MOLIERE. TARTUFFE & THE WOULD-BE GENTLEMAN

First Collector's Edition published by advance subscription for subscribers to the 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. Illustrated with blue and white drawings throughout by Serge Ivanoff and a colour frontispiece portrait of Moliere by Mike Rodericks. 8vo, bound in the publisher's original crimson leather, the covers fully gilt in an all-over design, the spine with raised bands separating the compartments, the compartments fully decorated and lettered in gilt, silk doublures and endleaves, all edges gilt, silk ribbon marker. xvi, 197 pp. A pristine copy, as mint.

Edizione: fine illustrated modern edition. translated by h. baker and j. miller and with an introduction by henri peyre. <br> moliere, the 17th c playwright, director and actor, was one of the greatest writers of comic satire. early in his career, he discovered that he most enjoyed making fun of french mannerisms and affectations. his works include tragedies, comedies, as well as his famous farces. <br> "of all the translations of tartuffe and the would-be gentleman - which have been hailed as moliere's masterpieces - we consider these to be the most readable and the most faithful, and have therefore chosen them for this special edition." - publisher