{"title":"Tony Johannot","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"le-roi-s-amuse","title":"Le Roi s'amuse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHUGO, Victor. Le Roi s'amuse.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eParis, Eugène Renduel\u003c\/em\u003e, 1832.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOctavo (215 x 140 mm). (4) ff., XXIII-183 pp.\u003cbr\u003eHalf red roan, smooth spine with decorative gilt tooling, black morocco author and title label, author and title gilt (contemporary binding).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst edition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIllustrated with an engraved frontispiece on china paper by Tony Johannot - engraved by Andrew, Leloir and Best.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe play was first performed on 22 November 1832 at the Comédie-Française - it was banned by the censors the very next day and would only truly become famous once Giuseppe Verdi decided to draw on it for his opera \u003cem\u003eRigoletto\u003c\/em\u003e (1851), which together with \u003cem\u003eLe Trouvère\u003c\/em\u003e (1853) and \u003cem\u003eLa Traviata\u003c\/em\u003e (1853) forms Verdi's popular trilogy. Ironically, the opera itself was initially subject to censorship as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery minor rubbing to the corners and headcaps, a fine copy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59021510017349,"sku":"0959","price":600.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/0959-hugo-01.jpg?v=1787931140"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.librairie-alexisnoque.fr\/en\/collections\/artiste-tony-johannot.oembed","provider":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","version":"1.0","type":"link"}