Details

Subject(s)

• Illustration of books—United States—20th century—Design [Browse]
• Artists' proofs—United States—20th century [Browse]
• Colophons—Design [Browse]
• French fiction—18th century—Illustrations [Browse]
• Voltaire, 1694-1778. Candide—Illustrations [Browse]
• French literature—18th century—Illustrations [Browse]
• Proofs (Printing)—United States—20th century—Specimens [Browse]

Notes

• Medium: Relief prints, Letterpress printing, Hand coloring
• Item description: Includes the following pages from the book--29, 30, 31, 32, 41, 42, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 61, 62, 63, 64, 67, 68, 73, 74, 83, 84, 89, 90, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107 [three copies], 108 [three copies], 109, 110, 111, Col.
• Signed in ink, on colophon: "Rockwell Kent".
• Inscribed in plate, Colophon: 'Of this first book with imprint of // Random House // 1470 numbered copies are printed on all rag // French paper and 95 coloured in the studio of // the artist. Hand set in type designed by Lucian // Bernhard, paragraph des.

References

Voltaire, Jean Francois Marie Arouet De. Candide. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. New York: Random House, 1928. Printed by Pynson Printers.

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