Oeuvres de Molière

New illustrated edition with vignettes by Tony Johannot. Single-volume reprint by Dubochet of the 1835 Paulin edition, with some new vignettes, notably on the title page. 800 Vignettes.

Contemporary full navy blue shagreen binding. Spine with false flat raised bands decorated with grotesque compartments. Boards stamped in blind with a large central decorative frame with multiple borders, in blind, with triple gilt fillets, bold... Interior frieze. Edges gilt. Signs of rubbing. One upper corner pushed in. White watered silk endpapers darkened. Apart from 2 leaves in the preface on Molière that are browned, paper very white and fresh. Dubochet used different paper for his edition whereas the 2-volume edition is almost systematically always foxed.
Handsome copy in full contemporary binding.