MOLIERE. OEuvres. A Paris, s. n. [Prault], 1734. 6 volumes i - Lot 91

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MOLIERE. OEuvres. A Paris, s. n. [Prault], 1734. 6 volumes i - Lot 91
MOLIERE. OEuvres. A Paris, s. n. [Prault], 1734. 6 volumes in-4° (220 x 286 mm), red morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, fleuron at the corners, ornate ribbed spine, gilt edges (period binding). FIRST ISSUE with the characteristic typographical error on page 360 of Volume VI ("comteese"). A frontispiece portrait engraved by LEPICIE after Charles COYPEL, a fleuron repeated on each title, 33 figures engraved by Laurent CARS after François BOUCHER and 198 bandeaux, lettrines and culs-de-lampe, some repeated, by BOUCHER, BLONDEL and OPPENORD, engraved by JOULLAIN and CARS. Handwritten bookplate scratched on title page (Fournier?). ATTACHED: Handwritten biography of Molière (late 18th c.) [6 ff. in-4° inserted in t. I]. Small manuscript leaflet (late 18th c.) [opposite p. 220 of vol. VI], evoking the Abbé Charles Cotin who inspired Molière for the character of Trissotin in Les Femmes savantes. Leaves slightly foxed. "One of the most beautiful books of the first part of the 18th century", Boucher's masterpiece (Cohen, 712). A FINE FIRST EDITION COPY IN A RED MOROCCO BINDING.
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