506 - [MÉRIMÉE (Prosper)]. A Play by Clara Gazul, a Spanish Actress. Paris, H. Fournier the Younger, 1830. In-8 Bradel binding in blue percaline, title label, date at the bottom (bound in the late 19th century). Spine faded. Ex-libris by Gustave Rivet. Ex-libris with the initials “CB” illustrated with a woodcock.

[MÉRIMÉE (Prosper)]. A Play by Clara Gazul, a Spanish Actress. Paris, H. Fournier the Younger, 1830. In-8 Bradel binding in blue percaline, title label, date at the bottom (bound in the late 19th century). Spine faded. Ex-libris by Gustave Rivet. Ex-libris with the initials “CB” illustrated with a woodcock. Second edition, partly original, following the 1825 edition. Includes a portrait of the author based on a drawing by Devéria. Numerous foxing spots. This edition, published under the pseudonym Clara Gazul, reprints the plays from the first edition and adds two new plays: *Le Carrosse du Saint-Sacrement* and *L'Occasion*. One of the most original works by the young Mérimée, who assumes the persona of a Spanish female author to revitalize French theatrical conventions, under the influence of Romantic and Spanish theater.