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17646572Paris: Various Publishers 1764-1774. Hardcover. Very Good. CORNEILLE Pierre 1606-1684. Le Cid tragedie en cinq actes. Paris: Par la Compagnie des Libraires Associes 1776. 60pp. Le Cid is a play tragi-comedy in Alexandrian verse whose first performance took place on 5 January 1637. Corneille has been called "the founder of French tragedy." Bound with: FENOUILLOT DE FALBAIRE Charles Georges 1727-1800. L'Honnete Criminel La Piete Filiale Drame. Paris: Chez Merlin 1775. 64pp. French playwright this his famous work "The Honest Criminal" regarded as a protest against intolerance. With: VOLTAIRE 1694-1778. La Mort de Cesar tragedie. Paris: Chez Duchesne 1764. 48pp. The Death of Caesar a tragedy in three acts was written by Voltaire in 1731 published in 1736 and was represented 29 August 1743 by the French Theatre. With: VOLTAIRE. Zayre Tragedie. Paris: Chez Claude Herissant 1775. 54pp. Important Voltaire play the antagonist is conflicted between religions. With: BEAUMARCHAIS Pierre 1732-1799. Eugenie drame en cinq actes en prose. Paris: Chez Merlin 1771. 67pp. With: SAURIN. Beverlei Tragedie Bourgeoise. Paris: Chez Duchesne 1774. 60pp. With: BEAUMARCHAIS Pierre. Les deux amis ou le negociant de Lyon. Paris: Chez Duchesne 1774. 62pp. Woodcut printer's devices to titles. 8vo 200 x 120mm Contemporary mottled calf edges stained red inscribed to titles and some colophon leaves some leaves slightly offset corners bumped. French tragic-comedy was highly popular at the end of the 18th century this sammelband collects some of the finest. <br/><br/> [Various Publishers] hardcover books