Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library Part VII

Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library Part VII

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Racine, Les Plaideurs, comedie, Paris, 1669, red morocco gilt by Devauchelle

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3,000 - 5,000 GBP

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RACINE, JEAN-BAPTISTE. Les Plaideurs, comedie. Paris: Claude Blageart for Gabriel Quinet, 1669


FIRST EDITION, RARE AT AUCTION. Les Plaideurs is the only comedy, in three acts and in Alexandrine verse, penned by Jean Racine. Nevertheless, it proved to be his greatest success until the nineteenth century. The present copy is a fine example, attractively bound in a modern red morocco gilt binding by Roger Devauchelle (1915-1993).

12mo (144 x 84 mm). Roman type. collation: ã4 A-C12 D8: 48 leaves. Woodcut printer's ornaments.


binding: Modern red morocco by Devauchelle (148 x 89 mm), 2 gilt fillets around sides, gilt dentelles on turn-ins, marbled pastedowns and endpapers.


acquisition: Purchased in 1989 from Rossignol, Paris. references: Guibert 43, 1; Répertoire du théâtre français imprimé 1600-1699, no. 6961 (this copy cited)

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