Le Tartuffe par ordre de Louis XIV : le veritable prototype de l'imposteur; recherches nouvelles; pièces inédites /
Lacour, Louis,1832-1891.
Paris : A. Claudin, Editeur ...,
1877.
At head of title: Etudes sur Molière.
Additional title page printed on China paper.
The recto of the first leaf bears the Sphere, which was used first as a printer's mark by the Elzeviers.
The verso of the third leaf reads: 'Véritable papier de Chine avec eau-forte en 3 états dont 2 sont avant la lettre ... Tiré à vingt exemplaires ...'
One of the frontispieces is printed in red.
There is an additional title page immediately preceding the title page proper, which reads: 'Etudes sur Molière. Lutetiæ Parisiorum. Ex officina Elzeviriana rediviva. Ao. 1877'.
Includes an index.
'Avis aux bibliophiles et considérations sur la typographie Elzévirienne', p.125-130.
Pages [1] and [3] of the final sequence contain a colophon in Latin and French, which names the printer: C. Motteroz.
Bookseller's advertisement on back of paper cover.
With the original paper covers bound in.
Molière, 1622-1673.