ROSTAND (Edmond).

Cyrano de Bergerac. Paris, Eugène Fasquelle, 1898. In-12, red jansenist morocco, fillet on the edges, interior fillet, lining and endpapers of yellow moiré percaline, gilt edges on witnesses, cover and spine, lined case (H. Duhayon). First edition. On December 28, 1897, Rostand's heroic comedy became the greatest theatrical success since Hernani. An unprecedented success: forty encores! The play was performed 400 times until 1900 and Coquelin, introduced to the author the previous year by Sarah Bernhardt, played the role until his death, a total of 950 times. Rostand was elected to the Académie française in 1901: he was received at the age of 33, the youngest academician at the time. A superb copy impeccably bound in jansenist morocco by the Nice binder Henri Duhayon. From the Raoul Simonson library (2013, II, n°626), with ex-libris.