Complete Works of BEAUMARCHAIS with BAYARD Illustrations

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Complete Works of Beaumarchais - New edition enriched with four theatrical works and various unpublished documents. Paris, Garnier Frères, circa 1880. One strong volume. in-4°, half-leather binding, gilt head, (283 x 183 mm) of 2 unnumbered leaves, 1 unnumbered title page, LVII - 780 pp. Complete with its 20 delicate colored plates, polished edges. Student of Léon Cogniet, Émile Bayard exhibited portraits and horse studies from 1853 to 1861. Before working in publishing and printing. "The total success of illustration would have been, according to him, that the reader understood the book simply by looking at the engravings." The work contains the following texts: Essay on the serious dramatic genre - Eugénie - The Two Friends or the Merchant of Lyon - The Barber of Seville - The Mad Day or The Marriage of Figaro - The Other Tartufo or The Guilty Mother - Tarare - Memoirs - Letters - Miscellany, verses and songs - Unpublished works. Very fine copy.