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Phedre & Hippolyte, : tragedie. / Par Mr. Racine.

Accession number
PML 2664
Creator
Racine, Jean, 1639-1699.
Published
A Paris, Chez Jean Ribou, au Palais, dans la salle royale, à l'image S. Loüis. M. DC. LXXVII [1677]
Notes
Avec privilege du roy.
Frontispiece is added.
May be any presentation copy from Racine known ...
Original ed. - very rare - probably one of a few copies for presentation - this bears inscription "Pour Monsieur de Saint Amant," on back of front.
Title vignette (incl. initial M).
Description
[7] leaves, 78 pages, [1] leaf : front. ; 15 cm
Provenance
Inscription: "Pour Monsieur de Saint-Amant," thought to be presentation copy from Racine but probably not (recto of frontispiece) and inscription on premier of the play: "Hotel de Bourgogne le vendredi 1er Janvier 1677" (title page, see Merlet, Études littéraires sur les classiques français, vol. I, pp. 332-33); M.E. Daguin; his sale, part III, April 1905 (lot 989?), sold for 4300fr./£172; Pierpont Morgan, purchased from J. Pearson & Co., 1905.
Binding
Original calf over paper boards, in morocco case.
Classification
Department