Candide, ou l'Optimisme, traduit de l'allemand de Mr. Le Docteur Ralph, Seconde Partie,

Published by [Aux Délices], [Holland], 1761

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TP + [i]-[ii] = Introduction + [1]-98 + [99]-[100] = Table des Chapitres, small Octavo. Second Edition.Second Edition of the Second Part of Candide, the second edition of a spurious work first published in 1760 that purported to be the "second part" of Candide. Although no one seriously considered Voltaire (who had been instantly identified as the author of the "first part") to be the author of this work, it was reprinted at least fourteen times in the next 37 years. (A complete bibliographical description of these printings of the "second part" is available online but ABE has rejected posting that URL - please contact me directly for full details.) Compigneulles was originally suspected of being the author of "part two," but he consistently denied this. More recent scholarship points towards the abbe Henri-Joseph Dulaurens as the actual author of the piece. The original confusion arose because one of Voltaire's supporters, in order to protect him, implausibly and mischievously, ascribe the book to Thorel de Campigneulles, a journalist of impeccably orthodox views - which he vigorously denied. Campigneulles seems to have taken his revenge a few years later by publishing (also anonymously), Candide en Dannemarc (Candide in Denmark), a continuation of the work which he had been falsely accused of writing, It was, in effect, Candide Part Three. ¾ leather with brown speckled boards. There are four raised bands with gilt banding on the spine along with the title in gilt on a red field. A tight, clean and bright copy of this interesting spurious addition to the Voltaire "canon" and an important work for understanding the complexity and confusions that always surrounded his writings and his reputation. A quintessential work in the history and development of the French Enlightenment. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. …

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Title
Candide, ou l'Optimisme, traduit de l'allemand de Mr. Le Docteur Ralph, Seconde Partie,
Author
[VOLTAIRE, Francois Marie Arouet de] but really either [CAMPIGNEULLES, Charles Claude Laurent de Thorel de, OR DULAURENS, abbe Henri-Joseph (?)] .
Publisher
[Aux Délices], [Holland]
Publication year
1761
Condition
Recently rebound
Edition
SECOND EDITION, Second Printing.
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