BEAUMARCHAIS. La Folle journée, or The Marriage of Figaro. ( - Lot 12

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BEAUMARCHAIS. La Folle journée, or The Marriage of Figaro. ( - Lot 12
BEAUMARCHAIS. La Folle journée, or The Marriage of Figaro. (Kehl), Printed by the literary-typographical society; Paris, Ruault, 1785. In-8, faux-titre, title, li pp. (preface and characters), 199 pp. and (1) p. (Approvals), brown half-chagrin, spine decorated, red title page with marbled edges (Rel. 19th c.). Edition printed in Kehl, published the same year as the Parisian original. It is illustrated with 5 figures by Saint-Quentin, engraved by Halbou, Liénard and Lingée. Attached an unsigned autograph bill, 1 p. in-12 (angular lack without the text), dated March 7, 1777: complaint addressed by M. de Beaumarchais Beaumarchais to the architect Bellanger about the malfunction of a piece of furniture. Ex-libris F. Chandenier; C. de Mandre. On a blank introductory page, a long handwritten copy of an extract from Taine, "Les Origines de la France contemporaine". Spine darkened, binding rubbed. Minor foxing.
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