Auger, L. S. — Oeuvres de Jean Racine
Paris, Furne et Cie. Editeurs, 1853. Probably 1st edition. Hardcover. Midnight leather boards; pearlized white end papers; a. e. g. raised bands to spine. xii + 718 pp. Numerous bw steel plates with tissue guards. Text in French. Includes brief essay about Racine, as well as the following plays: La Thebaide, Alexandre, Andromaque, Les Plaideurs, Britannicus, Berenice, Bajazet, Mithridate, Iphigenie en Aulide, Phedre, Esther, Athalie, and the poem Cantiques Spirituels. Rubbing to covers; foxing throughout; gift inscription (dated 1856) inside; gilt edging brilliant.