Best Seller Beaumarchais, Pierre-augustin Caron De. (1732-1799) La Folle Journée Ou Le Mariage De Figaro, Comédie En Cinq Actes, En Prose… Représentée Pour La Première Fois Par Les Comédiens Français Ordinaries Du Roi, Le Mardi 27 Avril 1784 - Don't Overpay [c25lAnv0]

2ff., lvi preface & c., 237 pp. 8vo. Letterpress. Brown marbled boards, half calf. Spine slightly chipped at top, first few pages with scattered light foxing, overall very good.

As one of the books which shaped Western thought and history and as the basis for Mozart's great opera, Beaumarchais' play needs no introduction. This is the very first edition, issued before any illustrations were added. As documented on the "Approbations" page, this is the original February issue ("Achevé d’imprimer pour la première fois, le 28 Février 1785").