Le Barbier De Seville
by Beaumarchais
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- , nice clean and tight binding, some faint spots to endpapers and fore-edges, book in very good condition
- Seller
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Skipton, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Synopsis
A French courtier, secret agent, libertine and adventurer, Beaumarchais (1732-99) was also author of two sparkling plays about the scoundrelly valet Figaro - triumphant successes that were used as the basis of operas by Mozart and Rossini. A highly engaging comedy of intrigue, The Barber of Seville portrays the resourceful Figaro foiling a jealous old man's attempts to keep his beautiful ward from her lover. And The Marriage of Figaro - condemned by Louis XVI for its daring satire of nobility and privilege - depicts a master and servant set in opposition by their desire for the same woman. With characteristic lightness of touch, Beaumarchais created an audacious farce of disguise and mistaken identity that balances wit, frivolity and seriousness in equal measure.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Keogh's Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 57217
- Title
- Le Barbier De Seville
- Author
- Beaumarchais
- Illustrator
- illustrated by Gustave-Adolphe Mossa
- Format/Binding
- , half blue calf, marbled paper covered boards, gilt titles on spine, raised bands, top edge gilt Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - , nice clean and tight binding, some faint spots to endpapers and fore-edges, book in very good condition
- Edition
- Limited Edition of 800 copies, this being No. 276
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Published by A. Ferroud - F. Ferroud
- Place of Publication
- , Paris
- Date Published
- , 1930
- Keywords
- Beaumarchais, Le Barbier De Seville, illustrated by Gustave-Adolphe Mossa
- Size
- 20 x 15 cm
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