Candide, ou l'Optimisme
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Overview:
- Title: Candide, ou l'Optimisme
- Author: Voltaire
- Year: 1759
- Publisher: Gabriel Cramer
- Pages: 299
- Binding: Hardcover
- Type: Chapter Book
- Title Reference: Candide, ou l'Optimisme
- Notes:
- Long title: "Candide, Ou L'Optimisme, Traduit De L'Allemand De Mr. Le Docteur Ralph"
- Title page shown here.
- This, the true first edition, is indicated by the following issue points: (1) p.103, line 4, contains the misprint 'que ce ce fut'; (2) p. 125, line 4, has 'précisément'; (3) p.31 is without the unnecessary paragraph break preceding 'mais il y a'; (4) p.41 has the variant 'Car, dit-il, tout ceci est...'; (5) p.242 does not contain the paragraph beginning 'Candide était affligé'. (Christie's Auction House).
- According to Heritage Auctions, there were four 1759 "long" editions, with 299 pages. Later editions, also dated 1759, have 237, 215, or 167 pages. Wade lists 16 editions, all of which appeared without an imprint, but with a date of 1759.
- Data from Heritage Auctions and from WorldCat.