GUITRY (Sacha). The Evening of Austerlitz. Comedy in five acts. Paris : Éditions du Trèfle, [1947]. - In-8, 245 x 190 : 192 pp, (4 ff. 2 last blank), printed cover. In leaves, filled cover, publisher's folder and slipcase. First edition of this comedy performed for the first time on May 11, 1941 at the Théâtre de la Madeleine, illustrated with 31 compositions by the painter and illustrator Jacques FERRAND (1911-2003), 4 of which are full-page stencil drawings. The sheet preceding the title bears this precision: "The occupying authorities at the time not having accepted the title, "Le Soir d'Austerlitz" became "Vive l'Empereur!" but the work today taking back all its rights recovers its title". Edition at 750 copies plus some artists' copies. This is one of the 700 copies on Crèvecœur du Marais vellum (n° 615), enriched with the following items: - original drawing signed by Claude Lepape, pasted on cardboard paper and bearing on the back the indication "General rehearsal of Vive l'Empereur at the Théâtre de la Madeleine", - original silver print of the period, representing a scene from the play with Sacha Guitry, taken by Louis Silvestre, successor to Henri Manuel, bearing a label stating: "Théâtre de la Madeleine. A scene from "Vive l'Empereur". Authorized by the censor", - original program of the play of 1941, enriched with a postcard giving the photographic portrait of Yvette Lebon, interpreter of the character of Sophie, by the Harcourt studio, - invitation for the opening of the exhibition "Images en Couleurs. Jacques Ferrand" at the Galerie de la Pléiade in Paris in November and December 1935 .