Shelfmark
Fn.2.40
Author
Title
Œuvres de Racine. Tome premier (-second).
Varying form of title
Oeuvres de Racine
Varying form of title
Added title page title: Tragedies de Racine
Publication, distribution, etc.
A Paris, [i.e. Amsterdam?] : [A. Wolfgang], CIƆ IƆ CLXXXII. (1682)
Physical description
2 v. : ill. (engr.) ; 15 cm. (12º)
Note
Plates included in pagination.
Note
Each volume has added engraved t.p.
Note
Printer's device, initials, head- and tailpieces. Device of Abraham Wolfgang with motto "Quaerendo" on title pages --Cf. Delalain.
Note
"Suivant la copie imprimée A Paris, MDCLXXXII." at foot of t.p. in place of imprint.
Note
Each play has added letterpress t.p. with device "Quaerendo" and separate pagination, but the register is continuous throughout work.
Note
T.2 includes "Esther" (Suivant la copie imprimée a Paris, 1692) and "Athalie" (Amsterdam, Chez Antoine Schelte, 1696) not included in contents table.
Formatted contents note
Contents: t.1: La Thebaïde, ou Les freres ennemis (1683) - Alexandre le Grand (1678) - Andromaque (1683) - Britannicus (1682) - Les plaideurs (1678) -- t. II: Berenice (1683) - Bajazet (1682) - Mithridate (1683) - Iphigenie (1683) - Phedre & Hippolyte (1678) - Esther (1692) - Athalie (1696).
Provenance
Booklabels, shelfmark and stamps in the preliminaries of the Heythrop Library.
Provenance
Early ms. inscription of Anthony Wright on the front flyleaf.
Binding
Late 17th/early 18th century speckled calf binding; gold-tooled compartments between four raised bands; blank endpapers; red and blue sprinkled fore-edges.
Copy-specific note
Imperfect: only t.1.
Copy-specific note
Old shelfmarks in the preliminaries S 25.9 and H.24.1.
Subject
French drama 17th century.
Genre/Form
Tragedies.
Added entry--name
Wolfgang, Abraham, fl. 1658 - 1694 publisher.
Added entry--name
Heythrop Library (London, England) former owner.
Added entry--place
France Paris.
Added entry--place
Netherlands Amsterdam.
Language code
fre
Identifier
B53940