REF. 0733

Smilis. Drame en quatre actes, en prose

Jean Aicard
Publisher
Paul Ollendorff
Place
Paris
Date
1884
Format
In-8 (189 x 132 mm)
Binding
Chambolle-Duru
Collation
(4) ff., 89 pp., (1) f.
Language
French
Century
19th century
Distinctive features
First performed at the Comédie-Française on 23 January 1884

Condition report

Very good

€400
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AICARD (Jean). Smilis. Drame en quatre actes, en prose.
Paris: Paul Ollendorff, 1884.

8vo (189 × 132 mm). (4) ff., 89 pp., (1) f. Full chocolate morocco, triple gilt fillet border to covers, spine with raised bands richly gilt in double-panelled compartments with cornerpieces and central flower tool, gilt lettering, double gilt fillet to board edges, gilt edges, gilt turn-ins; original wrappers and backstrip preserved. Binding by Chambolle-Duru.

First edition.
The play was first performed on 23 January 1884 at the Comédie-Française in Paris. Aicard, already known for his Provençal poetry and novels, achieved with Smilis one of his most elegant dramatic texts, written in fluid, restrained prose characteristic of the French theatre of the early Third Republic.

A superb copy, finely bound and in excellent condition.