CHAUVEAU, François Lot n° 1402

RACINE, Jean Oeuvres. Paris Claude Barbin 1676 2 vol. in-12 : [8]-364, [12]-324-[3] pp.; 12 h.-t. Red Jansenist maroq. signed Trautz-Bauzonnet, double gilt fillets on the cups, dark blue maroq. lining set with a fine roll and gilt fillets with red maroq. frames, endpapers and double endpapers marbled, gilt tr. on marbling (fart. cut, stain or rubbing on the plates). "Collective original edition without "Phèdre""" (cfr. Guibert's appelation), containing some variations in the ff. lim. of the preface to "Alexandre" (t. I) and pagination errors in t. II. Each piece contains a title, a preface and an engraving of its own (i.e., for the whole, 10 engravings by François Chauveau and 2 frontispieces). Enriched with the piece "Phèdre", Paris, Claude Barbin, 1677, [10]-74 pp., bound at the end of t. II. Ref. Guibert pp. 132-135. Prov. 1: Mention ms. of the ep. part. erased from the title of t. I. - 2 Jean Antoine Michel Agar, count of Mosbourg, 1771-1844, finance minister of Murat, king of Naples, peer of France and passionate bibliophile. His bibl. was sold in 1893, creating a bibliophilic event (ex-libris armorié on orange leather). - 3) Roger Portalis, 1841-1912, French engraver and art critic, specialist in 18th century French art, renowned bibliophile, member of the Soc. des Amis du livre, co-founder of the Soc. des livres (id.). - 4. Alain de Rothschild, Paris 1910-1982 New York (ex-libris on waxed paper).