AUGIER (Émile). - Lot 36

AUGIER (Émile). Paul Forestier. Comedy in four acts, in verse. Paris: Michel Lévy frères, 1868. - In-8, brown morocco, gilt MF monogram at center front cover, ribbed spine, interior gilt roulette, red edges (period binding). First edition of this famous comedy, first performed on January 25, 1868 at the Théâtre français. EXEMPLAIRE DE MARIA FAVART, sociétaire de la Comédie-Française, creator of the role of Madame Léa de Clers in the play, enriched with this autograph dispatch signed by the author on the false title: "à Maria Favart toujours // grandissant // son ami // E. Augier." A very fine copy bound in the artist's cipher. Some minor wear. Scattered foxing. Provenance: Maria Favart, with a consignment from the author and her gilded monogram on the first cover.