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RACINE (Jean): Athalie. Following the Copy, printed...

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RACINE (Jean): Athalie. Following the Copy, printed in Paris (Amsterdam, Schelte), 1691. In-12 contemporary vellum, 7 ff. and 68 pp. (some spotting and slight defects). Engraved frontispiece. First rare Elzevirian edition, published the same year as the original in-4 Paris edition, and before the first in-12 Paris edition. (Willems, 1924). A fine copy.