Voltaire / Illus. Roger Mauge - Candide - 1945





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Voltaire, Candide, illustrated edition by Roger Mauge, published in 1945 by Jean Landru, Libraire Éditeur, Chamonix, in French; 217 pages; in-4°Paperback with slipcase and publisher’s illustrated dust jacket; case shows wear and minor soiling, spine slight detachment at the ends, interior very good with several uncut pages; copy number 879.
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François-Marie Arouet, known as Voltaire. Candide. Published by Jean Landru, Bookseller-Editor, Chamonix, 1945. 217 pp. In-text color illustration by Roger Mauge.
In-4°, paperback, under a chemise and the publisher's cardboard slipcase, pale pink slipcase, coral spine with title, illustrated and embossed cover.
From this work were issued 15 copies on Annam paper, with an original drawing, numbered 1 to 15; 30 copies on Annam paper with an original sketch, numbered 16 to 45; 950 copies on Rives vellum, numbered 46 to 995. Here is copy No. 879.
Case with signs of wear, slightly detached at the head and tail, dirt on one of the flat faces. The case is still very sturdy.
Shirt with light stains. Mark on the back.
Glossy-cover, very well preserved. Interior in very good condition, very fresh, very clean. Several pages uncut.
Dimensions (in cm): 26 x 20.5 x 3
Weight (in kg) : 1,123
François-Marie Arouet, known as Voltaire. Candide. Published by Jean Landru, Bookseller-Editor, Chamonix, 1945. 217 pp. In-text color illustration by Roger Mauge.
In-4°, paperback, under a chemise and the publisher's cardboard slipcase, pale pink slipcase, coral spine with title, illustrated and embossed cover.
From this work were issued 15 copies on Annam paper, with an original drawing, numbered 1 to 15; 30 copies on Annam paper with an original sketch, numbered 16 to 45; 950 copies on Rives vellum, numbered 46 to 995. Here is copy No. 879.
Case with signs of wear, slightly detached at the head and tail, dirt on one of the flat faces. The case is still very sturdy.
Shirt with light stains. Mark on the back.
Glossy-cover, very well preserved. Interior in very good condition, very fresh, very clean. Several pages uncut.
Dimensions (in cm): 26 x 20.5 x 3
Weight (in kg) : 1,123

