Candide [Ltd Ed, Folio Society]
$575
By Voltaire
Beautiful Folio Society Limited Edition, illustrated & signed by Quentin Blake
Out of stock
Description
- Voltaire’s Candide, or Optimism
- Limited edition [#746 of 1000] published by Folio Society [London, 2011]
- Illustrated and signed by Quentin Blake
- Both black and white, and colour illustrations in Blake’s distinctive and wonderfully scrappy style
- French satire originally published 1759
- Translated by Tobias Smollett; introduced by Julian Barnes
- Goatskin leather with blocked gold title in Blake-style lettering
- A magnificent copy in fine condition in the like slipcase