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BEAUMARCHAIS, PIERRE-AUGUSTIN DE. EUGENIE, Drame En Cinq Actes en Prose. Enrichi de Figures en Taille-Douce avec un Essai sur le Drame Sérieux.
Paris: Chez Merlin, 1767. 8vo, (2), xliv, (2), 118pp, (2 ads)pp, 4 engraved plates by Gravelot. Marbled wrappers, engraved bookplate. Very good. ¶ First Edition. Eugénie is the story of a girl lured into a mock marriage by an English nobleman who deserts her but finally repents of his misdeeds. Beaumarchais (1732-99), who wrote his plays as diversion, is remembered for Le Barbier de Séville and Le Mariage de Figaro. He was the first dramatist to fully utilize the theories conceived by Diderot of stage-craft and acting.
Offered for US$ 200.00 by: Dailey Rare Books - Book number: 584.