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    By Pierre Corneille
    Paris   Garnier Freres
    7.5" by 5" viii [1], 2-592 [1]; 616 [1]; 697 [2]pp
    A beautifully illustrated three volume edition of the dramatic works of French tragedian Pierre Corneille.
    By Pierre Corneille

    c1875 Ouevres de P. Corneille: Theatre Complet

    Paris   Garnier Freres
    7.5" by 5" viii [1], 2-592 [1]; 616 [1]; 697 [2]pp
    A beautifully illustrated three volume edition of the dramatic works of French tragedian Pierre Corneille.
    £194.00
    : 3kgs / : 864F24
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    Description

    Colour Plates, Illustrated, Leather Binding

    In the original French.

    Illustrated with twelve hand coloured plates, four to each volume. Collated, complete.

    In delightful quarter morocco bindings.

    Pierre Corneille is widely celebrated as one of the three great seventeenth-century French dramatists, alongside Moliere and Jean Racine.

    His works are presented across these three volume in chronological order, with a short discussion of each play after the text.

    Condition

    In quarter morocco bindings, with cloth covered boards. Gilt detailing to spines. Light fading to head and tail of front board of volume I, otherwise externally lovely. Internally, firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned, with significant spotting throughout, most concentrated to first and last few leaves, and pages surrounding plates.

    Very Good

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