Live auction - Lot 1188
[Oeuvres]. Shakespeare traduit de l'anglois [- par M. Le Tourneur], dédié au roi.
Paris, widow Duchesne, Musier, fils, Nyon [et al.], 1776-1782
€ 300 / 400
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Lot description
20 vol., 4to (foxing, some ff. sl. browned in vol. III).
Contemp. marbled calf, gilt ruled covers with three filets, gilt orn. spines with raised bands, a.e.g. (traces of use, some heads or tails lacking, occ. joints splitting, corners dulled).
First French edition by Pierre-Prime Letourneur (1737-1788) of the collected works of Shakespeare. In the same years was also published an 8vo edition, also in 20 vol.