[LITERATURE]

[LITERATURE] MARIVAUX: Complete Works. Paris. Veuve Duichesne, 1781. 12 volumes in 8°. Marbled calfskin, spine with 5 raised bands decorated with metal fittings, fleurons, and gilt fillets. Gilded fillet frames on the covers. Marbled edges. Contemporary binding. First collected edition, featuring a portrait of the author engraved by Saint Aubin. The only early edition combining his plays and narrative works. As Tchemerzine notes (VII, 437–438), the 1825–1830 edition is less complete; only o

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