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1808314Paris: Genets Jne Librairie 1808. Hardcover. Very good . Octavo 7 volumes. Ex-library with minimal markings. Beautifully bound in publisher's original 3/4 vellum and marbled boards. Some rubbing and general wear to boards. Hinges strong contents tight and clean thus very good or better. A lovely set of this scarce 1808 edition of Racine's work. Genets Jne Librairie hardcover
1853106334Paris: Furne Et Cie Editeurs 1853. Hardcover. good to very good. xii720pp. Octavo. Engraved plates including frontispiece portrait. Half green morocco with gilt spine and raised bands and green cloth boards marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Some scattered foxing throughout. good to very good 1853 Furne Et Cie, Editeurs hardcover
1878318076Paris: G. Jousset 1878. New edition. Hardcover. Good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Boards dust-toned. Some wear and tear to the spine of Volume 1. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Internally bright and clean. Remains quite well-preserved set overall. Physical description: 2 vol.: portrait.; In-8°. Subjects: France 18th century. Literature 18th century. Theater France. Drama. Collections of Plays. Paris: G. Jousset hardcover
1892FO24299Librairie des Bibliophiles/Flammarion 1892. Hardback. Very good condition. marbled covers. Marbled endsheets and top text block. Very good condition Quarter leather-bound. . Publié par D. Jouaust en trois volumes et précédé dune préface par V. Fournel. Librairie des Bibliophiles/Flammarion hardcover
18263651085Avignon.: A. Chambeau Fils. 1826. Hardcover. Cubierta deslucida. Good. 11 cm. 272 p. Encuadernación en tapa dura artesanal en piel. Idioma frances . Cubierta deslucida. A. Chambeau Fils. hardcover
1829004235Paris: Furne / De Bure 1829. Spine and edges worn some foxing small marks on a few pages; name on half-title; otherwise clean & sound. Textured boards gilt figured leather spine marbled edges and endpapers. Small 4to 658 pages; engraved portrait frontispiece and 12 other engraved plates. Text in French. Collationnee sur les meilleurs textes. . Nouvelle Edition . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Furne / De Bure Hardcover
1890FB7793 /6B<p>Tan calf spine with brown title plates raised banding and gilt title. Brown mottled boards.<em> We provide an in-depth photographic presentation of this item to stimulate your feeling and touch. More traditional book descriptions are immediately available </em></p><p>Please view our photographs. Leather. Condition: Good. A great value buy. Not Stated illustrator. The complete plays of the renowned French playwright Jean Racine with a brief biography. Inscribed to the title page by Sir Paul Vinogradoff 1854-1925 a Russian and British historian and medievalist. The complete plays of the notable French playwright and poet Jean Racine 1639-1699 including a brief biography of Racine and an overview of his life. Racine primarily wrote tragedies such as Phèdre Andromaque and Athalie but did write one comedy Les Plaideurs. Illustrated with a hand-coloured portrait frontispiece. Undated dated through copies held at the HathiTrust Digital Library. In a half morocco binding. Externally sound with rubbing to the spine and extremities and shelf wear to the boards. Hinges are strained but held firmly by cords. The pages are firmly bound. Pages are age toned but generally clean. Good. book.</p><p>Jean-Baptiste Racine 22 December 1639 – 21 April 1699 was a French dramatist one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France along with Molière and Corneille as well as an important literary figure in the Western tradition and world literature. Racine was primarily a tragedian producing such "examples of neoclassical perfection" as Phèdre Andromaque and Athalie . He did write one comedy Les Plaideurs and a muted tragedy Esther for the young. Racine's plays displayed his mastery of the dodecasyllabic 12 syllable French alexandrine. His writing is renowned for its elegance purity speed and fury and for what American poet Robert Lowell described as a "diamond-edge" and the "glory of its hard electric rage". Racine's dramaturgy is marked by his psychological insight the prevailing passion of his characters and the nakedness of both plot and stage</p> Garnier Freres. hardcover
1867806A11Paris : Librairie de Firmin Didot Freres 1867. Leather. Very Good. 7" by 4.5" . None . J. Racine's complete theatrical plays in one volume in a smart full calf Norther Chrurch of England School binding. A smart copy of the complete plays of J. Racine in the original French. With a foreword by M. Auger. Jean Racine was a French dramatist considered one of the three greatest playwrights on the seventeenth century along with Moliére and Corneille. His works are notable for his use of the French alexandrine dodecasyllabic and the elegance and purity of his writing. In a smart full calf binding from the Northern Church of England School. Illustrated with a frontispiece. In a full calf school prize binding with five raised bands and gilt tooling to the spine gilt to the edges Northern Church of England School emblem embossed in gilt to the front board. Externally generally smart with minor shelf wear a touch of rubbing to the spine and extremities minor rubbing to the joints fading to the spine. Previous ownership inscription to the verso front free endpaper and recto blank page dated 1940. Internally firmly bound. Light spotting scattered to the occasional leaf particularly to the first and last few. Illustrated with a frontispiece. Very Good Librairie de Firmin Didot Freres hardcover
182821222Paris France: Baudouin Freres 1828. early thus. Hardcover. Very Good. 4 vols only fifth volume not present. Octavo 8" tall vol. 1: xl 327 i pages; vol. 2: 370 i pages; vol. 3: 399 i pages; vol. 4: 415 iii pages; green endpapers gilt titles decorations and fore-edges maroon leather. A very good clean bright neat hard cover with minor shelf wear and rubbing one exterior corner slightly stained; hinges and binding tight paper white. Baudouin Freres hardcover
1874FGN21-D-3Paris: Librairie Hachette 1874. Cloth. Good. 7" by 5". Not Stated. Jean Racine was a c.17 writer often regarded as being of 'revolutionary' importance depsite swings in popularity over the centuries outside France. Jean Racine was a c.17 writer often regarded as being of 'revolutionary' importance depsite swings in popularity over the centuries outside France. Racine is often compared to Shakespeare or Walter Scott both of whom many English critics advocated fiercely over him in acts which the French decried as Francophobia. Here we have a lovely compendium of his 'Chefs-D'Oeuvres' masterpieces namely the classically-themed plays Andromaque Les Plaideurs Britannicus Brnice Bajazet Mithridate Iphignie Phedre Esther and Athalie ideally suited to those wishing to draw their own conclusions! Externally bound in smart green cloth with marbled paper boards. Gilt lettering to spine. Some wear to corners and minimal wear to head and tail of spine. Internally firmly bound with tape repair to hinge and nominal inscription to frontpaper with corresponding blot on opposite pastedown. Moderate spotting throughout. Good Librairie Hachette hardcover
1826917Y31Paris : Chez Saintin LIbraire 1826. Leather. Very Good. 4" by 2.5". Not stated. A charming pocket book containing the masterful poetry of Jean Racine and his son Louis Racine with three engraved illustrations. In full calf binding with gilt detailing to the spine. Illustrated with a frontispiece and two full page captioned engravings. This miniature contains Jean Racine was renowned for his mastery of French classical tragedy viewed as one of the great playwrights of 17th-century France alongside Moliere and Corneille. This book contains two of his tragedies Esther and Athalie. His second son and last child Jean Racine wrote poetry alongside his employment as a tax inspector in various provincial towns and cities. This book contains his most important poem La Religion in which he was careful to avoid further accusations of Jansenism. In full calf binding with gilt detailing. Externally smart. With rubbing to the extremities and fading to the spine. A small chip to the spine label. Marks to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with scattered spotting. Very Good Chez Saintin, LIbraire hardcover
1874792P24Paris: Alphonse Lemerre 1874-75. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 6" by 4". Not Stated. A strikingly bound set of the original French dramatic works of Jean Racine containing all of his important plays complete with illustrations throughout. In a signed binding by Canape.Complete in five volumes.In the original French.The collected dramatic works of Jean Racine one of the three greatest playwrights of seventeenth century France and an important figure in Western literary tradition.Racine's plays were typically tragedies such as 'Phedre' 'Andromaque' and 'Athalie'. His writing is renowned for its elegance purity speed and fury and for being a master example of the dodecasyllabic French alexandrine.Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece engraved title page and three plates.Volume II illustrated with three plates.Volume III illustrated with three plates.Volume IV illustrated with three plates.Collated complete.With notices by Anatole France.Undated dated from Jisc from a copy held at the University of Oxford Libraries. In a half morocco binding with marbled paper to the boards by Canape. Externally smart with a little rubbing the spines. Minor bumping to the extremities. A little fading to the spine. A few minor marks to the boards and spines. Front hinge of Volume I is starting but firm. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with a few odd spots. Very Good Indeed Alphonse Lemerre hardcover
1825860A53Paris: Chez Lefevre 1825. Leather. Very Good. 9" by 5.5". None . Complete works of Jean Racine in seven uniform volumes. Containing the theatrical works of J. Racine in seven volumes. With critical notes and commentary. Fourth edition published by L. Aime-Martin.Jean Racine was a French dramatist considered one of the three greatest playwrights on the seventeenth century along with Moliére and Corneille. His works are notable for his use of the French alexandrine dodecasyllabic and the elegance and purity of his writing. Illustrated with a frontispiece to volume I. Collated complete. With half titles. In uniform quarter morocco bindings over paper covered boards gilt lettering to spine new marbled endpapers. Externally with some shelf wear bumped to head and tail of spine gentle rubbing to back strip and boards. Pictorial bookplate to front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Minor cockling to last few leaves vol. I due to possible damp. Light spotting scattered to leaves. Very Good Chez Lefevre hardcover
1820864P2Paris: Lefevre 1820. First edition. Leather. Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. The collected works of Jean Racine the first edition to be edited by Louis Aime-Martin a lavishly illustrated set. Complete in six volumes.The first edition of Racine's works edited by Louis Aime-Martin.In the original French.The collected dramatic works of Jean Racine one of the three greatest playwrights of seventeenth century France and an important figure in Western literary tradition.Racine's plays were typically tragedies such as 'Phedre' 'Andromaque' and 'Athalie'. His writing is renowned for its elegance purity speed and fury and for being a master example of the dodecasyllabic French alexandrine.Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece and three plates.Volume II illustrated with four plates.Volume III illustrated with three plates. Volume IV illustrated with two plates.Volume V illustrated with a frontispiece.Bookplate of Guille-Alles Library Guernsey to the front paste downs with their stamps to the endpapers and half-titles. In a full calf binding. Externally generally smart. Labels to the tail of the spines with tape to the tail of the joints. Loss to the head of the spines of Volumes I II IV V and VI head of the spine of Volume I is lifting to the rear joint. Light bumping to the extremities. Some minor marks and a little rubbing to the boards and spines. Institutional bookplate to the front paste downs and stamps to the front free endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with some spotting spots heavier to the first and last few pages. Institutional stamp to the half-titles. Volume II many pages unopened to the fore edge. Good Lefevre hardcover
18116436513 illustrated plates including frontispiece each with bookstamp of previous owner William Arthur Durnford of Buckinghamshire on front pastedown. Published by Chez Raymond et Menard hardcover
1860103641Gustave Barba 1860. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket. . augmentee d'une vie de Racine at de notices sur chaque piece par Emile de la Bedolliere." In French. No date circa 1860. Leather spine with decorative boards. Gustave Barba hardcover
1811863M6London: B. Dulau and Co. 1811. Leather. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". Not Stated. A scarce three volume set of the works of renowned French playwright Jean Racine; the second edition revised and enlarged by C. Gros. The second edition of this three-volume work in half calf bindings with marbled boards and gilt decoration to the spines. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece to Volume I. Jean Racine 1639-1699 was one of the three great French playwrights of the 17th century. He primarily wrote tragedies such as Phèdre Andromaque and Athalie but did write one comedy Les Plaideurs. This set now scarce in three volumes was compiled by Jean Lecoutz de Levizac 1745-1813 and this second edition of this set was revised and enlarged by C. Gros. Volume I contains a brief biography of Jean Racine and overview of his works along with his plays La Thébaïde Alexandre le Grand Andromaque Les Plaideurs and Britannicus. Volume II contains his plays Bérénice Bajazet Mithridate Iphigénie and Phèdre. Volume III contains his plays Esther and Athalie as well as a selection of his poetry essays and discourses. In half calf bindings. Externally fairly smart with shelf wear to the boards and fading to the spines. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for the occasional spot. Very Good B. Dulau and Co. hardcover
1875896Q4Paris: Furne Jouvet et Cie. 1875 . Leather. Very Good. 9" by 6". Not Stated. A scarce copy of this compilation of the works of French dramatist Jean Racine edited and introduced by L. S. Auger. Bound in a smart quarter morocco with cloth to the boards.Written entirely in the original French. This scarce work is comprised of the works of 17th century French dramatist Jean-Baptiste Racine who was labelled as one of the three great French playwrights of his time. This collection includes Racine's plays 'La Thebaide' 'Britannicus' and 'Mithridate' among others. With twelve plays altogether comprised of eleven "tragedies" and one "comedie". Edited by French journalist and literary critic Louis Simon Auger who provides a chapter on the life of Racine as well as presenting his works. Illustrated with a plate to the start of each play and a frontispiece to the work with thirteen plates altogether. Collated complete. Bound in a smart quarter morocco with cloth to the boards. Externally very good with light rubbing to the spine and the odd mark. Light bumping to the extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots to the first and last pages. Very Good Furne, Jouvet et Cie. hardcover
1850982R11Paris: Ancienne Librairie Furne c1850 . Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". None. beautifully bound collection of plays by French dramatist Jean-Baptiste Racine edited and with an introduction by L. S. Auger in red cloth binding with gilt decoration. A beautifully bound collection of plays by French dramatist Jean-Baptiste Racine edited and with an introduction by L. S. Auger in red cloth binding with gilt decoration. In French.Undated dated c.1850 from a copy held at the University of St Andrews Library.With thirteen monochrome plates before each play including a portrait frontispiece of Racine. Collated complete. Jean-Baptiste Racine 22 December 1639 - 21 April 1699 was a French playwright considered one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France along with Molière and Corneille. In red cloth binding with gilt decoration to the spine. Externally very smart with visible shelf wear to extremities and spine particularly head and tail. Marks including one patch of damp staining to front board. Internally firmly bound. Front and rear hinges strained. Pages age toned. Spotting to front free endpapers. Marbled paste downs. Gilt fore edge. Very Good Ancienne Librairie Furne hardcover
1833L3 box629 ldOeuvres de Jean Racine Precedees Des Memoires sur sa Vie Par Louis Racine. A Paris Chez Lefevre Libraire - Editeur 1833. partial leather hardcover 615 pages. The book was aged worn. In L3 box629.<br /><br /> Chez Lefevre, Libraire - Editeur hardcover
1813FGN10-F-6Paris: De L'Imprimerie de P. Didot L'Aine 1813. Leather. Very Good. 8" by 5". None. A collection of the Works of Jean Racine. Complete in five volumes. In the original French. With a Frontispiece to volume I. From the Collection of the Best Works in the French Language Printed on fine paper. Jean Racine baptismal name Jean-Baptiste Racine 22 December 1639 21 April 1699 was a French dramatist one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France along with Moliere and Corneille and an important literary figure in the Western tradition. Racine was primarily a tragedian producing such "examples of neoclassical perfection" as Phedre Andromaque and Athalie although he did write one comedy Les Plaideurs and a muted tragedy Esther for the young. In full embossed calf bindings with gilt embellishment to the spines. Externally sound with slight rubbing. There is some evidence of previous damp staining to the boards. There is some fading to the extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean. There is an ink inscription to the verso of front free end papers in volumes I II IV and V and to the recto of rear end papers in volume I. Very Good De L'Imprimerie de P. Didot L'Aine hardcover
1833L3 box629 aOeuvres De Jean Racine Precedees Des Memoires Sur Sa Vie Par Louis Racine. A Paris Chez Lefevre Libraire - Editeur 1833. Partial leather hardcover 615 pages. The book was aged. In L3 box629. A Paris, Chez Lefevre, Libraire - Editeur hardcover
18890839460Paris: Garnier Freres 1889. Nouvelle Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. Ornee Du Portrait En Pied Colorie Des Principaux Personnages De Chaque Piece. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. In red leather spine over red boards gilt spine titling with 5 raised bands and gilt decorated compartments marbled endpapers all edges gilt 4to 636pp. Notable for full page colored portrait illustrations. light shelfwear to extremities fade spot to upper board at lower corner name to preliminary page. Garnier Freres hardcover
1866810A1Paris: Furne Jouvet et Cie. 1866. Leather. Good. 9" by 5.5". Various. The complete plays of Jean de Racine in one volume in the original French each piece introduced by some lovely engravings. The complete theatrical works of J. Racine in the original French. With a biographical sketch of Racine and his works by L. S. Auger. Jean Racine was a French dramatist considered one of the three greatest playwrights on the seventeenth century along with Moliére and Corneille. His works are notable for his use of the French alexandrine dodecasyllabic and the elegance and purity of his writing. Illustrated with a frontispiece and full page plates of engravings to introduce the various plays. Bound in quarter morocco over leatherette boards by Auguste Fontaine. In a quarter morocco binding with gilt tooling to the spine leatherette boards four raised band gilt to the edges. Externally generally sound with shelf wear and rubbing to the boards light soiling to the boards damp marking to the lower margins of the boards cockling the cloth to the boards and endpapers slightly and affecting the occasional leaf with minor staining marks particularly to the last few gutters. Internally firmly bound. Light minor spotting scattered to the leaves. Illustrated with a frontispiece and full page plates of engravings to introduce the various plays. Good Furne, Jouvet et Cie. hardcover
1813816A62Paris: Stereotype D'Herhan de l'Imprimerie de A. Belin 1813. Leather. Very Good. 5.5" by 3.5". Not Stated . Complete collection of these charming pocket sized editions of the works of Jean Racine in uniform full calf bindings. The complete theatrical works of J. Racine complete in five uniform leather-bound volumes in the original French. Pocket sized copies the sixth edition with half titles. Foreword by the author.Jean Racine was a French dramatist considered one of the three greatest playwrights on the seventeenth century along with Moliére and Corneille. His works are notable for his use of the French alexandrine dodecasyllabic and the elegance and purity of his writing. Illustrated with a frontispiece to vol. I and thirteen further full page plates of engravings to introduce the various plays. In uniform full calf bindings. Externally sound with minor shelf wear spine and joints rubbed with minor bumping and chipping to head and tail of spine and extremities of the boards particularly to the head of vol. II. Ownership inscription to half title undated. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally very clean. Illustrated with a frontispiece to vol. I and thirteen further full page plates of engravings to introduce the various plays. Very Good Stereotype D'Herhan de l'Imprimerie de A. Belin hardcover
