Lot n° 51
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RACINE. Oeuvre. Paris, Pierre Trabouillet, 1697. 2 volumes i - Lot 51
RACINE. Oeuvre. Paris, Pierre Trabouillet, 1697. 2 volumes in-12, brown calf, ornate spine, fawn parts, red speckled edges (Binding of the period).
Third collective edition, the first complete, and the last revised by Racine.
It includes his entire theater, including his last two plays, Esther and Athalie, the Discours sur la mort de Corneille, the Idylle sur la paix and the Cantiques spirituels.
Illustrated with 2 frontispieces and 12 figures by François Chauveau.
Handwritten annotation on the titles: Donné par Christin princesse de Lövenstein née Langreve de Ffefsons,avecun cachet du XIXème siècle, and on the endpapers: Ce livre est à Charles P[rince] d[e]LovensteinWeisstein lege sede elige.1735.
Pleasant copy in contemporary binding.
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