MOLIERE – VOLTAIRE: Oeuvres complètes de Molière précédées de la vie de Molière par Voltaire, Paris, ca. 1900

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Oeuvres complètes de Molière précédées de la vie de Molière par Voltaire. Tome premier et tome second. 2 vols. ens.‎

Paris, Ancienne Librairie Furne, Boivin & Cie Editeurs, ca. 1900

In-4to, 1) XII + 798 p., including frontispice and env. 15 planches n./b., 2) 782 pp., including frontispice and 15 planches n./b.; binding in red-morocco with corners, gilt spine with Art Nouveau motifs, some rubbing to the head and tails of spines. Pages are bright with occasional spotting

 

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A two volume set of Moliere’s complete theatrical works. French playwright and actor  Molière is considered by many as one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature. Some of his best known works are The Misanthrope, The School for Wives, The Miser and The Bourgeois Gentleman. In elegant Art Nouveau binding. Collated complete.

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Arrigoni de Treviglio (1789; signature on B3r)