[THEATER]. Reunion of 3 volumes from the 18th c. : - Lot 246

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[THEATER]. Reunion of 3 volumes from the 18th c. : - Lot 246
[THEATER]. Reunion of 3 volumes from the 18th c. : 1) SEDAINE, Michel-Jean. Le philosophe sans le savoir, comedy in prose and in five acts, performed by the ordinary French actors of the King on November 2, 1765. By M. Sedaine, Paris : Claude Hérissant, 1766. In-8 of [4], 95; 16 pp. 19th century paper covered boards, long spine finely decorated with small gilt irons. A very good copy. First edition of the first of two comedies composed by the author, which brought him success. The play was extremely admired in the 19th century: Théophile Gautier called Sedaine "the Greuze of the theatre" while Victor Hugo did not hesitate to compare him to Aeschylus. George Sand composed a sequel to Le Philosophe sans le savoir entitled "Le Mariage de Victorine". 2) ARNAUD, François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d'. Fayel, tragedy, by M. D'Arnaud. New edition, Paris : Delalain,1777. In-8 of XL, 126 p. ; frontispiece gr. s. c. ; 1 pl. gr. s. c. by de Longueil after Eisen. Full calf, long spine, red morocco title-piece, gilt roulette on the edges, red edges (period binding). A good copy, well bound, fresh inside, complete with its engraved frontispiece after Eisen and a second unsigned hors-texte engraving; slight rubbing at the corners and on the boards. One of the main theatrical productions of François de Baculard d'Arnaud (1718-1805). 3) BERQUIN, Arnaud (trans.); DUMANIANT (Jean André Bourlain, dit). The Prussian Soldier, a comedy in three acts and in prose. Translated from the German, by M. Berquin, and arranged for the French stage by M. Dumaniant; first performed on the Palais-royal theatre, on the first of December 1789, Paris : Guillot, 1790. In-8 (20 x 12.5 cm) of 82 p. Recent lizard-like boards, long mute spine. A very good copy. First edition. Adaptation of Gottlob Stephanie's (1741-1800) comedy "Le Déserteur ou L'Héroïsme Filial" that Arnaud Berquin had translated in L'Ami des Enfans (May 1783).
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