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Candide, ou, L'optimisme

Title: Candide, ou, L'optimisme / traduit de l'allemand de Mr. le Docteur Ralph.
Author: Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Publication: [London? : John Nourse?], 1759.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Restricted use	*KGV (Voltaire. Candide. 1759b) 00-155	Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Restricted use	*KGV (Voltaire. Candide. 1759b) 00-156	Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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Additional Authors

Martin J. Gross Collection. NN

Description

299, [1] p.; 18 cm. (12mo)

Alternative Title

Optimisme

Note

Probably published in London by John Nourse. Cf. Pomeau & Barber; BN.
Signatures: A-M¹² N⁶.
Woodcut t.p. ornament (Pomeau & Barber a*); ornaments used by Nourse, London; tailpiece on p. 228 signed F.H., i.e. Francis Hoffman. Cf. Pomeau & Barber. Fleuron on p. 115 (Pomeau & Barber a*) inverted.

Indexed In (note)

ESTC (RLIN)
BN
Bengesco, G. Voltaire
Wade, I.O. 1759 editions of Candide. (In his Voltaire and Candide, p. 195-238)
Pomeau & Barber. Candide, éditions de 1759 (In Voltaire. Works, 1968-, v. 48, p. 86-100)

Provenance (note)

*KGV (00-155): Martin J. Gross Collection; Charles Hamilton (armorial bookplate); Duke of Abercorn (signature on front pastedown). *KGV (00-156): Martin J. Gross Collection; George Thinlock (autograph on front pastedown and on t.p., dated 1815); Nané (bookplate).

Binding (note)

Binding: *KGV (00-155) bound in contemporary mottled calf, gilt; red morocco label. *KGV (00-156) bound in contemporary calf, gilt; red morocco label.

Call Number

*KGV (Voltaire. Candide. 1759b) 00-155

OCLC

7023759
NYPG01-B3383

Author

Voltaire, 1694-1778.

Title

Candide, ou, L'optimisme / traduit de l'allemand de Mr. le Docteur Ralph.

Imprint

[London? : John Nourse?], 1759.

Indexed In:

ESTC (RLIN) T140380

BN, v. 214, col. 1103, no. 2615

Bengesco, G. Voltaire, II, p. xvii

Wade, I.O. 1759 editions of Candide. (In his Voltaire and Candide, p. 195-238), no. 2

Pomeau & Barber. Candide, éditions de 1759 (In Voltaire. Works, 1968-, v. 48, p. 86-100), 299L

Local Note

*KGV (00-156) bound with: Voltaire. Le dîner du comte de Boulainvilliers. [Amsterdam? : Marc-Michel-Ray?], 1728 [i.e. 1768]. Number 1 of 2 items bound together subsequent to publication.

Binding

Binding: *KGV (00-155) bound in contemporary mottled calf, gilt; red morocco label. *KGV (00-156) bound in contemporary calf, gilt; red morocco label.

Provenance

*KGV (00-155): Martin J. Gross Collection; Charles Hamilton (armorial bookplate); Duke of Abercorn (signature on front pastedown). *KGV (00-156): Martin J. Gross Collection; George Thinlock (autograph on front pastedown and on t.p., dated 1815); Nané (bookplate).

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Added Author

Hamilton, Charles. Former owner

Abercorn, James Hamilton, Duke of, 1811-1885. Former owner

Thinlock, George. Former owner

Nané. Former owner

Martin J. Gross Collection. NN

Research Call Number

*KGV (Voltaire. Candide. 1759b) 00-155

*KGV (Voltaire. Candide. 1759b) 00-156

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