Subasta Bidspirit | RACINE JEAN: (1639-1669)

RACINE JEAN: (1639-1669) - RACINE JEAN: (1639-1669) French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17 th century France. An extremely rare ownership signature ( 'Racine' ) to the base of a slim 8vo title page (3 x 6”; 8 x 15.5 cm) removed from a second edition of Histoire de l'état présent de l'empire Ottoman, contenant le maximes politiques des Turcs, les principaux points de la religion Mahométane, ses sectes, ses hérésies, & ses diverses sortes de religieux; leur discipline militaire, avec une supputation exacte de leurs forces par mer & par terre, & du revenu de l'Etat , translated from the English of [Paul] Rycaut by Monsieur Briot, published by Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, Paris, 1670. Neatly inlaid and with some extremely minor, light age wear, about VG   Provenance: From the celebrated collection of Robert de Flers (1872-1927) French playwright, opera librettist and journalist. The manuscripts amassed by de Flers were dispersed in 2014 at an auction in Paris conducted by Beaussant Lefevre.