I have here for sale 3 VOLUMES ( I, II & IV lacking III)  WORKS OF MOLIERE of Le Opere di G. B. P. di Molière, divise in quattro volumi, & arricchite di bellissime figure. Tradotte da N. di Castelli. with 26 engraved plates across the three volumes, each play having a frontispiece plus an engraved portrait of Moliere. Italian text with 25 plays. The plays published dates are 1739, but the main title page has the published date of 1740 ( all by MAUR. GEORG. WEIDMANN, Lipsia.)

Vol I :Lo Stordito, Il Dispetto Amorso, Le Pretiose Ridicole, Sganarello,

Gl' Impotuni, La Scuola de Mariti, La Suola Delle Donne, La Critica Della Scuola  (8)

Vol II : La Precipessa d'Lide, Il Matrimonio Foporzato, L'Amoro Medico, Il Misantropo, Il Convitato di Pætra, Il Medico a Suo Malgrado, Il Siciliano, L'Anfitrione (8)

Vol IV: Psiche, L'Ammalto Imaginaro, Le Donne Savie, Gl' Amanti Magnifi, Don Garzia di Navarra, L'Impronto di Versaglies, La Contessa, Melicerta, L'Ombra di Moliere (9)

Jean-Baptiste Poquelin; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière , was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and world literature. His extant works include comedies, farces, tragicomedies, comédie-ballets, and more. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed at the Comédie-Française more often than those of any other playwright today.[4] His influence is such that the French language is often referred to as the "language of Molière".

In 1661, Molière introduced the comédies-ballets in conjunction with Les Fâcheux. These ballets were a transitional form of dance performance between the court ballets of Louis XIV and the art of professional theatre which was developing in the advent of the use of the proscenium stage.[20] The comédies-ballets developed accidentally when Molière was enlisted to mount both a play and a ballet in the honor of Louis XIV and found that he did not have a big enough cast to meet these demands. Molière therefore decided to combine the ballet and the play so that his goal could be met while the performers catch their breath and change costume

Provenance: Bookplates of George Garnier, High Sheriff of Hampshire in all 3 volumes.

Bound in full vellum. Gilt title lettering to red block on the spine. Boards and spine age soiled. Tanning to some of the pages. Couple of the corners are creased. All the books are tightly bound with no loose or missing pages. These books are in very good condition, 562,547,624pp 15cm x 9cm.

Postage and packing : I know that you will be looking forward to receiving your order, each book is carefully wrapped in packing paper ( I have changed from bubble wrap to try and reduce my use of plastic) and posted in a Jiffy bag if size permitting, if not it is double wrapped in corrugated cardboard, brown paper and then securely taped. 

To keep the cost of the postage down to the most economical level per book, you may consider buying more than 1 item from my eBay account. You can then request a combined postage cost and I will combine the items into the fewest parcels as possible - saving you money :)

 

My main posting days are Monday and Thursday ie. If you place an order and payment is received after Thursday 12.00 noon your order will be posted out on Monday. 

If you place an order and payment is received after Monday 12.00 noon your order will be posted out Thursday morning. If you require your book urgently please contact me and I will do my best. :)

Please note that all local taxes , import duties and vat are at the customers own expense.