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.