CORNEILLE (Pierre). Théâtre de Pierre Corneille avec des commentaires. sl [Genève], sn [Cramer], 1764. 12 vol. in-8, blond calf, richly decorated smooth spines, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, gilt fillet on the edges, gilt edges. A fine edition that Voltaire had printed by the Cramer brothers in Geneva, accompanied by commentaries. It is illustrated with a frontispiece by Pierre engraved by Watelet representing the Genie crowning the bust of Corneille and 34 figures by Gravelot engraved by Baquoy, Flipart, Lemire, Lempereur, de Lorgueil, Prévost & Radigues (Cohen 255.) Copy with the spines decorated with the special decoration designed by Gravelot. It should be noted that no copy known or cited by Brunet and Cohen has this iron. Its presence on this text seems to be extremely rare. A fine copy despite a few old restorations or minor defects (a few damaged headpieces, cracked jaws on t. 1, 6 and 7) and a few leaves of text reddened, as is often the case.