CYRANO DE BERGERAC COMÉDIE HÉROÏQUE EN CINQ ACTES EN VERSE ....
Rostand, Edmond:
Paris: Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1898. 225,[1]pp. Octavo. In a handsome exhibition binding of full olive brown crushed levant, raised bands, silk moiré endsheets, gilt inner doublures, a.e.g., with the original wrappers bound in, by Emile Carayon (1843 - 1909). The upper board features a pictorial inset (16 x 9 cm) on medium brown calf with a raised and colored vignette of a full figure of Cyrano rampant, with sword raised in his right hand and a text in his left. The vignette is signed "L.R." A fine copy, with the bookplate of Jean Meyer, enclosed in a matching half-morocco chemise and morocco faced marbled board slipcase. First edition, deluxe issue. Copy #41 of fifty numbered copies printed on Japan paper, with special textured green wrappers printed in red. The author's most widely known work, first presented at the Théâtre de la Porte Sainte-Martin on 28 December 1897, with Constant Coquelin in the lead. The extended verse comedy, featuring a protagonist with little resemblance to the historical Cyrano, was immensely popular on the continent and on tour in North America, and served as the source work or inspiration for dozens of later adaptations on the stage, on the screen, and on radio and television. The copies printed on Japan paper are scarce.
(Item ID: WRCLIT62018) $8,500.00
One of Fifty on Japan Paper