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Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus; original pictorial green wrappers, backstrip very slightly browned else a near fine copy. First appearance in Rieu's renowned 'Penguin Classics' series, and first publication of Wood's translation. Includes The Misanthrope, The Sicilian or Love the Painter, Tartuffe or The Imposter, A Doctor in Spite of Himself, The Imaginary Invalid. The choice of cover roundel disappointed the translator: ';If my opinion of the roundel were sought I should say that by Penguin standards it is no more than very ordinary'. Penguin Classics L89.
12mo., on laid paper, parallel texts in French and English, with engraved frontispiece, title in red and black, and woodcut decorations in the text, endpapers mildly age-marked; contemporary mottled calf, red sprinkled edges, expertly rebacked in calf with raised bands, backstrip with red leather label ruled and lettered in gilt, a remarkably bright, clean, crisp copy.
in-8°, XIX-218 pages, reliure demi-cuir moderne, t. et fil. dorés. Qq. pass. soul. sinon tres bel exemplaire [CA27/2]
Features: L'ecole de demain - L'enfant "Maitre Chez Lui" (school architecture); Jean Marchand - est-il Perdu pour les ouvriers?; Nos Ambassadeurs? Des Prix de Vertu!; Favori ou "Long Shot"?, par Gerald Godin; Tartuffe a Quebec? Jamais! - fait l'eveque... et il offre cent pistoles au gouverneur Frontenac pour empecher que la piece de Moliere ne soit montee! Nous sommes en 1964; Pourquoi Mars?, par James Bamber. Text in French. Average wear. A sound copy. Book