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RACINE, Jean.
Oeuvres de Jean Racine. Precedees des Memoires sur sa Vie par Louis Racine. Ornee du Portrait en Pied Colorie.
With 20 color plates, including frontis portrait of Racine. Others of principal characters of plays. 4to, 10.5 by 7 inches, 27 by 18 cm. Included are La Thebaide, Alexandre le Grand, Andromaque, Les Plaideurs, Britannicus, Berenice, Bajazet, Mithridate, Iphigenie en Aulide, Phedre, Esther, Athalie, along with poetry, correspondence, miscellaneous prose writing.
- Published
- Paris: Laplace, Sanchez, 1876.
- Plates
- 20
- Binding/Size
- M=4to
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- Paris: Laplace, Sanchez, 1876.
- Ref
- 798
[Works by Jean Racine. Preceded by Memoirs on his Life by Louis Racine. Adorned with Full-Length Colored Portrait] New Edition. Beautifully illustrated throughout with 20 hand-coloured portraits by Mm. Geffroy and H. Allouard (featuring a main character from the particular play). 636pp. Thick 4to. 3/4 red morocco over marbled boards; gilt-lettered spine with raised bands in blind; top edge gilt; some light foxing; front hinge cracked, but generally good throughout (plate on page 168 is tipped-in upside down). Coloured plates in order: 1. Frontis. J.Racine. 1639-1699. 2. Les Freres Ennemis. Tragedie. Antigone. 3. Alexandre Le Grand. Tragedie. Alexandre. 4. Andromaque. Tragedie. Hermione. 5. Andromaque. Tragedie. Oreste. 6. Les Plaideurs. Comedie. La Comtesse. 7. Les Plaideurs. Comedie. Chicaneau. 8. Britannicus. Tragedie. Agrippine. 9. Britannicus. Tragedie. Neron. 10. Berenice. Tragedie. Berenice. 11. Mithridate. Tragedie. Arcas. 12. Bajazet. Tragedie. Roxane. 13. Mithridate. Tragedie. Monime. 14. Iphigenie en Aulide. Tragedie. Achille. 15. Iphigenie en Aulide. Tragedie. Phedre. 16. Phedre. Tragedie. Hippolyte. 17. Esther. Tragedie. Esther. 18. Esther. Tragedie. Mardochee. 19. Athalie. Tradgedie. Joad. 20. Athalie. Tradgedie. Athalie.
