166 - MARILLIER and CREBILLON, Prosper Jolyot de. The Works of Crébillon.

MARILLIER and CREBILLON, Prosper Jolyot de. The Works of Crébillon. Paris, Printed by P. Didot l'Ainé, 1812. in-8 (20 x 12.5 cm), porphyry calf, decorated spine, marbled edges. 3 vols.: xxxi–273 pp. – 270 pp. – 310 pp. Slight defects to the bindings. A charming edition, featuring the engravings from the 1785 edition. It is illustrated with a portrait by Marillier, after La Tour, engraved by Ingouf the Younger as a frontispiece, and 8 separate plates by Marillier engraved by Triere, Ingouf, Macret, Dambrun, and Duponchel (some dated 1784). The works include: A Note on Crébillon. - Idomeneus. - Atreus and Thyestes. - Electra. - Rhadamnis and Zenobia. - Xerxes. - Semiramis. - Pyrrhus. - Catiline. - The Triumvirate, or the Death of Cicero. - Academic Discourses. A fine copy printed on laid paper without foxing, beautifully bound in period binding, complete in three volumes.