Apr 14, 2003 - Sale 1968

Sale 1968 - Lot 46

Price Realized: $ 259
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
CORNEILLE, PIERRE. Théâtre . . . avec des Commentaires, et Autres Morceaux Intéressans. Nouvelle Édition, augmentée. Engraved portrait of Corneille by Watelet after Pierre and 34 plates by various artists after Gravelot. Half-title present in first volume only. 8 volumes. 4to, contemporary mottled calf, attractively rebacked, occasional minor wear, Volume 1 front cover detached. Geneva [i. e., Berlin], 1774

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Edited by Voltaire. Cohen-de Ricci 225 (this edition); Ray, The Art of the French Illustrated Book 17 (1764 original edition).