RACINE (Jean) OEuvres. Suivant la Copie imprimée à Paris [Amsterdam: Abraham Wolfgang], 1678. [Followed by]: Esther, tragédie Tirée de l'écriture sainte. Amsterdam: Antoine Schelte's heirs, 1698. [And]: Athalie, tragedy taken from Scripture. Suivant la Copie imprimée, à Paris, Amsterdam : Antoine Schelte, 1696. - 3 works in 2 volumes in-12, (6 ff.), 69, 70, 71, 82, 67 pp. ; (2 ff.), 70 pp., (1 blank f.), 83, 72, 82 pp., (1 blank f.), 72 pp. ; 70 pp. (Esther) ; (8 ff.), 68 pp. (Athalie) Brown morocco, double gilt fillet framing the boards, ornate ribbed spine, interior gilt roulette, gilt edges (19th-century binding). Willems, 1924. - Guibert, pp. 173-178. Rare first Elzévirienne edition, given by Abraham Wolfgang, of Racine's works, each with its own title and pagination. It includes La Thébaïde, Alexandre le grand, Andromaque, Britannicus and Les Plaideurs in the first volume, and Bérénice, Bajazet, Mithridate, Iphigénie and Phèdre in the second. Each volume has a general frontispiece and each play its own frontispiece. A fine copy in 19th-century binding, enhanced by the two plays Esther and Athalie of 1698 and 1696, which are reprints of the first Elzevirian editions of 1689 and 1691, each with a frontispiece. (Spines faded. Restored tear, not missing, to the figure of Bajazet. The frontispiece to Esther is trimmed short).