Jean Racine — Oeuvres Completes de J Racine

Paris, Chez Lefevre, 1825. Leather. Complete works of Jean Racine in seven uniform volumes. Containing the theatrical works of J. Racine in seven volumes. With critical notes and commentary. Fourth edition published by L. Aime-Martin.Jean Racine was a French dramatist, considered one of the three greatest playwrights on the seventeenth century, along with Moliére and Corneille. His works are notable for his use of the French alexandrine (dodecasyllabic), and the elegance and purity of his writing. Illustrated with a frontispiece to volume I. Collated, complete. With half titles. In uniform quarter morocco bindings over paper covered boards, gilt lettering to spine, new marbled endpapers. Externally with some shelf wear, bumped to head and tail of spine, gentle rubbing to back strip and boards. Pictorial bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Minor cockling to last few leaves vol. I due to possible damp. Light spotting scattered to leaves. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .