RACINE (Jean). OEuvres complètes. À Paris, chez Raymond et M - Lot 20

RACINE (Jean). OEuvres complètes. À Paris, chez Raymond et Ménard, 1811. 4 volumes in-8, long-grained red morocco, smooth spines cloisonné with calligraphic and floral motifs, fine gilded lanceolate frieze framing the boards, ornate spines, gilded inner frame, gilded edges (rel. p. Gaudreau). I: xx-427-(3 of which 1st and 3rd blank) pp. - II: (4 of which 2nd and 4th blank)-436-(2 of which 2nd blank) pp. - III: (4 of which 2nd and 4th blank)-410 pp. - IV: (4 of which the 2nd and 4th are blank)-498-(2 of which the 2nd is blank) pp. - Spines slightly rubbed, corners worn. ILLUSTRATION ENGRAVED ON COPPER, PRINCIPALLY AFTER MOREAU LE JEUNE: 12 plates hors texte after his drawings by several engravers; portrait-frontispiece hors texte by Jean-Baptiste-Michel Dupréel after the painting by Jean-Baptiste Santerre. Copy printed on wove paper, with figures before the letter.