1785 Oeuvres de Moliere (Works of Moliere) - Tome Second
1785 Oeuvres de Moliere (Works of Moliere) - Tome Second
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Oeuvres de Moliere (Tome Second) Paris; 1785
Edited and annotated by Voltaire, printed under royal privilege and preserved in original binding (pre-Revolution)
Publisher: Chez la Veuve David, Quai des Augustins, au S Esprit
Voltaire sought to elevate Moliere to the level of classical dramatist through biographical and critical commentary
The Veuve (Widow) David press on the Quai des Augustins was an established Parisian printer known for luxury and provincial export editions during the 1770s-80s
Contemporary full mottled calf leather with floral and rococo tooling
All edge gilt
Manuscript Ex-Libris: Roux de Draguignan 1791 - written just two years after Revolution began
Printed Bookplate: Ex Libris Giral - likely a later collector's mark (20th century)
Moliere - quintessential dramatist of Louis XIV's court
Voltaire - Enlightenment critic and philosopher
Oeuvres de Moliere (Tome Second) Paris; 1785
Edited and annotated by Voltaire, printed under royal privilege and preserved in original binding (pre-Revolution)
Publisher: Chez la Veuve David, Quai des Augustins, au S Esprit
Voltaire sought to elevate Moliere to the level of classical dramatist through biographical and critical commentary
The Veuve (Widow) David press on the Quai des Augustins was an established Parisian printer known for luxury and provincial export editions during the 1770s-80s
Contemporary full mottled calf leather with floral and rococo tooling
All edge gilt
Manuscript Ex-Libris: Roux de Draguignan 1791 - written just two years after Revolution began
Printed Bookplate: Ex Libris Giral - likely a later collector's mark (20th century)
Moliere - quintessential dramatist of Louis XIV's court
Voltaire - Enlightenment critic and philosopher