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189869105Paris: Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle 1898. Full Description:<br> <br> ROSTAND Edmond. Cyrano de Bergerac. Comédie Héroïque en Cinq Actes en Vers. Paris: Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle 1898.<br> <br> First trade edition. Octavo 7 7/8 x 5 5/16 inches; 200 x 135 mm. 1-225 3 blank pp. In original glassine. Inscribed by Rostand to Fernand Bougeat on half-title "à monsieur / Fernand Bourgeat / souvenir coronal / Edmond Rostand." Also with a postcard dated 1930 of Coquelin Ainé as Cyrano de Bergerac laid in. A rare presentation in the original wrappers.<br> <br> Fernand Bourgeat 1851-1932 was the Secretary General of the Conservatoire National de Musique in Paris.<br> <br> Original light green printed wrappers. Front wrapper invisible reattached. Wrappers printed in dark green. Edges uncut. In glassine. Back wrapper with a small closed tear to the bottom margin. Spine a bit creased and lightly flaking. Old ink note to top corner of glassine. Glassine lightly toned. Overall a very nice clean copy. Housed in a chemise and cloth slipcase with red morocco spine labels.<br> <br> "Cyrano de Bergerac is the most famous example of poetic romantic drama that Rostand created. A colorful and exciting portrait of the reign of Louis XIII with an aspiring poet-lover for its hero the play enjoyed tremendous popularity." Benét's Reader's Encyclopedia 890.<br> <br> HBS 69105.<br> <br> $12500. Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle unknown
189879719Paris: Charpentier & Fasquelle 1898. Fine. Charpentier & Fasquelle Paris 1898 13.50 x 19.50 cm relié sous étui First edition one of the rare leading copies on Japan paper limited to 50 numbered copies and a few name-specific copies the tirage de tête. Binding in full green morocco spine in five compartments set with gilt stippling and adorned with double gilt panels decorated with gilt fleurons intheir centres recolouring and discreet restoration to a joint gilt roll tooling on the spine ends frame of double gilt fillets on the boards brightened in the corners with a set of interlacings and gilt fleurons iridescent green silk endpapers frame of five gilt fillets and gilt floral motifs in the corners of the pastedown endpapers covers preserved top edge gilt double gilt fillets on the leading edges superb binding signed Gruel. Extremely rare and magnificent copy of the most popular play in French theatre the tirage de tête set in a perfect binding in full morocco signed Gruel. Charpentier & Fasquelle hardcover
1898170364Paris: Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle Eugène Fasquelle Éditeur 1898. A copy with real panache First edition tirage de tête number 48 of 50 deluxe copies printed on japon; a very rare survival in the original decorated wrappers which are unique to the japon issue. It is the only such example we can trace in commerce. Rostand's verse play has since its debut performance on 27 December 1897 at which the audience were still applauding a full hour after the curtain fell captivated audiences and readers around the globe and immortalized the 17th-century libertine writer on which its lead character was based. His heroic depiction single-handedly changed the meaning of the French word "panache" flamboyance and reckless courage from the cavalryman's plume into a virtue and also introduced the word into the English language. Octavo. Text in French. Original green florally patterned wrappers front cover lettered in orange edges uncut. Housed in a dark blue quarter morocco solander box by the Chelsea Bindery. Some sunning around spine light rubbing to ends and corners and superficially to front joint otherwise a near-fine copy. unknown
