Author: VOLTAIRE
Title: Candide, or Optimism
Description: New York, Limited Editions Club, 1973. Hardcover. Quarto (7-1/2" x 11-1/4") bound in quarter white cowhide leather and scarlet linen with a gilt-lettered white linen diagonal strip on each cover. Illustrated with color plates by May Neama. Of a total edition of 1500 copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page, this is one of only 15 Presentation Copies with the publisher's blindstamp attesting to such on the colophon page where instead of a number the initials "G.C." are handwritten. Acquired directly from the publisher's files, this copy belonged to Gordon Carroll who was in charge of the club's operations in the 1970s when it operated out of Avon, CT. Ill.: May Neama. About Fine in a Near Fine slipcase .

Keywords: Color Plates, Limited Editions, Voltaire, Signed, Fine Press May Neama Signed Illustrated Books 18th Century Literature French Literature


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