[RACINE (Jean)]. Esther, tragédie tirée de l'Escriture saint - Lot 202

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[RACINE (Jean)]. Esther, tragédie tirée de l'Escriture saint - Lot 202
[RACINE (Jean)]. Esther, tragédie tirée de l'Escriture sainte. Paris, Denys Thierry, 1689. In-12 of [14], 86, [4] pp. One hors-texte engraving. Red morocco, spine with 4 faux-nerfs, t. p. in red morocco, double gilt fillet on the edges, richly decorated endpapers, gilt edges (Thibaron-Echaubard). 1st in-12 edition, published almost simultaneously with the original in-4° edition. The engraving is an inverted reduction of the in-4° front, not bearing the signatures of LE BRUN and Sébastien LE CLERC. Goldsmith, R-101; Brunet, IV, 1082; Guibert, 96; Le Petit, 374; Tchemerzine, Editions originales et rares, 348. A good copy, perfectly established in a Jansenist binding. Small stain on frontispiece but no damage to design.
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