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72 - CORNEILLE, Pierre. The Plays of P. Corneille with Commentary.
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CORNEILLE, Pierre. The Plays of P. Corneille with Commentary. No place, no publisher, 1776. In-8 (19.5 x 12.5 cm), full tan 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 framed. Contents: Medea—Le Cid—Cinna—Julius Caesar—Horace—Polyeucte, the Martyr—The Liar—The Sequel to The Liar—Pompey—Theodore, 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 - Othon - 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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