RACINE, Jean. - Lot 1195

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RACINE, Jean. - Lot 1195
RACINE, Jean. Berenice. Tragedy. Paris, Claude Barbin, 1671. In-12 (140 x 81 mm) de 10 ff.n.ch., 88 pp.; Jansenist blue morocco, spine ribbed, roulette on the cups, lemon morocco lining in gilt frame, gilt edges (Bernasconi). Original edition of this piece dedicated to Colbert: "You did not judge it to be completely unworthy of your approval. But what makes it most worthy of your praise is that you, my lord, witnessed the happiness it had in not displeasing His Majesty" (Epistre). Washed copy, small restoration at the foot of the first five leaves. Provenance: Fra. Corbet (signature on the title). Tchemerzine-Scheler, V, 341; Guibert, p. 57, 1.
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