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CORNEILLE, Pierre (1606-1684). Théatre de Corneille avec des commentaires... nouvelle édition, augmentée, [?Geneva]: 1776. 10 volumes, 8° (205 x 122mm). Engraved frontispiece and 34 plates, text set within border (occasional spotting, some light browning and offsetting). Contemporary tree calf gilt, spines gilt, leather lettering pieces (lacking some leather pieces, foot and head of spine worn in two volumes, extremities rubbed). Provenance: Alfred and Blanche de Curzon (booklabel). A pirated edition of that published in Geneva in 1764, with the plates reversed.
SEDAINE, Michel Jean (1719-1797). Oeuvres dramatiques, Paris: Veuve Duchesne, 1776. 4 volumes, 4° (194 x 122mm). Engraved plate in vol. IV by Lingée after Cochin, engraved headpieces (vol. I without 2 blanks, vols. II, III and IV lacking some advertisments and privileges, stubbs remaining, occasional spotting, some browning). Contemporary polished calf, gilt filets, spines gilt with leather lettering pieces, red edges (spine slightly chipped). Provenance: Alfred de Curzon (booklabel). Sold not subject to return. (14)
SEDAINE, Michel Jean (1719-1797). Oeuvres dramatiques, Paris: Veuve Duchesne, 1776. 4 volumes, 4° (194 x 122mm). Engraved plate in vol. IV by Lingée after Cochin, engraved headpieces (vol. I without 2 blanks, vols. II, III and IV lacking some advertisments and privileges, stubbs remaining, occasional spotting, some browning). Contemporary polished calf, gilt filets, spines gilt with leather lettering pieces, red edges (spine slightly chipped). Provenance: Alfred de Curzon (booklabel). Sold not subject to return. (14)
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