BRUMOY (Pierre). Theater of the Greeks. Paris... Lot 44

BRUMOY (Pierre). Theater of the Greeks. Paris : Cussac, 1785-1789. - 13 volumes in-8, 195 x 125: frontispiece, (2 ff.), pp. vii-xvj, 496 pp., 1 plate; vi pp. chiffrée viii, 471 pp., 2 plates; vj pp. chiffrée viii, 560 pp., 3 plates; vi pp. chiffrée viii, 510 pp., 2 plates; vi pp. chiffrée viii, 520 pp, 1 plate; vi numbered pp. viii, 519 pp. 2 plates; vi numbered pp. viii, 547 pp. 3 plates; (3 ff.), 518 pp. 1 plate; vi numbered pp. viii, 520 pp. 1 plate; viij, 471 pp. 2 plates; vj, 548 pp. 2 plates; vj, 587 pp. 1 f. 2 plates; (3 ff.), 605 pp. 1 f. Dark blue morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, smooth spine decorated, spotted edges (period binding). New edition, more complete than the previous ones. It was enlarged by André-Charles Brotier (1751-1798) for the whole work and the translation of Aristophanes, Gabriel de La Porte Du Theil (1742-1815) for Aeschylus, Guillaume Dubois de Rochefort (1731-1788) for Sophocles and Pierre Prévost (1751-1839) of Geneva for Euripides. Beautifully illustrated with a frontispiece and 22 engravings outside the text after compositions by Borel, Defraine, Le Barbier, Maréchal, Marchand, Marillier and Monnet. Beautiful copy in contemporary morocco. Spine faded, several boards partly faded, some discrete scratches and spotting. Missing the false title of volume 1. Tear without missing the N2 leaf of the last volume. Some scattered foxing. Provenance: Montmirail Library, with stamp on titles and last few leaves.