-toned, with minor and sporadic damp-staining. Text in German. Slipcase and chemise in overall good, binding and interior in very good condition.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7683
- Title
- Candide oder der Optimismus (Candide or Optimism) [SIGNED BY THE ARTIST AND THE PUBLISHER]
- Author
- Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet); Rudolf Kriesch (Original lithographs by); Rudolf Schneider-Schelde (Translated by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - g+ to vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited edition
- Publisher
- Kurt Desch
- Place of Publication
- Wien; München; Basel
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- Illustrated books, Literature, French, Literature, translated, Philosophy, Enlightenment, Leipniz, German language books, Original lithographs, Original art, Limited editions, Signed books
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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- Fine
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- G+
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Folio
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