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Theatre Complet de J. Racine
by Auger, M
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/None
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Easton, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Librairie de Firmin Didot Freres, 1856. Hardcover. Fair/None. Early edition in half brown leather, with brown, green and pink marbled paper over boards; gilt bands on spine, black letter box for gilt titling, 12mo., edgeworn and leather cracked along front hinge. Pink marbled page edges. Binding sound though front hinge cracked inside and a little shaky. Interior unmarked, and pages may be lightly toned but no foxing evident other than end papers darkened in silhouettes corresponding to outer leather corners. Owner's last name in ink and erased notes to ffep. Not a reprint. BOOK INFO: Precede d'une Notice par M. Auger, Secretaire Perpetuel de l'Academie Francaise. The Complete Plays of Jean Racine (1639-1699), one of three great playwrights of 17th-century France, (along with Molière and Corneille), who wrote mostly tragedies that displayed his mastery of the dodecasyllabic alexandrine; he is renowned for elegance, purity, speed, and fury in his expression. dodecasyllabic alexandrine; 17th century playwright
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- Bookseller
- Quadrant Book Mart
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7812
- Title
- Theatre Complet de J. Racine
- Author
- Auger, M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair/None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Librairie de Firmin Didot Freres
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1856
- Pages
- 664
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Easton, Pennsylvania
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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