Candidus, or, All for the best /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Voltaire, 1694-1778
Other Authors: Thorel de Campigneulles, Charles-Claude-Florent de, 1737-1809
Format: Book
Language:English
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Description
Item Description:Half title: Candidus, or, All for the best. In two parts.
Part I is translation of: Candide, ou, L'optimisme. Based on a translation originally published: Edinburgh : Printed by Sands, Donaldson, Murray and Cochran for A. Donaldson, 1759. Cf. Evans, H.B. English Voltaire bibliographical (Studies on Voltaire and the eighteenth century 8 (1959): 9-121), 123.
Part II (pages [131]-200) is translation of the spurious continuation, Candide, ou, L'optimisme. Seconde partie. Generally attributed to C.-C.-F. de Thorel de Campigneulles; also attributed to Henri-Joseph du Laurens. Cf. article by J. Rustin in Studies on Voltaire and the eighteenth century, volumes 90, 1972, pages 1395-1416. Based on a translation originally published Edinburgh, 1761.
Signatures: a⁶ A-Q⁶ R⁴.
Physical Description:xi, 1 unnumbered page, 200 pages ; 18 cm. (duodecimo)