The plays of Molière in French [seven volumes]

Molière (1622-1673)

1907, First Edition. Edinburgh : J. Grant. Very good copies all in the original burnt orange cloth boards backed with gilt-blocked red cloth. Covers somewhat dust-dulled, with spines lightly sun-toned. Top edges gilt, if now somewhat dust-dulled; frontispieces retain their tissue guards. All text blocks remain tight and strong; preliminary and final leaves faintly foxed, with some isolated and scattered foxing internally, similarly faint. A well-preserved set overall. Item #465131

Physical description; 7 volumes : frontispieces, plates ; 20 cm. Notes; Vols. 1-7 of 8. Parallel French text and English translation; English introduction and notes. Translated and edited by A.R. Waller. Introduction by George Saintsbury. Illustrated with thirty-one etchings after Leloir. Contents; Vol. 1. 1655-1656 -- v. 2. 1659-1661 -- v. 3. 1662-1664 -- v. 4. [1665] -- v. 5. 1666-1668 -- v. 6. 1668-1669 -- v. 7. 1670-1671. Subjects; Molière. French drama. 17th century. Theatre. Comedy. Bilingual. Parallel text. Translations. Illustrated. Leloir. Waller. Saintsbury.

Price: €125.00