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Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library. Near Fine. 1977. Hardcover. A deluxe leatherbound reprint edition combining two philosophical novellas of Voltaire, the pen name of François-Marie Arouet. Translated from the French by the noted Scottish novelist and poet Tobias Smollet. With illustrations by Van Kaufman. Includes a portrait of Voltaire by Uldis Klavins near front of volume. Issued as an entry in the publisher's Collected Stories of the World's Greatest Writers series. One of an unspecified number in a limited edition. --- Bound in full red bonded leather covers with three raised bands on spine. Spine titling, elaborate decorations to covers and spine, and textblock edges all in bright gilt. Interior leaves printed on high-quality papers. Red silk moire endpapers, with matching sewn-in satin ribbon placemarker. Volume lacks a dust jacket (as issued). --- With a hint of sunning to spine and four insignificant scratches to gilding on textblock fore-edge,… Read More

Franklin Library. As New with no dust jacket. 1977. Special Edition. Hardcover. Octovo in full fine leather binding, hubbed spine, edges like mirrors, place ribbon, very tight, crisp pages, else as NEW. A fresh beautiful copy. Philosophical in nature, e. G. Candide is the world the best it can be? ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .