Peter Bichsel   Fine Books

Molière, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin de. Oeuvres avec des remarques grammaticales, des avertissements, et des observations sur chaque pièce, par M. Bret. 8 vols.

Small 8vo. Contemp. full mottled calf. Spines gilt with 2 labels. – Paris, Libraires associés, 1786.

Re-edition of the 1773 edition of Molière’s (1622–1673) collected plays. The edition is preceded by the publisher’s foreword and Voltaire’s life of Molière, while all plays are introduced by a commentary by Antoine Bret, himself a playwright and a profilic 18th-century French critic. – Cohen/De Ricci 716ff. – Some spine ends and corners defective. Inside some foxing, clean in all. – Best.-Nr. 25379