31 - RACINE (J.). Works. Paris, Cl. Barbin, 1697. Two vols., in-12, red morocco, 3 gold fillets, decorated spines, lined with blue morocco framed by fillets and dentils, corner fleurons, gilt edges (Trautz-Bauzonnet).

RACINE (J.). Works. Paris, Cl. Barbin, 1697. Two vols., in-12, red morocco, 3 gold fillets, decorated spines, lined with blue morocco framed by fillets and dentils, corner fleurons, gilt edges (Trautz-Bauzonnet). FIRST COMPLETE COLLECTIVE EDITION AND LAST ORIGINAL EDITION, including the plays *Esther* and *Athalie* included in the pagination. This is the final edition authorized by Racine, establishing the definitive text. It is adorned with 2 frontispieces—the first based on a work by Ch. Le Brun—and 12 engravings by Chauveau. A VERY BEAUTIFUL COPY, RICHLY BOUND BY TRAUTZBAUZONNET (H 160 mm). Guibert (A. J.), Bibliography of the Works of Jean Racine Published in the 17th Century, CNRS, 1968, pp. 156–159 (“This edition, revised by Racine, is the last original collected edition of his works, but the first complete one [ ]. The 1697 edition is more sought after than that of 1687”),