Qu\u00e9rard, 7, 423 (gives a total of only 13 plates including the portrait, and indicates 1820-1821) ; Brunet, IV, 1080 (without collation for plates). Fl\u00e9ty, 162. Not in Vicaire.<\/i><\/p>\n
Beautiful edition, printed by Didot l’A\u00een\u00e9 for Lef\u00e8vre. It is illustrated with an engraved portrait after Prudhon and 13 plates after drawings by G\u00e9rard, Girodet, Moitte, Desenne, Taunay and Chaudet.<\/p>\n
A rare copy on large wove paper with all the plates before the letter, which Brunet has already praised: “Edition printed on fine paper. There are copies on large wove paper, paltes before the letter: 50 to 60 fr., and more expensive with the etchings, and especially with a fine morocco binding”.<\/p>\n
A magnificent copy on large paper, bound by Simier, known as Simier p\u00e8re, the first in the dynasty of 19th century Parisian bookbinders and the only one bearing the title \u2018Relieur du Roi\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
6 volumes large 8vo (232 x 150 mm) frontispiece engraved by Leroux after Prudhon, 10 nn.ll., CLXXII, 395 pp. 1 nn.l. (table), 4 engraved plates for volume I ; 2 nn.ll., 515 pp. 4 engraved plates for volume II ; 2 nn.ll., 541 pp, 1 nn.l. (table), 3 engraved plates for volume III; 2 nn.ll., 385 pp, 1 nn.l. (table), 2 engraved plates for volume IV; 2 nn.ll., 500 pp. for volume V; 2 nn.ll., 522 pp. for volume VI. Long-grained midnight blue morocco, decorative border in gilt and in blind on covers, spine with raised bands, compartments richly gilt, roulette on the edges, inner roulette, gilt edges (Simier R. Du Roi).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":87183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[530],"product_tag":[604,598,1267],"class_list":{"0":"post-87186","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-binding","7":"product_tag-19th-century-illustrations","8":"product_tag-19th-century-literature","9":"product_tag-binding","10":"pa_auteur-racine-jean-2","11":"pa_type-de-livre-printed-book","13":"first","14":"instock","15":"shipping-taxable","16":"purchasable","17":"product-type-simple"},"acf":{"artist":" Jean RACINE","chapeau":"Magnificent large paper copy bound by Simier in blue morocco\r\nPlates before the letter","adresse_bibliographique":"Paris, Lef\u00e8vre, 1820","book_type":"Printed book","provenance":"","afficher_prix":""},"yoast_head":"\n