MEILHAC (Henri) - HALÉVY (Ludovic). The Grand Duchess of Gérolstein. Opéra-bouffe in three acts, four tableaux. Music by Jacques Offenbach. Paris : Calmann Lévy, 1887. - In-8, 240 x 160 : (2 ff.), 139 pp. printed cover. Bradel half carmine cloth with corners, smooth spine, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (Ad. Lavaux). New edition of the libretto by Ludovic Halévy and Henri Meilhac of Jacques Offenbach's opéra-bouffe, first performed on April 12, 1867 at the Théâtre des Variétés. One of 30 numbered copies on Hollande paper (no. 21), enriched with the following pieces: - 3 original unsigned watercolour drawings of costumes for three characters of the play . The second is on tracing paper. - Enhanced watercolour engraving by Paul-Eugène Mesplès (1849-1924), representing the Duchess of Gérolstein. - Period photographic portrait, on albumen paper, of Ludovic Halévy and Henri Meilhac, pasted on wove paper. - L.A.S. from Ludovic Halévy, 1 page and a half in-12, to a colleague, undated, mounted at the top. - Autograph manuscript signed by Ernest La Jeunesse, 2 pages in-8 pasted on wove paper, entitled Ludovic Halévy. Beautiful text written in homage to Ludovic Halévy who had just died: "Another laughter that has gone out: M. Ludovic Helévy is dead. To tell the truth, he didn't laugh much anymore, and even he never laughed much." Some erasures. - Program booklet with 10 portraits of Jacques Offenbach reproduced in black. A good copy.