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ROSTAND EDMOND (1868-1918)
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ROSTAND EDMOND (1868-1918)
L'Aiglon. Drama in six acts, in verse.
Paris, Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1900. In-8 (206 x 143 mm), [3] bl. ff, cover, bl. ff, [5] ff, [263] pp. of which 262 ch. half brown morocco with corners, spine ribbed, titled and dated in gold, marbled paper endpapers, bookmark preserved, covers and spine preserved (period binding).
ORIGINAL EDITION of this drama which was first performed on March 15, 1900 at the Sarah-Bernhardt Theatre, with Sarah
Bernhardt in the lead role of the Duke of Reichstadt.
Autograph letter signed by the author, in blue ink on the title page: "to Roger Souan, very cordial letter from Edmond Rostand / ...
Working at my narrow table, working / To be each day more worthy of signing! E. R».
At the end of the volume is an autograph poem signed in brown ink by H[ugues] Delorme, titled "Janvier 1919". This poem contains 14 verses dedicated to Edmond Rostand: "The nose in the air, plume on the forehead, rapier in the fist / With all his spirit and all his tenderness, / More than ever alive, Cyrano rises again / To trumpet the verses that will not perish. [...] The shadow of Coquelin and the shadow of Rostand".
PROVENANCE Hugues Delorme (1868-1942), poet and writer| Roger Souan.
L'Aiglon. Drama in six acts, in verse.
Paris, Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1900. In-8 (206 x 143 mm), [3] bl. ff, cover, bl. ff, [5] ff, [263] pp. of which 262 ch. half brown morocco with corners, spine ribbed, titled and dated in gold, marbled paper endpapers, bookmark preserved, covers and spine preserved (period binding).
ORIGINAL EDITION of this drama which was first performed on March 15, 1900 at the Sarah-Bernhardt Theatre, with Sarah
Bernhardt in the lead role of the Duke of Reichstadt.
Autograph letter signed by the author, in blue ink on the title page: "to Roger Souan, very cordial letter from Edmond Rostand / ...
Working at my narrow table, working / To be each day more worthy of signing! E. R».
At the end of the volume is an autograph poem signed in brown ink by H[ugues] Delorme, titled "Janvier 1919". This poem contains 14 verses dedicated to Edmond Rostand: "The nose in the air, plume on the forehead, rapier in the fist / With all his spirit and all his tenderness, / More than ever alive, Cyrano rises again / To trumpet the verses that will not perish. [...] The shadow of Coquelin and the shadow of Rostand".
PROVENANCE Hugues Delorme (1868-1942), poet and writer| Roger Souan.