Cohen 716\u2013719, Brunet 1798\u20131799<\/i><\/p>\n
A reprint of the famous edition compiled by Antoine Bret, enriched with a supplement to Voltaire\u2019s Vie de Moli\u00e8re. Complete copy, comprising all 34 plates.<\/p>\n
This edition is remarkable both for the relevance of Monsieur Bret\u2019s notes and observations on each play, and for the quality of its illustrations, particularly the famous portrait of Moli\u00e8re engraved by Cathelin on the frontispiece.<\/p>\n
Antoine Bret (1717\u20131792) was a writer and playwright whose edition of Moli\u00e8re\u2019s complete works is regarded as one of the finest ever published.<\/p>\n
The six volumes present Moli\u00e8re\u2019s complete plays in chronological order of composition: Volume I brings together L\u2019\u00c9tourdi<\/i>, Le D\u00e9pit amoureux<\/i>, Les Pr\u00e9cieuses Ridicules<\/i> and Sganarelle ou le Cocu Imaginaire<\/i>; Volume II, Dom Garcie de Navarre<\/i>, L\u2019\u00c9cole des Maris<\/i>, Les F\u00e2cheux<\/i>, L\u2019\u00c9cole des Femmes<\/i>, La Critique de l\u2019\u00c9cole des Femmes<\/i> and L\u2019Impromptu de Versailles<\/i>; Volume III, La Princesse d\u2019\u00c9lide<\/i>, Le Mariage Forc\u00e9<\/i>, Dom Juan ou le Festin de Pierre<\/i>, L\u2019Amour M\u00e9decin<\/i> and Le Misanthrope<\/i>; Volume IV: Le M\u00e9decin Malgr\u00e9 Lui<\/i>, M\u00e9licerte<\/i>, Le Sicilien ou l\u2019Amour Peintre<\/i>, Le Tartuffe<\/i> and Amphitryon<\/i>. Volume V contains L’Avare<\/i>, George Dandin<\/i>, Monsieur de Pourceaugnac<\/i>, Les Amants Magnifiques<\/i> and Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme<\/i>; Volume VI, Les Fourberies de Scapin<\/i>, Psych\u00e9<\/i>, Les Femmes Savantes<\/i>, La Comtesse d\u2019Escarbagnas<\/i> and Le Malade Imaginaire<\/i>, as well as La Gloire du Val-de-Gr\u00e2ce<\/i>.<\/p>\n
The illustrations, which are among the finest ever dedicated to Moli\u00e8re, comprise the famous portrait engraved by Cathelin after Mignard as the frontispiece to the first volume, six title medallions and 33 plates by Moreau Le Jeune. The title pages are printed in alternating red and black.<\/p>\n
A fine copy preserved in its contemporary porphyry calf binding, headpiece of volume III spine skuffed.<\/p>\n
Provenance: Abb\u00e9 Bonafous, wet stamp on all title pages and embossed stamp on the half-title page of volume III; Andr\u00e9 Chr\u00e9tien, engraved bookplate pasted to the inside board of volume I.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
6 volumes 8vo (194 x 121 mm) of 2 un.ll. (half title and title) VIII pp., 520 pp. , 1 frontispiece, 4 plates for the volume I ; 576 pp. , 6 plates, 2 un.ll. (half title and title), for the volume II ; 558 pp. , 6 plates, 2 un.ll. (half title and title) for the volume III ; 560 pp. , 6 plates, 2 un.ll. (half title and title) for the volume IV ; 776 pp. , 5 plates, 2 un.ll. (half title and title) for the volume V ; 704 pp. , 6 plates, 2 un.ll. (half title and title) for the volume VI. Porphyry calf, gilt roll framing the covers, flat spine gilt, title and volume pieces in black Morocco ; marbled edges (contemporary binding)<\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":91248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[544],"product_tag":[1240,1245,1267],"class_list":{"0":"post-91261","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-literature","7":"product_tag-18th-century-illustrations","8":"product_tag-18th-century-literature","9":"product_tag-binding","10":"pa_auteur-moliere-jean-baptiste-poquelin-dit-2","11":"pa_type-de-livre-printed-book","13":"first","14":"instock","15":"shipping-taxable","16":"purchasable","17":"product-type-simple"},"acf":{"artist":"MOLIERE Jean-Baptiste Poquelin dit","chapeau":"A remarkable edition illustrated by Moreau Le Jeune and annotated by Monsieur Bret.","adresse_bibliographique":"Paris, La Compagnie des Libraires Associ\u00e9s, 1788","book_type":"Printed book","provenance":"","afficher_prix":"oui"},"yoast_head":"\n