5 Vols Oeuvres de Regnard

Jean-François Regnard

Published by Pierre Didot; Fermin Didot, Paris, 1801

About this Item

A scarce, smart, fiveâ volume stereotype edition of Regnard"s collected works, elegantly printed by Didot. Bound in roan with marbled paper boards.These copies are an early 19th-century Didot stereotype reprint, reprinted using the stereotype process developed by Firmin Didot. First editions, thus.Jeanâ François Regnard (1655 1709), celebrated by Richard Adolf Ploetz and Carl Julius Ploetz, as "the most distinguished, after Molière, of the comic poets of the seventeenth century".These editions offer a complete five-volume collection of Regnard"s comedies, verse, and travel writings, consisting of:Volume I: La Sérénade, Le Bal, Le Joueur, Le Distrait.Volume II: Attendez-moi sous l"orme, Démocrite, Le Retour imprévu, Les Folies amoureuses, Le Mariage de la folie.Volume III: Les Ménéchmes, Le Légataire universel, La Critique du légataire, Les Vendanges ou le Bailli d"Anières.Volume IV: Sapor, Le Carnaval de Venise, Orphée aux Enfers, Le Bal, assorted poems and satires, and the travel narratives Voyage de Normandie and Voyage de Chaumont.Volume V (Travel writings): Voyage de Flandre et de Hollande, Du Danemarck, De la Suède, Voyage de Laponie, Voyage de Pologne, Voyage d"Allemagne. Rubbing and bumping to extremities, resulting in slight loss to roan. Slight rubbing to boards, resulting in slight loss to marbled paper boards. Two chips to head of volume IV, where the spine is slightly cracked. Upper joints of volume I slightly cracked. Upper joints of Volume V cracked, with around 2" loss to morocco at left-side head of spine. Slight loss to heads of spines of volumes I, II, and V. Slight offsetting with the odd spot to endpapers. damp stains to endpaper extremities caused by binding glue. Hinges slightly strained. Internally, firmly bound. Pages slightly age toned with the odd spot, heavier to first and last few leaves. Good.

Seller Inventory # 965H11

Bibliographic Details

• Title: 5 Vols Oeuvres de Regnard
• Publisher: Pierre Didot; Fermin Didot, Paris
• Publication Date: 1801
• Binding: Leather
• Illustrator: None
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 0.75 kilograms
• Book Type: book
• Seller catalogs:
  • European History