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Voltaire (François Marie Arouet de) Candid: or, All for the Best, second edition, half-title, for J.Nourse, 1759.

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Voltaire (François Marie Arouet de) Candid: or, All for the Best, translated from the French..., second edition, half-title, for J.Nourse, 1759 bound with Candid: or, All for the Best...Part II, first edition, [Rothschild 2460], for T.Becket and P.A.de Hondt, 1761, together 2 works in 1 vol., some spotting, mostly to first, contemporary ink signature of James Chapman to head of first title and his red ink stamp to front free endpaper, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old gilt spine with red morocco label, 12mo

⁂ The second part is not by Voltaire but a parody attributed to C.C.F. Thorel de Campigneulles and more recently to Henri-Joseph Dulaurens. They are usually but not always found together; the second part is reasonably scarce with only 4 UK copies listed by ESTC.

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Voltaire (François Marie Arouet de) Candid: or, All for the Best, translated from the French..., second edition, half-title, for J.Nourse, 1759 bound with Candid: or, All for the Best...Part II, first edition, [Rothschild 2460], for T.Becket and P.A.de Hondt, 1761, together 2 works in 1 vol., some spotting, mostly to first, contemporary ink signature of James Chapman to head of first title and his red ink stamp to front free endpaper, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old gilt spine with red morocco label, 12mo

⁂ The second part is not by Voltaire but a parody attributed to C.C.F. Thorel de Campigneulles and more recently to Henri-Joseph Dulaurens. They are usually but not always found together; the second part is reasonably scarce with only 4 UK copies listed by ESTC.

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