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BEAUMARCHAIS, Pierre Augustin Caron de (1732-1799). La Folle Journe, ou Le Mariage de Figaro, comdie en cinq actes. [Kehl]: Imprimerie de la Socit Typographique, 1785.
4 (244 x 153 mm). 5 engraved plates by Halbou, Linard and Linge after Joseph de Saint-Quentin. Modern green morocco, richly gilt in a Derome style binding (front joint weak).
One of two editions published in 1785, the present one with the plates 'plus finement que dans la suite Malpeau' (Cohen-de Ricci 125). 'Saint-Quentin seems to have tried to provide through his lively plates some record of how key scenes were actually played during early performances' (Ray, French, 68). The errata leaf called for only by Tchemerzine (II, 16) is not present.
4 (244 x 153 mm). 5 engraved plates by Halbou, Linard and Linge after Joseph de Saint-Quentin. Modern green morocco, richly gilt in a Derome style binding (front joint weak).
One of two editions published in 1785, the present one with the plates 'plus finement que dans la suite Malpeau' (Cohen-de Ricci 125). 'Saint-Quentin seems to have tried to provide through his lively plates some record of how key scenes were actually played during early performances' (Ray, French, 68). The errata leaf called for only by Tchemerzine (II, 16) is not present.