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Published by Editions Félix Bottin et Fils, Nice, 1947
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: g. Limited edition. Quarto. 168, [4]pp. Uncut. Original printed wraps. Color frontispiece. Color vignette on title-page. Book housed in cloth spined paper covered boards chimois with title-label laid on spine. Exquisite limited edition of Voltaire's humorous and salacious tale, which, with Candide, is regarded as the author's finest fictional writing. This work is profusely illustrated with 9 full-page color plates, 22 color chapter headings, and 2 color tailpieces by Gabriel Bourdier. Minor age-wear on chimois with title-label slightly age-toned and slight rubbing along edges. Wraps partly age-toned/discolored. Text in French. Chimois and wraps in overall good+, interior in very good condition.