![[FRENCH LITERATURE] – MOLIÈRE [=ps. of J.-B. Poquelin]. Oeuvres [..] précédées d’une notice sur sa vie et ses ouvrages par M. Sainte-Beuve [..]. [Vol. I-II].](https://gcp-la8-storage-cdn.lot-art.com/public/upl/96/FRENCH-LITERATURE-MOLIERE-ps-of-J-B-Poquelin-Oeuvres-precedees-dune-notice-sur-sa-vie-et-ses-ouvrages-par-M-Sainte-Beuve-Vol-_641094c282610-full-16395900_1678808259.jpg "[FRENCH LITERATURE] – MOLIÈRE [=ps. of J.-B. Poquelin]. Oeuvres [..] précédées d’une notice sur sa vie et ses ouvrages par M. Sainte-Beuve [..]. [Vol. I-II].")
[FRENCH LITERATURE] – MOLIÈRE [=ps. of J.-B. Poquelin]. Oeuvres [..] précédées d’une notice sur sa vie et ses ouvrages par M. Sainte-Beuve [..]. [Vol. I-II].
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Paris, Chez Paulin [..], 1835-1836. 2 Vols.: 768 and 895,[1] pp. With wood-engraved frontisp.-portrait (of Molière) by H.D. Porret after Tony Johannot & ca. 800 wood-engraved (text-)ills. after Tony Johannot. Large 8vo (ca. 26 x 16,5 cm.), early 19th-cent. unif. dec. gilt(-lettered) green half-chagrin, marbled edges. – And 2 similar early 19th-cent. French illustrated works, i.a. by M. DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (“L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche”. Paris, J.-J. Dubochet et Cie, 1845. With num. wood-engr. ills. after Tony Johannot).
Footnote
¶ Ad 1: Carteret III, pp. 410-412 (“Très beau livre, rare en belle condition et fort estimé à juste titre, pour son admirable illustration [..]”). Vicaire V, 919-921. Complete set (printed in Paris by “Imprimerie de E. Duverger”) of the collected plays by the French author Molière (=ps. of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, 1622-1673) illustrated by the French artist Tony Johannot (1803-1852) with a preface by the French literary critic Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804-1869). – A few minor imperfections (bindings sl. rubbed/ worn along extremities, spines sl. discol., inner hinges sl. weakening, a few preliminary text-leaves (incl. frontisp. & title) of vol. I sl. waterstained in upper (blank) corner, partly foxed/ browned), but nevertheless an attractively bound set in good condition.
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Paris, Chez Paulin [..], 1835-1836. 2 Vols.: 768 and 895,[1] pp. With wood-engraved frontisp.-portrait (of Molière) by H.D. Porret after Tony Johannot & ca. 800 wood-engraved (text-)ills. after Tony Johannot. Large 8vo (ca. 26 x 16,5 cm.), early 19th-cent. unif. dec. gilt(-lettered) green half-chagrin, marbled edges. – And 2 similar early 19th-cent. French illustrated works, i.a. by M. DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (“L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche”. Paris, J.-J. Dubochet et Cie, 1845. With num. wood-engr. ills. after Tony Johannot).
Footnote
¶ Ad 1: Carteret III, pp. 410-412 (“Très beau livre, rare en belle condition et fort estimé à juste titre, pour son admirable illustration [..]”). Vicaire V, 919-921. Complete set (printed in Paris by “Imprimerie de E. Duverger”) of the collected plays by the French author Molière (=ps. of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, 1622-1673) illustrated by the French artist Tony Johannot (1803-1852) with a preface by the French literary critic Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804-1869). – A few minor imperfections (bindings sl. rubbed/ worn along extremities, spines sl. discol., inner hinges sl. weakening, a few preliminary text-leaves (incl. frontisp. & title) of vol. I sl. waterstained in upper (blank) corner, partly foxed/ browned), but nevertheless an attractively bound set in good condition.
