RACINE (Jean). Esther. Tragedy drawn from the Holy Scripture - Lot 535

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RACINE (Jean). Esther. Tragedy drawn from the Holy Scripture - Lot 535
RACINE (Jean). Esther. Tragedy drawn from the Holy Scripture. In Paris, Chez Denys Thierry, 1689. In-4° (186 x 247 mm), granite calf, spine with ornate nerves (contemporary binding). ORIGINAL EDITION (shared with Claude Barbin) of this play composed for the demoiselles de Saint-Cyr. Performed on January 26, 1689 before the Court, it was only given to the public, at the French Theater, on May 8, 1721. [VI] ff. (without counting the front. h. t.) + 84 pp. (the last one not numbered) A frontispiece engraved by Sébastien LECLERC after Charles Le BRUN. Signed ex-dono "le Vicomte de Wismes" on title page. Guibert, 95-96; Tchemerzine, IX, 347; Le Petit, 373-374. A GOOD EXAMPLE in contemporary BINDINGS.
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