Book Description
Voltaire. Candide ou l'Optimisme. Editions Nilsson, Paris 1928. One of the edition of 100, With original illustrated wraps & 6 superb tipped-in color pochoir prints by Robert Polack. edge of the wraps worn and torn. Royal 8vo, 211pp, half title. Tissue wrapper slt. chipped at head & foot of spine, o/w a very nice copy of an amazing production.
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wraps : The paper covering on the outside of a paperback.
spine : The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf. Also known as the back.
chipped : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
sl. : slight
half title : The leaf which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at times, the author's name and/or other information may appear.
o/w : An abbreviation for otherwise
tipped-in : used to describe something which has been glued into a book, for example a bookplate.
