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66 - VOLTAIRE (Jean-Marie AROUET, known as): Candide, or Optimism…
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VOLTAIRE (Jean-Marie AROUET, known as): Candide, or Optimism, translated from the German by Dr Ralph. No place, 1759; THOREL DE CHAMPIGNEULLES (?): Candide… Part Two. No place, 1761. Two parts in one 12mo volume, in modern vellum. A fine copy of one of the counterfeits of the first edition; the first part comprises 299 pp. and the second part comprises 132 pp. From the library of John Bigelow, bearing his bookplate.
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About the sale AUCTION: Slatkine Library
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Auction time 09/22/2026 at 6:30 PM
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