Author: RACINE, JEAN
Title: Six Tragedies
Description: Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1982. Limited Edition. First Printing. Leather. Illustrated by Anne Louis Girodet-Trioson. Publisher's full green leather, spine in five compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, gilt tooling in remainder; gilt borders and fleur-de-lys tooling on covers, all edges gilt, moire silk endpapers, silk ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated with engravings by Anne Louis Girodet-Trioson. Translated by John Cairncross. The six tragedies included are: Andromache (1667); Britannicus (1669); Berenice (1670); Iphigenia (1674); Phaedra ( (1677); and Athaliah (1691). Moire silk endpapers lightly sunned along top edge only, otherwise the volume is in perfect, pristine condition; unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. NEAR FINE.. The 100 Greatest Books of All Time Series. Engravings. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. (xii), 478 pp. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued .

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