510 - MUSSET (Alfred de). Comedies and Proverbs. Paris: Charpentier, 1840. 12mo, green half-calf, smooth spine with gold fillet, gilt title, gilt fillet, gilt head, in a slipcase with flaps (M. Blin).

MUSSET (Alfred de). Comedies and Proverbs. Paris: Charpentier, 1840. 12mo, green half-calf, smooth spine with gold fillet, gilt title, gilt fillet, gilt head, in a slipcase with flaps (M. Blin). First collected edition, partly in the original form, of Musset’s plays. Four plays appear here for the first time: *La Quenouille de Barberine* (in two acts), *Le Chandelier*, *Il ne faut jurer de rien*, and *Un caprice*. The other six plays, including *Lorenzaccio*, *Les Caprices de Marianne*, and *On ne badine pas avec l'amour*, had appeared in 1834 in *Un spectacle dans un fauteuil*. A sought-after edition, described as a “rare collection” by Carteret (II, p. 202) Bookplate bearing the initials “CB,” illustrated with a woodcock. Foxing or stains in places.