MOLIERE. The theater of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin de Molière. M - Lot 282

MOLIERE. The theater of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin de Molière. Meticulously collated from the first editions and those of 1666, 1674 and 1682. Decorated with etched vignettes after compositions by various artists by Frédéric Hillemacher. Lyon, Scheuring, 1864-1870. 8 volumes in-8, emerald half-maroquin with corners, spines finely decorated and mosaiced with a red morocco trefoil, gilt head (period binding). Printed in an edition of 400 copies, these eight volumes contain all of Molière's plays, all embellished with engraved vignettes, with volume IV featuring Molière's portrait engraved by F. Hillemacher. Receptio publicaunius juvenis medici in academia burlesca Johannis Baptistae doctoris comici. Lugduni, Perrin, 1870. Edition of 300 copies, with frontispiece. A fine copy on tinted laid paper.