CORNEILLE (Pierre and Thomas). Works... with the comments of Voltaire. Paris : Antoine-Augustin Renouard, 1817. - 12 volumes in-8, red half-maroquin with corners, spine ribbed with gilt fillets, untrimmed (period binding). Beautiful edition of the works of Pierre and Thomas Corneille, those of the latter being gathered in the last volume. It is illustrated with two portraits of the two authors by Augustin de Saint-Aubin and twenty-four plates, all engraved after drawings by Moreau le jeune except the one in the frontispiece of the volume of "L'Imitation de Jésus-Christ" made after Prudhon. ONE OF THE 100 COPIES ON VELLUM PAPER, WITH THE TWENTY-FOUR FIGURES BY MOREAU AND PRUDHON IN A STATE BEFORE THE LETTER. A good copy in contemporary binding, with full margins. Some slight wear to the spines. Some foxing. Tears on the edge of the leaf on pages 153-154 in volume 5, without damage to the text, as well as on pages 305 to 308 in volume 6, with damage to the text on page 308.
Estimate
€500 - €600
Result
Not sold
Buyer's premium
25%
CORNEILLE (Pierre and Thomas).
Works... with the comments of Voltaire.
Paris : Antoine-Augustin Renouard, 1817. - 12 volumes in-8, red half-maroquin with corners, spine ribbed with gilt fillets, untrimmed (period binding).
Beautiful edition of the works of Pierre and Thomas Corneille, those of the latter being gathered in the last volume. It is illustrated with two portraits of the two authors by Augustin de Saint-Aubin and twenty-four plates, all engraved after drawings by Moreau le jeune except the one in the frontispiece of the volume of "L'Imitation de Jésus-Christ" made after Prudhon.
ONE OF THE 100 COPIES ON VELLUM PAPER, WITH THE TWENTY-FOUR FIGURES BY MOREAU AND PRUDHON IN A STATE BEFORE THE LETTER.
A good copy in contemporary binding, with full margins.
Some slight wear to the spines. Some foxing. Tears on the edge of the leaf on pages 153-154 in volume 5, without damage to the text, as well as on pages 305 to 308 in volume 6, with damage to the text on page 308.
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