CORNEILLE Pierre et Thomas
CORNEILLE Pierre and Thomas
Works, with comments and annotations by Voltaire
Paris, Antoine-Augustin Renouard (de l'imp. Crapelet), 1817, 12 vols.
In-8°. Full contemporary cherry morocco. Spine with 3 nerves, decorated with gilt boxes. Quadruple gilt fillet on the boards. Cold roulette on the borders and the necks. Gilt guilloche headbands. T. gilt. Posterior cases. From the library of Count Anatole Demidoff, Duke of San Donato, with his gilt figure on all the first boards. Edition illustrated with two portraits by Saint-Aubain, 23 engraved figures by Moreau and 1 by Prud'hon. Slight marginal spotting at the bottom of some engravings, some foxing here and there and minor wear to the bindings. Prestigious provenance of this very fine edition of the works of the Corneille brothers.
