Accession number
PML 129476
Creator
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799
Published
[Kehl] : De l'imprimerie de la Société littéraire-typographique et se trouve à Paris chez Ruault, 1785.
Notes
Extra-illustrated copy with additional portraits of Beaumarchais, some before letters, portraits of Mlle. Contat and other actors in the original production, the illustrations after Saint-Quentin in states before and after letters, a suite of illustrations engraved by Malapeau and Roi after Saint-Quentin, five folding plates by Naudet, an original watercolor of a scene in Act IV, and an autograph letter of Beaumarchais dated 24 July 1797 concerning "l'affaire des fusils".
First ed. with the engravings by Halbou, Liénard, and Lingée, after illustrations by Saint Quentin.
First ed. with the engravings by Halbou, Liénard, and Lingée, after illustrations by Saint Quentin.
Description
li, 199, [3] p. : ill. ; 26 cm (8vo)
Provenance
The binding and inserted plates conform to the description of the Daguin copy in Cohen-De Ricci, cols. 125-6.
Binding
Full blue morocco with red morocco doublures and marbled flyleaves, all edges gilt, by Cuzin. Red morocco slipcase.
Classification
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