Legrand, Edy (French, 1892–1970) North, Marcel (British-Swiss, 1909 – 1990) Roy, Jean (pseudonym)
À l’enseigne au gémissement de la paillasse (French, fictitious publisher, fl. c. 1930s) Unknown
Softcover, 26 x 16.5 cm, publisher’s grey wrappers lettered in black, unbound, in a green double slipcase; collated in-4to, 24 leaves folded in four, pp.: [8] [1] 2-174 [10], total 192 pages, ils.
Title-page: CANDIDE, | OU L’OPTIMISME, | TRADUIT DE L’ALLEMAND | DE | Mr. le Docteur RALPH. | {fleuron} | — | MDCCCCXXXI ||
Collation: π4 1-214 222 22*4 χ2, total 96 leaves, all on laid paper but χ (Avis au relieur) on Arches wove paper (watermarked) plus frontispiece and 12 engraved plates after Jean Roy.
Limited edition of 300 copies — 5 on Chine, 10 on Japon, and the rest (275) on Arches, not for sale; of which this is copy № 3, numbered and signed by the artist ‘au crayon rouge’.
Catalogue raisonné: Dutel 1137.
Contributors:
François-Marie Arouet [Voltaire] (French, 1694 – 1778) – author.
Jean Roy – artist; attributed by most to Marcel North (British-Swiss, 1909 – 1990), and by J.P. Dutel to Edy Legrand (French, 1892 – 1970).
| Collection | Erotica , Illustrated books , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Period | 20 AD , Mid-20th Century |
| Media/Technique | Copper engraving , Engraving , Etching |
| Binding | Original , Slipcase , Softcover , Wrappers |
| Material | Laid paper , Paper |
| Subject | 18th century , Candide , Erotic illustration , Fiction , France , French literature , Illustrated books , Novel , Optimism , Philosophy , Prose , Satire , Voltaire , Voltaire, François Marie Arouet de (French, 1694 – 1778) , Voyages and Travels |
| Edition | 1st edition, thus , Clandestine edition , Limited |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1931 |
| Catalogue raisonne | J.-P. Dutel |
| Acquisition year | 2022 |
