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Lot 326
Sale 1023 - The Library of Jack Charles Davis, Sold to Support Charitable Institutions
May 3, 2022
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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1,200
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$4,375
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Lot Description
VOLTAIRE, Francois Marie Arouet de (1694-1778). Candide. Translated by Richard Aldington. New York: Random House, 1928.
4to. Illustrated on every page, and with chapter headings, initials and paragraph marks throughout, all hand-colored. Original tan morocco-backed boards gilt (spine slightly darkened, upper hinge just starting, some slight rubbing to spine); original cloth slipcase. Provenance: Sold Philip C. Duschnes.
LIMITED EDITION, NUMBER 8 of 95 COPIES COLORED IN THE STUDIO OF ROCKWELL KENT AND SIGNED BY KENT of a total edition of 1,565. Voltaire was the first Random House book printed by the Pynson Printers on all rag French paper in a new type-face designed by Lucian Bernhard.