1206 - MOLIÈRE, Works [...]. New edition. Paris (printed by P. Prault) 1734, 6 vols., in-4°: [4]-[xvi]-[2]-[xvii]/lxx-330, [6]-446, [6]-442, [6]-420, [6]-618, [6]-554 pp.; 34 half-titles (half-title of vol. I missing, a few stitch marks, a few leaves slightly browned). Glazed grained calfskin of the publisher’s type, multiple intersecting cold-stamped fillets encircling the covers, spine with gilded floral raised bands, burgundy title and volume number labels, gilded on the edges and cut-offs, red bindings (some scuffing and minor leather wear, some skillfully executed restorations, particularly on the mouthpieces, caps, and corners). A very fine copy with wide margins. First printing, with the typographical error in the word “comtesse” (“comteese”) on p. 360 of vol. VI of this illustrated edition, “a masterpiece by Boucher in the realm of books” (Cohen). The copperplate engraving includes: a frontal portrait of Molière. by Lépicié after Coypel, 33 plates by Laurent Cars after Boucher, and more than 190 headpieces and tailpieces, several of which were repeated by Joullain and Cars after Boucher, Blondel, and Oppenord; a large engraved vignette repeated on the title pages. Vol. I contains a “Preface” by Fr.-A. Jolly, the text’s editor, and a “Memoir on the Life and Works of Molière” by J.-L.-I. de La Serre. Ref. Cohen 712. - Tchemerzine-Scheler IV:827. - Brunet III:1798. Formerly in the collection of Pierre Berès, Paris (bookstore label).