Author: BEAUMARCHAIS, Jean-Pierre de, & COUTY, Daniel (réd.).:
Title: Dictionnaire des oeuvres littéraires de la langue française.
Description: Paris: Bordas, 1994. 4 volumes, large 4to, 29.5cm. Vol. 1: pp. xvi,1-474; vol. 2: pp. [vi],475-1046; vol. 3: pp. [vi],1047-1622; vol. 4: pp. [vi],1623-2199.. With 253 illustr. (many in colour) on 152 plates, author index. Hardbound, orig. blue-lettered linen cloth in dust-jacket. Fine set, as new. - Massive reference work, comprising over 3,700 articles printed in double columns, on French literature from its beginnings to recent times, 45% treating 20th centiury works. Each entry includes a commented summary and a critical analysis of one work. - No longer available from the publishers, good second-hand sets are very scarce. - Heavy lot weighing nearly 10 KG, shipment will incur additional postage.

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