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Esther, tragédie tirée de l’Escriture sainte., édition originale
Jean RACINE
Paris - Denys Thierry - 1689
- Bookbinder : PAGNANT
- Format : In-12.
- Number of volumes : 1 volume.
- Binding : Bound.
- Collation : 86 pp.
Leather-edged slipcase. Jansenist spine binding in full chocolate morocco. Nervous spine. All edges gilt. Red morocco lining adorned with a wide lace in gold dotted dots. White vellum guards. Binding signed PAGNANT. Privilege of the King in fine.
FIRST EDITION IN-12 PUBLISHED THE SAME YEAR AS THE ORIGINAL IN-4, adorned with a frontispiece engraved by Sébastien Le Clerc after Charles Le Brun.
Composed at the request of Madame de Maintenon (1635-1719) for her damsels of Saint-Cyr, Esther was created on 26 January 1689 as part of the Royal House of Saint-Louis in Saint-Cyr. To reward him for the quality of his piece, Louis XIV named Jean Racine (1639-1699), who was already his historiographer, "Gentilhomme ordinaire de sa Majesté".
Magnificent specimen in doubled morocco.
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