[Louis RACINE]. Memoirs on the life of Jean Racine. Lausanne - Lot 51

[Louis RACINE]. Memoirs on the life of Jean Racine. Lausanne and Geneva, Marc-Michel Bousquet et Cie, 1747. - Collection of Jean Racine's letters. S.l.n.d. Together 2 volumes in-16, marbled calf, spine with 5 ornate nerves (Period binding). Brunet, VI-30611 / Guibert, 296 /// (2f.)-141-(1f.)-319 / 405. First edition of the Mémoires sur la vie de Jean Racine, to which the Recueil des lettres was appended at the time. Old restoration to the lower spine of the first volume. Attached: [Jean RACINE]. Le Banquet de Platon traduit un tiers par feu M. Racine, ... & le reste par Madame de ***. Paris, Pierre Gandouin, 1732. In-12, marbled calf, smooth spine decorated with gilt latticework (period binding). Brunet, Supplément II-387 / Guibert, 284 /// X-(1f.)-132. First edition of this translation by Jean Racine for the first third and by Marie-Madeleine-Gabrielle de Rochechouart, abbess of Fontevrault, for the other two thirds. Ex-libris of M. A.G-du Plessis. Beginning of a split at one joint.