Molière - Edition prestige numérotée, ex-libris Charles Thiebaut/ Oeuvres complètes de Molière - 1972

Molière - Complete Works in 9 Volumes - Prestige Edition by art publisher Michel de l'Ormeraie for the tercentenary of the author's death (1673-1973), Paris 1972 (Provenance: Charles Thiébaut).
This is a luxury reissue, faithful to the famous historic edition of 1734, printed under the privilege of the Comédie-Française.
Limited edition. A numbered printing justification is included in volume IX, copy no. 3045. Certificate of authenticity present (see photo).
Light rubbing and minor wear on the corners, edges, and spine; interior clean and fresh. A very beautiful edition with majestic, highly decorative bindings.
Approximately 300 to 400 pages per volume, in quarto (27x20 cm), total weight 12 kg (including packaging).
Exceptional illustrations with magnificent engravings, initials, headpieces, and touts-de-lampe after François Boucher.
Magnificent full goatskin brown morocco binding with a gilt coat of arms stamped on the first cover, triple gold-ruled borders on the covers; spine with five raised bands adorned with gilt compartments and gilt edges. Triple gold-ruled borders on the covers, inner edges decorated with lace motifs.
Remarkable provenance (ex-libris): Each volume bears the magnificent black-engraved ex-libris of Charles Thiébaut, a renowned researcher and bibliophile (member of AFCEL, specialist in the Grand Century and Versailles). The vignette depicts a classic scene: an elegant woman with a parasol and her daughter in a park, at the foot of a statue. An ideal traceability for collectors and enthusiasts of the 17th century.