Moliere — Tartuffe & the Would-Be Gentleman

New York, Heritage Press, 1963. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. A sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover copy of a Heritage Press title, being a First Edition Thus. Clean, bright, unmarked interior, minimal rubbing to extremities, having been preserved well in a Good condition, paper-covered cardboard slipcase. Bound simply in two-tone, black and brown cloth, gilt lettering over black cloth label to spine. From a collection of three dozen Heritage Press titles that belonged to an Eastern Washington professional botanist. Complete with the Sandglass newsletter. The Heritage Press operated from 1937 - 1982 and was created by George Macy, who managed with editors the reprinting of volumes from the Limited Editions Club, thus enabling fine printing exemplars to trickle down to a broader public still thirsty, newly thirsty, for classic nineteenth-century novels and biographies. Moliere's classic novel was translated from the original French by H. Baker and J. Miller, with an Introduction by Henri Peyre, and illustrated beautifully by Serge Ivanoff. xvi [2], 3-197 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine