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Rostand, Edmond. Cyrano de Bergerac. Comédie héroïque en cinq actes en vers.

5 blank leaves, 225 pp., 6 blank leaves. 8vo. Contemp. red morocco with gilt spine title and gilt decoration on front board. – Paris, Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1898.

102th thousand. Early copy of Edmond Rostands (1868–1918) famous verse play, published in the same year as the first French trade edition. Written and premiered in 1897 in Paris, the romantic-comedic play follows a fictional life of the 17th century writer Cyrano de Bergerac. Today, the historical person Cyrano (1619–1655) ist mostly known as a figure in Rostands play. – Best.-Nr. 26898