Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais La folle journée, ou le mariage de Figaro, comédie en cinq actes, en prose. [Kehl]: la Société littéraire-typographique, 1785 8vo (219 x 132mm.), half-title, 5 engraved plates after Saint-Quentin, final errata leaf, contemporary mottled calf, flat spine gilt, red edges, binding rubbed, spine chipped This edition was produced in Beaumarchais' own printshop, established in Kehl to avoid French censorship, and which also produced the problematic works of Voltaire. The play had been written in 1781 and banned soon after; Beaumarchais amended the text and the ban was removed in 1784, two years before Mozart's opera (see lot 40 for the first edition of the music). PROVENANCEGerman inscription on flyleaf dated 19.5.1895 LITERATURECohen-De Ricci 125Condition reportCondition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate Condition 11 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais La folle journée, ou le mariage de Figaro, comédie en cinq actes, en prose. [Kehl]: la Société littéraire-typographique, 1785 8vo (219 x 132mm.), half-title, 5 engraved plates after Saint-Quentin, final errata leaf, contemporary mottled calf, flat spine gilt, red edges, binding rubbed, spine chipped This edition was produced in Beaumarchais' own printshop, established in Kehl to avoid French censorship, and which also produced the problematic works of Voltaire. The play had been written in 1781 and banned soon after; Beaumarchais amended the text and the ban was removed in 1784, two years before Mozart's opera (see lot 40 for the first edition of the music). PROVENANCEGerman inscription on flyleaf dated 19.5.1895 LITERATURECohen-De Ricci 125Condition reportCondition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate Condition 11 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The
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