New collected edition of the works of Théophile. The third part contains the pieces written during his imprisonment until his death. Text in italics.
Contemporary full red morocco binding. Raised spine richly decorated. Red morocco title label. Edges gilt. Owner's initials in the tail compartment: BD (these letters are found handwritten on the title leaf with the number 68). Joint widely cracked along the tail compartment, without damage to the headcap. A hole of one cm in diameter on leaf 83 of the second part, with the loss of one word over three lines. Leaf 115 with three restorations resulting in the loss of two letters. Foxing, sometimes heavy.
These Works are divided into three parts, after Scudery's preface: The treatise on the immortality of the soul and the poetic work, the tragedies and the last pieces, his poetry written during his imprisonment.