MAUPASSANT (Guy de).
À la feuille de rose, maison turque. Comédie de mœurs (mauvaises) en un acte en prose first performed in Paris in 1875.
Paris: s.n., 1945. -In-8, paperback, lined cover.

First edition of this play by Guy de Maupassant, first performed in 1875 but not intended for publication during the author's lifetime.

It was only in 1945 that Maupassant's heirs authorized its publication with this edition, printed in 225 copies "for a few bibliophiles" and illustrated with two erotic color compositions, the first, in the frontispiece, featuring a window system.

One of 160 copies on Ingres paper, very well preserved despite some slight folding marks on the cover.
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MAUPASSANT (Guy de). À la feuille de rose, maison turque. Comédie de mœurs (mauvaises) en un acte en prose first performed in Paris in 1875. Paris: s.n., 1945. -In-8, paperback, lined cover. First edition of this play by Guy de Maupassant, first performed in 1875 but not intended for publication during the author's lifetime. It was only in 1945 that Maupassant's heirs authorized its publication with this edition, printed in 225 copies "for a few bibliophiles" and illustrated with two erotic color compositions, the first, in the frontispiece, featuring a window system. One of 160 copies on Ingres paper, very well preserved despite some slight folding marks on the cover.

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MAUPASSANT (Guy de). À la feuille de rose, maison turque. Comédie de mœurs (mauvaises) en un acte en prose first performed in Paris in 1875. Paris: s.n., 1945. -In-8, paperback, lined cover. First edition of this play by Guy de Maupassant, first performed in 1875 but not intended for publication during the author's lifetime. It was only in 1945 that Maupassant's heirs authorized its publication with this edition, printed in 225 copies "for a few bibliophiles" and illustrated with two erotic color compositions, the first, in the frontispiece, featuring a window system. One of 160 copies on Ingres paper, very well preserved despite some slight folding marks on the cover.
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