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Alexandre DUMAS the Younger. *The Princess of Baghdad*.
See original version (French)
136
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Alexandre DUMAS the Younger. *The Princess of Baghdad*.
See original version (French)
Estimate €80 - €120
Voluntary lot
Description
Alexandre DUMAS the Younger. *The Princess of Baghdad*. A play in three acts. Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1881. In-8, half-percaline with salmon-coloured corners, covers intact, untrimmed, lined slipcase, ex-libris, dedicatory inscription.
[3 ff.], 95 pp.
First edition.
The play premiered at the Théâtre Français on 31 January 1881.
A play with a thesis, as is always the case with Dumas, it seeks to demonstrate that maternal love is a woman’s safeguard.
The audience caused quite a commotion during the performance and Barbey d’Aurevilly, ever the gentleman, asked: ‘Is this the end of a reign? […] I am not saying that *La Princesse de Bagdad* is his *Battle of Waterloo* but his *Fontrenaibleau farewells* ’!
Vicaire III, 482.
Léontine Arman de Caillavet’s copy, with a lovely dedication by the author and her bookplate.
See original version (French)
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