Pierre Corneille / Cauret - Œuvres de P. Corneille - 1844

Charming complete set in twelve volumes of this monumental edition that gathers the entire dramatic and poetic corpus of the great 17th-century playwright.

This collection, typical of the major publishing houses of the 19th century, aims to offer a well-established, annotated, and organized text, intended for erudite readers, classical theater enthusiasts, and bibliophiles.

The twelve volumes cover major tragedies (Le Cid, Horace, Cinna, Polyeucte), comedies, lesser-known plays, as well as speeches, poems, and critical writings, providing a comprehensive view of Corneille's evolution, from his Baroque beginnings to his classical maturity.

This monumental corpus testifies to the ongoing reception of Corneille, regarded as a model of tragic grandeur, moral rigor, and rhetorical power.

Pierre Corneille / Cauret - Works of P. Corneille - 1844 - Volumes I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, and XII - Lefèvre -
xliii, 397, 448, 402, 445, 556, 543, 494, 409, 365, 574, 378, 370 pages.

Good condition of the bindings, books in their original brown half-leather, marbled boards, signs of use, worn headbands, corners and edges, nicely decorated spine with raised bands, gilded titles and volume numbers on maroon morocco labels.

Good interior condition, some scattered foxing, small vignette on the title page, works enriched with a portrait of Corneille by Cauret on the frontispiece, marbled endpapers in good condition.

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