Oeuvres de Molière, avec des remarques grammaticales des avertissemens et des observations sur chaque pièce, par Bret. Précédées de la vie de Molière par Voltaire, et de son éloge par Chamfort.
Molière (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin) (1622-1673)
Category
Books
Date
1821
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3248153
Summary
Bibliographic description
Nouvelle édition, imprimée sur celle de 1773. 6v. ; 8vo. Perhaps imperfect: no fronts. or half-titles. T.p. numbered in pencil: 15198. Provenance: nineteenth-century plain armorial bookplate, lettered: Edward Stanley [i.e. Rt Rev Edward Stanley (1779-1849)]; v.1. also, his son's nineteenth-century printed book label: Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, Dean of Westminster (1815-1881). All vols. inscribed "Stamford, Weybridge" [i.e. William Grey, 9th Earl of Stamford (1850-1910)]. Binding: nineteenth-century half red calf. red cloth on boards; five false bands; gilt on spines; gilt lettered green spine labels. Binder's label on rear pastedown: Bound by William Lewis, bookseller & stationer, 22, Duke Street, Cardiff.
Makers and roles
Molière (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin) (1622-1673) Antoine Bret (1717-1792) Sébastien-Roch-Nicolas Chamfort (1740-1794) François-Marie-Arouet Voltaire (1694-1778) Molière, 1622-1673