MOLIERE, Jean Baptiste Poquelin de (1622-73). Oeuvres. Paris: [Pierre Prault] 1724. 6 vols., 4° (280 x 210mm). Half-titles, portrait frontispiece by Lépicié after Coypel, 33 plates after Boucher, engraved vignettes including one on the titles, after Boucher and others (dampstains on the title, occasional browning and spotting, Don Juan plate in vol. 3 window-mounted). Contemporary mottled calf, edges red (some joints starting, some spine caps chipped, some wear). Provenance: Madame Gouillart (printed label in vol. 2).

MOLIERE, Jean Baptiste Poquelin de (1622-73). Oeuvres. Paris: [Pierre Prault] 1724. 6 vols., 4° (280 x 210mm). Half-titles, portrait frontispiece by Lépicié after Coypel, 33 plates after Boucher, engraved vignettes including one on the titles, after Boucher and others (dampstains on the title, occasional browning and spotting, Don Juan plate in vol. 3 window-mounted). Contemporary mottled calf, edges red (some joints starting, some spine caps chipped, some wear). Provenance: Madame Gouillart (printed label in vol. 2).

'BOUCHER'S MASTERPIECE' (Cohen), and one of the most attractive editions of the illustrated works of Molière. The second issue, with 'comtesse' corrected on p.360 of volume VI. Cohen-de Ricci 712-13. (6)