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72 - CORNEILLE, Pierre. The Plays of P.
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CORNEILLE, Pierre. The Plays of P. Corneille with commentaries. No place, no publisher, 1776. In-8 (19.5 x 12.5 cm), full havana calfskin, ribbed spine decorated with panels. Marbled edges. 10 vols.: viii–520 pp. + 380 pp. + 380 pp. + 504 pp. + 472 pp. + 488 pp. + 376 pp. + 395 pp. + 436 pp. + 420 pp.; 33 separate engravings and a frontispiece portrait. Slight scuffing. ‘New, expanded edition’ based on the famous edition published and annotated by Voltaire, illustrated by Gravelot (1764). It contains the same engravings, here unsigned: a frontispiece portrait engraved by Thiebaut (depicting Genius crowning Corneille’s bust) and 33 separate engravings based on Gravelot’s designs (3+3+3+2+4+4+3+4+4+3). Carefully printed on laid paper, with the text set within a border. Contents: Medea – Le Cid – Cinna – Julius Caesar – Horace – Polyeucte, the Martyr – The Liar – The Sequel to The Liar – Pompey – Theodora, Virgin and Martyr – Rodogune – Andromeda - The Spanish Heraclius or The Famous Comedy – Heraclius, Emperor of the East – Don Sancho of Aragon – Nicomedes – Pertharites – Oedipus – The Golden Fleece – Sertorius – Sophonisba – Otho - Agesilaus - Attila - Bérénice by Racine - Bérénice by Corneille - Pulcheria - Surena, General of the Parthians - Ariadne - The Earl of Essex (Thomas Corneille) – Melitus – Clitander – The Widow or The Betrayed Traitor – The Palace Gallery – The Maidservant – The Royal Square – The Illusion – Three Speeches. A fine copy, bound in its original binding, complete in ten volumes.
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