RACINE (Jean) - Œuvres de Racine. - 1760
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Three volumes in quarto format, printed in Paris in 1760, Édition illustrée of Œuvres de Racine by Jean Racine, in French as the original language, comprising 1311 pages with a frontispiece portrait and 12 plates, in a nineteenth‑century basane binding with red titles, decorative red tomaison bands and gilt edges, overall condition Bon.
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RACINE (Jean)
Racine’s Works.
[Imprimerie de Le Breton, Premier Imprimeur Ordinaire du Roi], Paris, 1760
3 volumes in quarto, (28 x 22.2 cm), I: (2) ll., XVIII-(6)-414 pp.; II: (2) ll., IV-447 pp.; III: (2) ll., IV-412 pp., bound. Calf bound in the Racine style, spine with raised bands ornamented, red title and volume labels, triple linear borders framing the boards, gilt turn-ins on the edges, gilded edges. 19th-century binding in the taste of the 18th century. Spine rubbed, two joints cracked, two joints rubbed, small blotches on one board, the first leaves of vol. II slightly misbound. Good internal condition.
One of the most luxurious editions of Racine’s Works, very prettily illustrated.
The illustration consists of a portrait of the author by J. Daullé and 12 plates, engraved by Chevillet, Baquoy, Legrand, Flipart, Tardieu, Le Mire, Aliamet, Lempereur, Sornique after Jacques de Seve.
Stamp of a Russian library at the foot of the title pages.
RACINE (Jean)
Racine’s Works.
[Imprimerie de Le Breton, Premier Imprimeur Ordinaire du Roi], Paris, 1760
3 volumes in quarto, (28 x 22.2 cm), I: (2) ll., XVIII-(6)-414 pp.; II: (2) ll., IV-447 pp.; III: (2) ll., IV-412 pp., bound. Calf bound in the Racine style, spine with raised bands ornamented, red title and volume labels, triple linear borders framing the boards, gilt turn-ins on the edges, gilded edges. 19th-century binding in the taste of the 18th century. Spine rubbed, two joints cracked, two joints rubbed, small blotches on one board, the first leaves of vol. II slightly misbound. Good internal condition.
One of the most luxurious editions of Racine’s Works, very prettily illustrated.
The illustration consists of a portrait of the author by J. Daullé and 12 plates, engraved by Chevillet, Baquoy, Legrand, Flipart, Tardieu, Le Mire, Aliamet, Lempereur, Sornique after Jacques de Seve.
Stamp of a Russian library at the foot of the title pages.
Details
Number of books
3
Subject
Literature, Theatre
Book title
Œuvres de Racine.
Author/ Illustrator
RACINE (Jean)
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1760
Height
28 cm
Edition
Illustrated Edition
Width
22.2 cm
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Number of pages
1311
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