Jean Racine — Oeuvres de Racine in Five Volumes

Paris, De L'Imprimerie de P. Didot L'Aine, 1813. Leather. A collection of the Works of Jean Racine. Complete in five volumes. In the original French. With a Frontispiece to volume I. From the Collection of the Best Works in the French Language Printed on fine paper. Jean Racine, baptismal name Jean-Baptiste Racine (22 December 1639 ? 21 April 1699), was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France (along with Moliere and Corneille), and an important literary figure in the Western tradition. Racine was primarily a tragedian, producing such "examples of neoclassical perfection" as Phedre, Andromaque, and Athalie, although he did write one comedy, Les Plaideurs, and a muted tragedy, Esther, for the young. In full embossed calf bindings with gilt embellishment to the spines. Externally, sound with slight rubbing. There is some evidence of previous damp staining to the boards. There is some fading to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean. There is an ink inscription to the verso of front free end papers in volumes I, II, IV and V, and to the recto of rear end papers in volume I. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .