Vie de Molière, avec des jugemens sur ses ouvrages
Amsterdam: Jean Catuffe, 1739. Second edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 92pp. Original 3/4 calf over marbled paper covered boards, with gold lettering and borders on spine. Decorative endpapers. Printer's device on title page. Decorative head-, tailpieces and initial. Second edition of Voltaire's critical essay on the life of Molière and his plays. This scarce edition was issued in Amsterdam the same year than the original one, which was published in Paris by Prault fils. Age wear on binding with rubbing and abrasion on calf. One worming on lower margin of the first 10 pages (not affecting text.) Text in French. Binding in overall good-, interior in very good condition. g. Item #29269
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