Pierre Corneille - Œuvres diverses de Pierre Corneille - 1740

Rare edition of this work that gathers a collection of various texts by Pierre Corneille, distinct from his canonical theatrical corpus, and demonstrates the editorial intention to disseminate the entirety of his work beyond the famous tragedies and comedies.

The various works include poetry, translations, academic speeches, occasion pieces, and critical writings, revealing a more intimate and polymorphic Corneille, engaged in literary and rhetorical exercises aimed at demonstrating his virtuosity outside the theater.

This collection highlights the diversity of Corneille's talents, offering the cultivated reader a comprehensive image of the author, not only as a playwright but also as a poet, translator, and academician, and contributing to the construction of a literary memory that values his entire intellectual activity.

Pierre Corneille - Various works by Pierre Corneille - 1740 - Zacharie Chatelain
428 pages

Good condition of the binding, book in its original brown half-leather, marbled boards, signs of wear from use and some surface scratches, spine with 4 raised bands decorated, gilded title on a maroquin label.

Good interior condition, rare browning, overall fresh, title in red and black, superb vignette on the title page, the work enriched with a portrait as frontispiece.

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