RACINE, Jean.

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RACINE, Jean.
Works. Paris, Denys Thierry, 1679. 2 volumes in-12 (154 x 87 mm) of an engraved title, 4 ff.n.ch., 364 pp., 5 engraved plates for volume I; an engraved title, 6 ff.n.ch., 324 pp., 2 ff.n.ch. (privilege), 4 engraved plates, followed by Phèdre: 5 ff.n.ch., 74 pp., 1 engraved plate; speckled calf, back with decorated nerves, red edges (18th century French binding). Guibert, 136-138; Tchemerzine-Scheler, V, 357. The first collective edition of 1676 is back on sale with new titles. It is enriched with Phaedra. Pleasant copy, very complete of its 12 engravings (2 engraved titles, and 10 engravings out of text). First two sheets of each volume with restored margin, occasional small tasks; skillfully restored bindings. Bookplate engraved Sir Danvers Osborne with the motto Quantum in rebus inane).
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