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ROSTAND, Edmond (1868-1918)

Lot 152
21.03.2024 13:00UTC +01:00
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Event locationFrance, Paris
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Lot 152 | ROSTAND, Edmond (1868-1918)
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€ 1 000 – 1 500
ROSTAND, Edmond (1868-1918)
Cyrano de Bergerac. Comédie héroïque en cinq actes en vers. Paris : Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1898.
Édition originale, exemplaire avec envoi à Jules Clarétie, enrichi entre autres d'un billet autographe de Rostand et d'une lettre autographe de l'acteur Coquelin.

In-8 (195 x 132 mm). Exemplaire portant sur le faux-titre un envoi autographe signé d'Edmond Rostand à Jules Clarétie, administrateur de la Comédie-Française, en "assurance de respectueuse amitié", et enrichi de :
- un billet autographe signé de Rostand à un destinataire inconnu ;
- une lettre autographe signée de Coquelin, acteur de Cyrano, à Antoine Dubost, président du Sénat, l'invitant à passer un après-midi ;
- une photographie originale de Nadar : portrait de Coquelin en costume ;
- une carte postale adressée à Clarétie (20 avril 1906), par un correspondant non identifié ;
- 3 reproductions de photographies de Paul Boyer (portraits de Rostand et Coquelin, et acte III de Cyrano) ;
- 7 cartes postales vierges représentant des scènes de Cyrano.

Reliure signée A. Bézard : demi-maroquin bleu ardoise, dos lisse orné en long, tête dorée, couverture conservée (Mors frottés, dos passé et premier plat partiellement détaché, un coin émoussé. Traces de montage de truffes.)
Provenance : Jules Clarétie (1840-1913 ; envoi)

First edition, this copy inscribed to Jules Clarétie, with an autograph note by Rostand and an autograph letter by Coquelin.
Artist:Edmond Rostand (1868 - 1918)
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