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163 - JARRY (Alfred). Ubu Roi. A drama in five acts in prose. Rest…
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Estimate €200 - €300
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JARRY (Alfred). Ubu Roi. A drama in five acts in prose. Restored in its entirety as it was performed by the puppets of the Théâtre des Phynances in 1888. First edition with a fictitious mention of ‘second edition’, bearing the ‘printed’ date of ‘11 June 1896 in Perhinderion type’. Paris, Mercure de France, 1896. In-12 volume (154x98mm), bound in blue half-cloth in the Bradel style, spine decorated with a title label, gilt fleur-de-lis in the centre. 171 pp. Yellowed standard paper. Bound without the covers and the 12-page catalogue. Illustrated with two portraits of Père Ubu based on woodcuts by Alfred Jarry. Colophon featuring a woodcut of an owl. First published in issues 2 and 3 of *Le Livre d’Art*, Paul Fort’s journal which ran for only three issues, the play premiered at the Théâtre de l’Oeuvre on 10 December 1896, “before a scandalised audience which, without fully understanding it, witnessed a double birth: that of a myth and that of a certain modern theatre” (En français dans le texte, 1990, no. 322). Talvart and Place, X, p. 128. A fine copy.
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About the sale Fine antique and collectible books, manuscripts and modern illustrated works
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Auction time 06/29/2026 at 2:00 PM
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