Jean RACINE
Oeuvres de Jean Racine, avec les variantes et les imitations des auteurs grecs et latins
Stéréotype d'Hernan|Paris 1807|13.50 x 21.50 cm|5 volumes reliés
Stéréotype d'Hernan, Paris 1807, 8° (13,5x21,5cm), CLXXII, 297pp. and 488pp. and 486pp. and 392pp. and V, 310pp., 5 green morocco volumes.
Wonderful copy with 89 illustrations added from several Racine illustrated editions: a portrait by Santerre, 12 engravings after Gravelot (most of them before lettering, from the 1768 edition of Louis Cellot), a second portrait by Saint-Aubin, a portrait of Boileau, 50 engravings, mostly after Robert and Stéphane-Barthélémy Garnier (some before lettering, Edition Le Nomant 1808) and a set of illustrations by Barbier l'Aîné; 12 engravings by Moreau Le Jeune (Edition Crapelet 1811) and 12 engravings after Desenne by Simonnet (Edition Didot 180
Wonderful copy with 89 illustrations added from several Racine illustrated editions: a portrait by Santerre, 12 engravings after Gravelot (most of them before lettering, from the 1768 edition of Louis Cellot), a second portrait by Saint-Aubin, a portrait of Boileau, 50 engravings, mostly after Robert and Stéphane-Barthélémy Garnier (some before lettering, Edition Le Nomant 1808) and a set of illustrations by Barbier l'Aîné; 12 engravings by Moreau Le Jeune (Edition Crapelet 1811) and 12 engravings after Desenne by Simonnet (Edition Didot 180
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