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Thomas CORNEILLE

Les tragedies et comedies de T. Corneille

Chez Guillaume de Luyne, à Paris 1669, 1673, 1680, in-12 (15,5x8,5cm), (2) 592pp. (4), 544pp. (4), 584pp. (4), 74, 113, 86, 120, 76, 77pp., 72, 106, 136, 112, 75pp., 5 tomes reliés.

The first three volumes of the collected edition appeared for the first time in 1662, volume IV, published in 1673, contains only pieces of first edition, namely: Laodice, Baron d'Albikrack, Hannibal Death , Countess of pride, Ariane, Teodate. The fifth volume contains original Death of Achilles, Circe, The unknown, The Earl of Essex. The first three volumes each have a title and frontispiece continuous pagination, the other two volumes are separate pagination, pages with specific titles in each room. Each volume focuses on its title page of Part I to V. Calf Full time, back with ornate nerves. Binding Uniform 5 volumes. Upper cover of Volume 3 threadbare, and part of the cover of Volume 3 missing bottom cover of Volume 4 threadbare. Hitch with the lack joints Volume 5 Despite the shortcomings reported., The set is a nice set. "Thomas Corneille left forty-two dramatic works and obtained great success in the theater: the most famous, Ariane, the Earl of Essex, tragedies, the Festin de Pierre, verse comedy by Molière. Palissot later reproached him his "romantic intrigues" and La Harpe "flaccid versification and incorrect," Boileau said that he was "a cadet of Normandy." Voltaire said that, apart from Racine "it was the only time that was worthy of being the first under his brother." Voltaire said elsewhere that it was a "man who has a great reputation if he had not had a brother." Thomas Corneille, good grammarian, worked at the dictionary, a dictionary of words made arts and sciences in two volumes, a geographical and historical universal dictionary in three volumes in 1687, he published with notes of him a new edition of Notes Vaugelas, he also did some translations. He belonged to the party of modern fought La Bruyere, Fontenelle received, took a prominent part in the Furetière case. It was the Academy of Inscriptions. He died blind, Dec. 8, 1709. "Biography of the French Academy. --- Please note that the translation in english is done automatically, we apologize if the formulas are inaccurate. Contact us for any information!

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