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Candide or Optimism. Colour illustrations by Pruvost.
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695
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Candide or Optimism. Colour illustrations by Pruvost.
See original version (French)
Estimate €100 - €150
Voluntary lot
Description
Candide or Optimism. Colour illustrations by Pruvost. In-8° (min. paper loss very marg. at head of last two ff.). - Edition of 1000 numbered copies on Rives vellum, the only paper, one of the top 30 (no. 3) including an original watercolour signed by J. Pruvost. Amusing illustration consisting of a frontispiece and numerous in-texts playing with the composition, stencilled by the Jacomet workshops in Paris.
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About the sale
Prints & Drawings, Photographs & Comics, Rare Books, Atlases & Manuscripts, Surrealism, Congo, Erotica & Ballets russes
Auction location
Auction time
06/25/2026 at 1:00 PM
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
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