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8 volumes, 12mo (160 x 90 mm) title, 11 nn.ll., 304 pp., 2 nn.ll., 4 engraved plates for volume I; 416 pp., 2 nn.ll., 5 engraved plates for volume II; 308 pp., 2 nn.ll., 5 engraved plates for volume III; 296 pp., 2 nn.ll., 3 engraved plates for volume IV; 335 pp., 3 engraved plates for volume V; 92, 195 pp., 2 nn.ll., 3 engraved plates for volume VI; 261 pp., 1 nn.l., 4 engraved plates (comprised within the pagination) for volume VII; 312 pp., 3 engraved plates (comprised within the pagination) for volume VIII. Nineteenth-century red morocco, signed Champs, double gilt filet on covers, spine gilt with raised bands, gilt edges.
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Tchemerzine IV, 826; Cat. La Rochebillière, 366; Guibert, I, 609-650.
First complete edition of the works by Molière, edited on the original manuscript by the comediants Vinot and La Grange.
This 1682 edition is also the first to be illustated. The 30 plates, engraved by Sauvé after drawings by Brissart are an important documention for 17th century costumes and stage decoration. Molière is depicted several times playing different characters.
Six plays in first edition
This edition contains 6 plays printed here for the first time (all to be found in volumes 6 to 8): – Dom Gracie de Navarre – L'Impromptu de Versailles – Dom Juan ou le Festin de Pierre – Melicerte – Les Amans magnifiques -La Comtesse d'Escarbagnas.
Fine copy, well established by Champs and complete with its 30 plates.
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