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Candide

Title
Candide, [by] Jean François Marie Arouet de Voltaire, illustrated by Rockwell Kent.
Author
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Publication
New York, Random House, 1928.

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Additional Authors
  • Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971
  • Aldington, Richard, 1892-1962
  • Random House, publisher.
  • Pynson Printers, printer.
  • John Shaw Billings Memorial Collection.
Description
111 (1) p. illus.; 29 cm.
Note
  • Translated from the French.
  • Colophon: "Of this first book with imprint of Random House 1470 numbered copies are printed on all rag French paper and 95 coloured in the studio of the artist. Hand set in type designed by Lucian Bernhard, paragraph designs by Rockwell Kent; both cast by the Bauersche Giesserei, Frankfort. The composition and press work completed by the Pynson Printers in the month of April MCMXXVIII. New York."
  • Illustrated title page, historiated initials, and tail-pieces by Rockwell Kent.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliographical note signed Charles Edmund Merrill, jr.
Binding (note)
  • Copy in Rare Books 19-137 bound in publisher’s gilt stamped embossed cream cloth boards.
  • Copy in *KP (Pynson) is no. 912 of 1470 copies.
Call Number
*KP (Pynson) (Voltaire, F. M. A. de. Candide)
LCCN
28015040
OCLC
338868
Author
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Title
Candide, [by] Jean François Marie Arouet de Voltaire, illustrated by Rockwell Kent.
Imprint
New York, Random House, 1928.
Bibliography
Bibliographical note signed Charles Edmund Merrill, jr.
Local Note
Signed: "Rockwell Kent."
Binding
Copy in Rare Books 19-137 bound in publisher’s gilt stamped embossed cream cloth boards. NN
Copy in *KP (Pynson) is no. 912 of 1470 copies.
Local Note
Copy in Rare Books 19-137 is no. 859 of 1470 copies.
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Added Author
Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971, illustrator.
Aldington, Richard, 1892-1962, translator.
John Shaw Billings Memorial Collection.
Random House, publisher.
Pynson Printers, printer.
Research Call Number
*KP (Pynson) (Voltaire, F. M. A. de. Candide)
Rare Books 19-151
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