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[Theatre]. A set of 4 works comprising 33 volumes.
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243
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[Theatre]. A set of 4 works comprising 33 volumes.
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Estimate
€150 - €200
Voluntary lot
Description
[Theatre]. A set of 4 works comprising 33 volumes.
- LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Works based on the original texts, followed by a note on his life and works by A. Pauly.
Paris, Lemerre, 1875. 7 vols. in-8 on Holland paper, illustrated with a portrait of La Fontaine from an earlier period. The subscription form is bound in with the set. Later binding (leather-covered) in brick-red half-basane. 2 volumes of fables, 2 volumes of tales, 2 volumes of plays, 1 volume of notes.
- MARIVAUX. Selected Plays, published in two volumes by F. de Marescot and D. Jouaust, with a preface by F. Sarcey. Paris, Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1881. 2 vols. in-8, engraved portrait by Lalauze as frontispiece, brown half-shagreen with corner pieces, spine with faux raised bands, gilt titles and headpieces, cover and spine well-preserved, a fine copy with generous margins. Printed in a run of 200 numbered copies on heavy paper, 1 of 15 on Whatman.
- MOLIÈRE. Complete Plays 1622–1673. Paris, Librairie de France, 1923. 8 vols., 8vo. Fauve half-basane binding, smooth spine in 18th-century pastiche style, with title and volume number labels. Binding scuffed, one cap damaged.
- SHAKESPEARE. Complete Works. Paris, Lemerre, n.d. 16 vols., in-12, in pine-green half-shagreen with corner pieces. The ninth volume is in a different binding: brown half-shagreen with corner pieces.
Expert: AXMANN BOISSEAU
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Summer Auctions – Furniture & Works of Art
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09/09/2026 at 8:00 PM
ID: 88398680
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