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Candid, or, All for the best.

Title
Candid, or, All for the best. Part II / translated from the French of M. de Voltaire.
Author
Thorel de Campigneulles, Charles-Claude-Florent de, 1737-1809.
Publication
London : printed for T. Becket and P.A. de Hondt, at Tully's Head, near Surry Street, in the Strand, 1766.

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Additional Authors
  • Voltaire, 1694-1778.
  • Du Laurens, Henri-Joseph, 1719-1797.
  • Martin J. Gross Collection. NN
Description
[8], 86 [i.e. 88] p.; 18 cm. (12mo)
Alternative Title
  • Candid
  • All for the best
Subject
Note
  • Translation of: Candide, ou, L'optimisme. Seconde partie.
  • Spurious continuation of Voltaire's Candide.
  • This translation first published 1761.
  • For authorship, cf. Quérard, J.-M. Supercheries littéraires, III, col. 316. Also attributed to Henri-Joseph du Laurens. Cf. article by J. Rustin in Studies on Voltaire and the eighteenth century, v. 90, 1972, pp. 1395-1416.
  • Signatures: a⁴ B-D¹² E⁸.
Indexed In (note)
  • ESTC (RLIN)
  • Rousseau, A.M. Editions anglaises de Voltaire. (In his L'Angleterre et Voltaire, p. 976-1032)
Provenance (note)
  • *KGV copy: Martin J. Gross Collection; Edward Jackson Barron (armorial bookplate); Rowland Webster (autograph on free front endpaper).
Call Number
*KGV (Voltaire. Candide. English. 1771) 00-172
OCLC
  • 51283172
  • NYPG01-B3498
Author
Thorel de Campigneulles, Charles-Claude-Florent de, 1737-1809.
Title
Candid, or, All for the best. Part II / translated from the French of M. de Voltaire.
Imprint
London : printed for T. Becket and P.A. de Hondt, at Tully's Head, near Surry Street, in the Strand, 1766.
Edition
The second edition.
Indexed In:
ESTC (RLIN) T183383
Rousseau, A.M. Editions anglaises de Voltaire. (In his L'Angleterre et Voltaire, p. 976-1032), 424
Provenance
*KGV copy: Martin J. Gross Collection; Edward Jackson Barron (armorial bookplate); Rowland Webster (autograph on free front endpaper).
Local Note
With: Voltaire. Candid, or, All for the best. London : J. Nourse, 1771. Number 2 of 2 items bound together subsequent to publication.
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Added Author
Voltaire, 1694-1778. Candide.
Du Laurens, Henri-Joseph, 1719-1797. Attributed name
Barron, Edward Jackson. Former owner
Webster, Rowland. Former owner
Martin J. Gross Collection. NN
Research Call Number
*KGV (Voltaire. Candide. English. 1771) 00-172
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