2V Jean Racine THEATRE 1876/1877 Limited Edition Antique French Theater Frontispiece Etched Headpieces Foulquier Decorative Leather Title

jean racine etched volume shipping antique french plays edition theatre books cost headpieces racine's limited frontispiece english baptismal jean-baptiste primarily minor author stated leather render copies portrait racineauthor bound marbled gilt second page 1876/1877 theater title young.racine's displayed lowell rhymed volumes issue loss edge lots include charge works translate dramaturgy moderate illustrated decorative dramatist robert described effects including hughes mahon scarce papier respectively.this half paper-covered stamped lettering covers top/bottom outside listing parameters foulquier schiller hardcovernumber yeswidth great playwrights 17th-century france molière corneille important literary figure tragedian producing examples neoclassical perfection phèdre andromaque athalie write comedy plaideurs muted tragedy esther mastery dodecasyllabic alexandrine verse renowned elegance purity speed fury diamond-edge glory hard widely considered untranslatable eminent poets attempted derek heroic couplets earned 2011 american book award poet marked psychological insight prevailing passion characters nakedness mame fils editeurscity toursyear 1876/1877binding style height 11.5"book details condition notes chine numbered near-contemporary boards bands external wear ubbing spine corners endpapers inscription appears blank preliminary markings mild applies address fifty united states apply addresses continental $7.50 western electric attempt geoffrey plot alfred raised ornamentation gift clean toning foulquier.for tradition rage language german latest argent stage publisher pouillet spines 1931 pages edges work bindings firm