[Rarebooks] FS: Collected works of Moliere in English & French (1st ed. thus) London: 1732

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Moliere, Jean Baptiste Poquelin de. SELECT COMEDIES OF MR. DE MOLIERE. 
French and English. In Eight Volumes. With a Frontispiece to Each Comedy. To 
Which Is Prefix'd a Curious Print of the Author, with His Life in French and 
English. London: John Watts. 1732. 8 volumes. With the fine frontispiece 
portrait and 17 fine copper engraved plates (one for each of the 17 plays), some 
signed by Hogarth. Each play with a title page printed in red & black. Cont. 
calf, red morocco spine labels. A very beautiful set, in its original 
binding.     $1,500.00 (trade discount allowed)
This is the first collected works in English and French. The first English 
"Works" was in 1714 in 6 volumes.

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TRANSLATED BY MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT

00.     Necker, Jacques. OF THE IMPORTANCE OF RELIGIOUS OPINIONS. 
Translated from the French. Boston: The Press of Thomas Hall. 1796. 12mo. 230,(2)pp. 
Cont. mottled calf, red morocco spine label, spine a bit wormed. Some 
occasional text foxing.                             $350.00
The uncommon second American edition. This work was first translated by 
Mary Wollstonecraft, London, 1788. Evans 30835.

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