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9 volumes large 8vo (230 x 150 mm) XV, 409 pp. 2 nn.ll. (table and notice to the binder), 12 additional plates for volume I; portrait by Hillemacher, 450 pp. 2 nn.ll. (table and notice to the binder), 13 additional plates for volume II; 455 pp, 2 nn.ll. (table and notice to the bookbinder), 12 additional plates for volume III; 424 pp. 1 nn.l. (table), 13 additional plates for volume IV; 439 pp. 1 nn.l. (table), 11 additional plates for volume V; 411 pp., 1 nn.l. (table), 9 additional plates for volume VI; 447 pp. 2 nn.ll. (table and leaf with printer’s mark), 9 additional plates for volume VI; 447 pp. 2 nn.ll. (table and leaf with printer’s mark), 8 additional plates for volume VII; 466 pp., 2 nn.ll. (table and leaf with printer’s mark), 8 additional plates for volume VIII. Bound at the end of volume VII: Reception Publica Unius Juvenis Medici in Academia Burlesca Joannis Baptistae Moliere. Editio troisiesma. Lyon, Perrin & Marinet, 1870. Frontispiece in two states (on tinted laid paper, and on chine), 23 pp. – [And uniformy bound:] Galerie historique des portraits des comédiens de la troupe de Molière gravées à l’eau-forte par Frédéric Hillemacher. Seconde édition. Lyon, Louis Perrin pour Nicolas Scheuring, 1869. X, 196 pp, 1 f.n.ch. (printer’s mark), 33 engraved portraits. Uniformly bound in red morocco, covers decorated in the Duseuil style, spine with raised bands, compartments richly decorated in gilt, roulette on the edges, gilt turn-ins, gilt edges (Lortic, with his label on the inner cover of each volume).
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Vicaire, V, 929 & 930.
Magnificent deluxe edition of a limited edition of 400 copies, this one number 41 of 300 printed on tinted Annonay laid paper. It was printed by Louis Perrin for the publisher Scheuring in Lyon. It is decorated with a fine portrait of Molière by Hillemacher (bound at the head of volume II), as well as numerous vignettes and cul-de-lampe etchings by Frédéric Hillemacher.
Copy complete with notices to the bookbinder for volumes I (and the cancels for pages 101/102, 129/130, 143/144), II (and the cancels for pages 3-425, 133-134, 139-140, 307-308, 317-318), III (and the cancel for quire 10 corresponding to pages 145-160).
The Cérémonie du malade imaginaire (bound at the end of volume VII) was published in a limited edition of 300 copies; this is number 22 of 50 copies on large tinted paper. The print-run of the Galerie historique volume is not announced.
A very fine copy, perfectly bound by Lortic, to which have been added 79 engraved figures after Desenne, Coypel, Vernet, Johannot, and Moreau le jeune (by the latter all the engravings are before the letter), including a facsimile of an autograph receipt from Molière in volume I.
Small scratch on the first cover of the Galerie historique; occasional foxing.
Provenance: Chantal Cazaux (bookplate).
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