RACINE (Jean). Works. Printed by order of the king for the education of my lord the Dauphin. Paris : printing house of Didot l'aîné, 1784. - 3 volumes in-8, 181 x 112 : 463 pp ; (2 ff.), 448 pp ; (2 ff.), 372 pp. Red morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, spine decorated, gilt border inside, gilt edges (period binding). Beautiful edition belonging to the collection of works printed by François-Ambroise Didot (1730-1804) for the education of the Dauphin by virtue of a royal patent granted to him on April 1, 1783. it is the second title of the collection, after Fénelon's Télémaque . Each work was printed in a small number of copies in the formats in-18, in-8 and in-4. This copy is part of the series printed in the in-8 format, printed on Annonay wove paper . It is preserved in its original morocco. The leaves of book 14 in the first volume have been bound out of order. Some scattered foxing.