Oeuvres Complètes de Molière: Nouvelle éd. très-soigneusement revue sur les textes originaux avec un travail de critique et d'érudition, aperçus d'histoire littéraire, biographie, examen de chaque pièce, commentaire, bibliographie, etc. par Louis Moland
Paris: Garnier Frères, 1864. Hardcover. 7 volumes, frontispiece portrait of the author in vol. 1, 17 leaves of plates: genealogical table; 23 cm. Contemporary half calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled title in second compartment of each, with gilt-tooled volume number in third and gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. Marbled paper over boards. Marbled endpapers and all edges marbeld. Green ribbon bookmarks. Published in 1863 and 1864. Makes up the first 7 volumes of the publisher's series Chefs-d'Oeuvre de la Littérature Française. Plates are signed: "G. Staat del. F. Delannoy sc." A heavy set; for international shipping, it will have to be sent by priority international. In Very Good- Condition: edges rubbed; minor loss at head or tail of several spines; discoloration at upper edge of first 50 pages and faint dampstain at lower corner of final 80 pages of vol. 5; dampstain at upper corner of first third of vol. 6; otherwise, text and plates are clean and bright. Very Good -. Item #006128
Price: $175.00