Candide ou l'Optimisme - Zadig - Jeannot et Colin
Language: French
Published by Editions Nilsson, Collection Lotus, Paris, France, 1930
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Lire&Relire, Wingrave, United KingdomLire&Relire
AbeBooks seller since May 21, 2026
Condition: Used - Good
£ 95.00
Quantity: 1 available
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Limited edition, vintage Art-Deco/1930 French edition of Voltaire satirical masterworks, with authentic hand-painted plates by Robert Polack. Although the cover shows signs of age, the interior remains clean and fresh, and the hand painting illustrations are a true delight. Condition: Cover: The fragile dust wrapper is showing signs of age: small chips all over, creases, minor paper loss around the edges and spine. Interior condition: The pages and the original French text are excellent condition. Binding: secure, pages are firmly attached together. Paper clean, no stains or spots. Printed on Velin D'Arches paper with untrimmed edges. Illustrations: The front cover and the 6 hand-colored pochoir plates by Robert Polack are perfect, with bright watercolors and sticking silver paint highlights. All plates are signed/lower left corner. There is also an illustration on the back cover.
Seller Inventory # ABE-1780070883638
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Candide ou l'Optimisme - Zadig - Jeannot et Colin
- Author
- Voltaire
- Publisher
- Editions Nilsson, Collection Lotus, Paris, France
- Publication year
- 1930
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- Good
- Signed
- Signed by Illustrator(s)
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- French
- Illustrator
- Robert Polack
- Item weight
- 481 grams
- Dimensions
- 17 centimeters width by 23.5 centimeters height by 2 centimeters depth
- Seller catalogs
- Vintage
Lire&Relire
Wingrave, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since May 21, 2026
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