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JARRY (Alfed).

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JARRY (Alfed).

Caesar Antichrist. Paris, Mercure de France, 1895.In-16, brocaded, black cover decorated with the golden coat of arms of Caesar Antichrist.
First edition illustrated with 14 woodcuts engraved off-text in black and orange by Alfred Jarry. Limited edition of 197 unnumbered copies on a square laid
in the vat.

Caesar Antichrist is divided into three acts.

It is in the

third act that the character of King Ubu appears for the first time, prefiguring the eponymous play that will appear

the following

year

.

Marginal tear with no gaps on pages 82 and 104. Very nice copy of this play by Jarry in its original impeccable condition.