REF. 0732

Mariage blanc. Drame en trois actes

Publisher
Calmann-Lévy
Place
Paris
Date
1891
Format
In-8 (200 x 143 mm)
Binding
Chambolle-Duru
Collation
(4) ff., 100 pp.
Language
French
Century
19th century

Condition report

Very good

€400
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LEMAITRE (Jules). Mariage blanc. Drame en trois actes.
Paris: Calmann Lévy, 1891.

8vo (200 × 143 mm). (4) ff., 100 pp. Full aubergine morocco, triple gilt fillet border, spine with raised bands richly gilt in double-panelled compartments with cornerpieces and central rose tool, gilt lettering, double gilt fillet to board edges, gilt edges, gilt turn-ins; original wrappers and backstrip preserved; uncut. Binding by Chambolle-Duru.

First edition, one of the tête-de-tirage.
One of 25 copies on Hollande, this being no. 6.

Mariage blanc premiered on 20 March 1891 at the Comédie-Française. Lemaitre, then at the height of his career as dramatist and critic, crafted a play that blends psychological finesse with the understated social observation typical of late nineteenth-century French theatre.

A fine and discreet colour touch-up to the joints; otherwise a superb copy, beautifully preserved and of very high quality.