OEUVRES COMPLETE DE J. RACINE (8 VOL SET - COMPLETE) Avec une Vie de l"Auteur et un Examin de Chacun de ses Ouvrages

Jean Racine, edited by Saint-Marc Girardin, and Louis Moland

Published by Garnier Freres 1869 - 1877, Paris, 1869

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6 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. 8 vol set. Half crushed chocolate morocco with lacquered marbled paper boards. (Truly beautiful binding) 5 raised bands. Gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Marbled endpapers. Gilt upper text block. Tissue-protected B&W illustrations. Condition is : NEAR FINE : spines and covers near perfect, with two exceptions, noted below. Lacquered marble boards and endpapers vivid, text exceptionally clean. Very slight foxing to side and bottom of text block, gilt upper block very bright. Extraordinarily tight, clean copies. Small David B. Ogden book plate on front paste-down.Vol I : 508 pgs. 1869. Cond: as above.Vol II : 480 pgs. 1870. Cond: as above.Vol III : 515 pgs. 1875. Cond: as above.Vol IV : 1v, 481 pgs. Cond: as above.Vol V : cxi, 479 pgs. 1877. Cond: as above.Vol VI : xxix, 477 pgs. 1876. Cond: as above.Vol VII : xvi, 494 pgs. 1877. Cond: as above, with wear to front paper board, where one book stuck to another, a spot approx. 1/2 inch diam.Vol VIII : viii, 552 pgs. 1877. Cond: as above, with wear to front paper board where one book stuck to another, approx 1/2 in diam. Seller Inventory # 2394

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Title: OEUVRES COMPLETE DE J. RACINE (8 VOL SET - ...

Publisher: Garnier Freres 1869 - 1877, Paris

Publication Date: 1869

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine