Claude-Henri de Fusée de Voisenon - Oeuvres complettes de M

Claude-Henri de Fusée de Voisenon. Complete Works of M. the Abbé de Voisenon, of the Académie française. Paris, Moutard, 1781, xxxii-552 pp., 644 pp., 520 pp., 454 pp., x-423 pp. 5 volumes in-8 (200x130 mm), full marble brown morocco, triple gold fillet framing the covers, spine with raised bands ornamented, title and volume-label pieces in Havana morocco, marbled edges (bindings of the period). Wear and rubbing on the covers and spine, tail cap of volume III shaved. Rare foxing. First collective edition; this posthumous edition is issued by the Countess of Turpin de Crissé. Well complete with the author’s portrait in the frontispiece of volume I. The first two volumes are devoted to the theatre and bring together his comedies and detached scenes. Volume III gathers the lyric theatre, oratorios or lyric dramas, as well as the Oeuvres mêlées and academic discourses. Volume IV reunites, among other things, various literary criticisms and the Historical Fragments. Finally, Volume V collects the novels and tales attributed to Voisenon. Complete in 5 volumes

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