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MOLIÈRE, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin de (1622-73). OEuvres. Paris: La Compagnie des Libraires Associés, 1773.
Six volumes. 8° (196 x 123mm). Half-titles, titles printed in red and black, engraved portrait frontispiece by Cathelin after Mignard, 6 engraved title vignettes and 33 plates after Moreau, engraved by Moreau, Baquoy, de Launay, Duclos, de Ghendt, Helman, Lebas, Legrand, Leveau, Masquelier, Née and Simonet. French 19th-century red morocco gilt, gilt spine, blue endpapers, g.e. Provenance: Camusat de Vaugourdon.
Concentrating on evoking as much of the written work as possible, "Molière achieves a firm and illuminating conception of each situation" (Ray). Cohen-de Ricci 716-9; Ray French, 50; Tchemerzine VIII, 360. (6)
Six volumes. 8° (196 x 123mm). Half-titles, titles printed in red and black, engraved portrait frontispiece by Cathelin after Mignard, 6 engraved title vignettes and 33 plates after Moreau, engraved by Moreau, Baquoy, de Launay, Duclos, de Ghendt, Helman, Lebas, Legrand, Leveau, Masquelier, Née and Simonet. French 19th-century red morocco gilt, gilt spine, blue endpapers, g.e. Provenance: Camusat de Vaugourdon.
Concentrating on evoking as much of the written work as possible, "Molière achieves a firm and illuminating conception of each situation" (Ray). Cohen-de Ricci 716-9; Ray French, 50; Tchemerzine VIII, 360. (6)