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THÉÂTRE NOIR. A collection of 10 dark plays, some adapted from famous noir novels. 1) MATURIN (Charles Robert). Bertram, or The Castle of St Aldobrand. A tragedy in five acts. Freely translated from the English by Messrs Taylor and Nodier. Paris, Gide and Ladvocat, 1821. 8vo, modern black half-calf binding. First edition. 2) THÉAULON (Emmanuel), SAINT-LAURENT (Charles NOMBRET) and THÉODORE (Anne). *The Bandit*. A play in two acts. Paris, Riga, 1829. 8vo, modern Bradel half-percaline binding. Frontispiece by Henry Monnier. 3) RAIMOND. *Bertram, or the Pirate*. A melodrama in three acts. Paris, Quoy, 1822. 8vo, modern half-calf. 4) CAMMAILLE-SAINT-AUBIN (Nicolas). *Le Moine*, a melodrama in three acts, with stage effects. Paris, Théâtre de la Gaité, 1803. 8vo, modern half-calf. 5) [LA MARTELIÈRE (Jean-Henri-Ferdinand)]. *The Testament, or The Mysteries of Udolphe*. A drama in five acts. Paris, Fagès, Year VI (1798). 8vo, modern black cardboard binding, title and gilded skulls on the cover. 6) FERDINAND and SAINT-HILAIRE (Amable de). *Melmoth, or The Wandering Man*. A mimodrama in three acts. Paris, Bezou, 1824. 8vo, modern half-calf. 7) LEMERCIER (Népomucène-Louis). *The Two Ghostly Daughters*. Melodrama in three acts... Paris, Barba, 1827. 8vo, modern half-calf. 8) BOURGEOIS (Anicet) and MALLIAN (Julien de). *La Nonne sanglante*. A drama in five acts. Paris, Barba, 1835. 8vo, modern half-calf. Frontispiece. 9) RAYNOUARD (François-Just-Marie). *Les Templiers*. Tragedy. Paris, Giguet and Michaud, 1805. 8vo, modern Bradel-style cardboard binding. 10) [LAMARTELIÈRE (Jean-Henri-Ferdinand)]. *Le Testament ou les Mystères d’Udolphe*, a drama in five acts by Citizen J.-H.-F. L. Paris, Fages, Year VI (1798). Small 8vo booklet, modern half-calf.
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