CORNEILLE (Pierre). Collection of 12 plays in 3 small in-12 - Lot 123

CORNEILLE (Pierre). Collection of 12 plays in 3 small in-12 volumes uniformly bound in brown calf, ornate ribbed spine, title p., red tr. (period binding): First volume: - Andromède, tragédie. Suivant la Copie imprimée à Paris, 1683. Engraved frontispiece, [1] title, 68 pp. (The original edition dates from 1650.) Edition unknown to Picot (who cites that of 1682 (N°59) and that of 1692 (n°606). - D. Sanche d'Arragon, Comedie heroique. Suivant la Copie imprimée à Paris, 1656. 90 pp. (The original edition dates from 1651.) Reprint of the Elzévirienne edition of 1650. (Picot n°351.) - Pertharite, Roy des Lombards, Tragedie. Suivant la Copie imprimée à Paris, 1690. 1] f., 67 pp. (The original edition dates from 1653.) Dutch edition. (Picot n°613.) - Œdipe, tragedie. Suivant la Copie imprimée à Paris, 1688. [1] f., 68 pp. (The original edition dates from 1659.) Dutch edition. (Picot n°614.) Second volume (some spotting or minor rubbing): - La Suivante, comedy. Suivant la Copie imprimée à Paris, 1689. [1] f., 67 pp. (The original edition dates from 1634.) Dutch edition. (Picot n°404.) - La Place Royalle, comedie. Suivant la Copie imprimée à Paris, 1688. [1] f., 56 pp. (The original edition dates from 1635.) (Picot n°405.) - Médée, tragedy. According to the Copy printed in Paris, 1689. [1] f., 56 pp. (The original edition dates from 1635.) Dutch edition. (Picot n°408.) - L'Illusion, comedy. Suivant la Copie imprimée à Paris, 1689. [1] f., 68 pp. (The original edition dates from 1636.) Dutch edition. (Picot n°410.) Third volume (brown stain on upper int. margin): - Le Charme de la Voix, comedy. According to the Copy printed in Paris, 1662. [3] ff. 82 pp. (The original edition dates from 1655.) Dutch edition. (Picot n°614.) - CORNEILLE (Thomas)], Le Galand double, comédie. Suivant la Copie imprimée à Paris, 1690. 84 pp. (The original edition dates from 1660.) - CORNEILLE (Thomas), Stilicon, tragedy. Suivant la Copie imprimée à Paris, 1662. [4] ff. 75 pp. (ending with a curious cul-de-lampe!). (The original edition dates from 1660). - CORNEILLE (Thomas), Ariane, tragédie. Suivant la Copie imprimée à Paris, 1690. 59 pp. (The original edition dates from 1672.) Nice set.