CORNEILLE (Pierre). Théâtre de Pierre Corneille avec des com - Lot 471

CORNEILLE (Pierre). Théâtre de Pierre Corneille avec des commentaires. sl [Genève], sn [Cramer], 1764. 12 vol. in-8, blond calf, richly decorated smooth spines, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, gilt fillet on the edges, gilt edges. A fine edition printed by Voltaire's Cramer brothers in Geneva, accompanied by commentaries. It is illustrated with a frontispiece by Pierre engraved by Watelet depicting the Genie crowning the bust of Corneille and 34 figures by Gravelot engraved by Baquoy, Flipart, Lemire, Lempereur, de Lorgueil, Prévost & Radigues (Cohen 255.) The spines of this copy are adorned with the special decoration designed by Gravelot. It should be noted that no copy known or cited by Brunet and Cohen has this iron. Its presence on this text seems to be extremely rare. A fine copy, despite a few old restorations or minor defects (stained headpieces, cracked jaws on t. 1, 6 and 7) and, as is often the case, a few rusty text leaves.