Research Catalog

Title

Candide / Voltaire ; with twenty-six illustrations by Paul Klee.

Author

Voltaire, 1694-1778

Publication

New York : Pantheon Books, Inc., [1944?]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Klee, Paul, 1879-1940
• Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771
• Thornton, James, 1906-1969
• Salter, Stefan
• Gerlach, Gerhard, 1907-1968
• Pantheon Books, publisher.
• H. Wolff, Inc., printer, binder.

Description

120 pages : 26 illustrations; 26 cm

Subject

• Europe > Social life and customs > 18th century > Fiction
• Europe > Social life and customs > 18th century > Humor

Genre/Form

• Satirical literature.
• Livres d'artistes – United States – 20th century.

Note

• "This edition ... is limited to 625 copies. It was designed by Stefan Salter and printed and bound by H. Wolff, New York. Copies 1 to 50 are accompanied by two sets of separate prints of the illustrations and bound by hand by Gerhard Gerlach, New York"--Colophon (unnumbered page following page 120).
• "Grateful acknowledgment is made to E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., New York, for permission to reprint Dr. Smollett's translation in the special revision by James Thornton, as published in Everyman's library"--Title page verso.
• Without date of publication. The Everyman's library edition (Candide, and other tales) was first published in 1937. Stefan Salter, the book designer, began working for Pantheon Books in 1943. See: Gerald Cinamon, German graphic designers during the Hitler period, published online at: http://www.germandesigners.net/designers/stefan_salter
• Illustrations: Reproductions of 26 pen and ink drawings by Paul Klee, the originals of which were made from 1906 to 1912. Originally published in: Kandide, oder, Die beste Welt. München : Kurt Wolff Verlag, [1920].
• The sets of separate prints of the illustrations accompanying copies 1 to 50 are printed respectively on white and yellow chine; housed in a pocket inside back cover.

Binding (note)

• Publisher's quarter white cloth and dark red cloth, by H. Wolff, Inc.; gilt lettering on front cover and spine.
• Publisher's quarter red morocco and gray cloth, by Gerhard Gerlach; gilt lettering on front cover and spine.

Publications (note)

• Reviewed in: Mellquist, Jerome. "Drawing as a constant glory," in the Kenyon review, v. 6, no. 3 (1944), pages 481-484 (accessed January 25, 2021, via JSTOR).

Call Number

NKT (Voltaire, F. M. A. de. Candide. 193-)

OCLC

37587650

Author

Voltaire, 1694-1778, author.

Title

Candide / Voltaire ; with twenty-six illustrations by Paul Klee.

Publisher

New York : Pantheon Books, Inc., [1944?]

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

sheet

Publications

Reviewed in: Mellquist, Jerome. "Drawing as a constant glory," in the Kenyon review, v. 6, no. 3 (1944), pages 481-484 (accessed January 25, 2021, via JSTOR).

Local Note

Copy in MEM (Klee): Gift of Karl Kup, January 25, 1949.

Binding

Ordinary copies: Publisher's quarter white cloth and dark red cloth, by H. Wolff, Inc.; gilt lettering on front cover and spine.

Copies numbered 1 to 50: Publisher's quarter red morocco and gray cloth, by Gerhard Gerlach; gilt lettering on front cover and spine.

Local Note

Copies in NKT and 8-*ISGI: Ordinary issue; bound in quarter white cloth and dark red cloth.

Copy in MEM (Klee): With the 2 suites of the illustrations, in pocket inside back cover; bound in quarter red morocco and gray cloth. Lacks colophon leaf.

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Added Author

Klee, Paul, 1879-1940, illustrator.

Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771, translator.

Thornton, James, 1906-1969, editor.

Salter, Stefan, book designer.

Gerlach, Gerhard, 1907-1968, binder.

Pantheon Books, publisher.

H. Wolff, Inc., printer, binder.

Research Call Number

NKT (Voltaire, F. M. A. de. Candide. 193-)

8-*ISGI (Voltaire, F. M. A. de. Candide)

MEM (Klee) (Voltaire, F. M. A. de. Candide)