RACINE, Jean - Lot 48

Lot n° 48
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RACINE, Jean - Lot 48
RACINE, Jean Oeuvres de Racine. In Paris, Chez Denys Thierry, 1687 2 volumes in 12 (165 x 95 mm) of [6] ff. 372 pp. ; [8] ff. 434 pp. and [2] ff. Brown granite calf, spine ribbed and decorated, red title-pieces, gilt roulette on the edges, spotted edges (contemporary binding). Second collective first edition, illustrated with 2 intaglio engraved title-frontispieces, one of which after Le Brun, and 10 intaglio engraved figures in the text by Chauveau. It contains Phèdre for the first time with continuous pagination. Appears here in first editions: L'Idylle sur la Paix (87 verses) and the Speech delivered by Racine at the Académie Française on January 2, 1685. Second collective edition, the first one containing "Phèdre" with continuous pagination, as well as the Idylle sur la Paix and the Discourse pronounced at the Académie Française at the reception of Mrs Corneille and Bergeret. A very fine copy in contemporary binding. Small light marginal wetness on the flyleaf and on the first 2 leaves of volume 1, some restoration at the bindings
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