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Candide - Manuscript of History

Candide - Manuscript of History


Original Reproduction

Hand numbered from 1 to 1,000



Paris, January 1759

The text was published simultaneously in Paris, Geneva and Amsterdam in January 1759. It enjoyed an immediate success: 6000 copies were sold in one month in Paris, and a total of 20000 copies were distributed that same year.

Long considered lost and rediscovered in 1957, the manuscript allows us to peek behind the scenes of Voltaire's literary creation.

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Candide - Manuscript of History

Candide - Manuscript of History


Original Reproduction

Hand numbered from 1 to 1,000



Paris, January 1759

The text was published simultaneously in Paris, Geneva and Amsterdam in January 1759. It enjoyed an immediate success: 6000 copies were sold in one month in Paris, and a total of 20000 copies were distributed that same year.

Long considered lost and rediscovered in 1957, the manuscript allows us to peek behind the scenes of Voltaire's literary creation.

A precious manuscript, found and published for the first time after centuries lost

For years, everybody (including Voltaire specialists) thought this manuscript lost. It was found in 1957, in the vast archives of the Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal.




Replete with spelling mistakes

To the casual eye, this seemingly elegant manuscript represents all of the subtle refinement that we assign to the eighteenth century. Upon closer inspection, another text — replete with numerous spelling mistakes — begins to surface, making it all the more enjoyable to the modern reader’s sensibility.





Nearly a century before the Académie française's publication of their 1835 dictionary, Voltaire wrote using a language free from the strict rules that now define the modern French language.



The book was bound at Ateliers Babouot in Lagny-sur-Marne, France. Each slipcase was handmade in France.
Height : 35 cm
Width : 25 cm
Weight : 5 kg
Depth : 4,3 cm
Number of Pages : 2 x 464 pages
Paper : Fedrigoni Avorio Luxury Paper
Cover : Green
Binding : Black
Bookmark : Black
Endpapers : Black
Gildings : Gold
Print : 1 000 copies
Numbered Copy : Yes
Language : French

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