Beaumarchais, Pierre de. LA FOLLE JOURNEE OU LE MARIAGE DE FIGARO. Paris, 1785. 1st edition with engraved plates, 1st issue before the reworking of Plate V to cover Rosina's breasts, and before the inclusion of the portrait frontispiece. (The first edition had no plates, but almost immediately it was issued with five plates drawn by St Quentin, of which the first four were engraved by Malapeau and the fifth by Roi). Tall 8vo., Preface of LI (51) pages, plus 199pp., plus "approbations" and errata sheet, five engraved plates after St. Quentin. Rebound in a period-appropriate binding of full gilt panel calf by Donna Starr of Starr Bookworks. A few light spots of foxing to the Half-title at the front, and the Errata sheet at the back, the plates with modest foxing, else Fine throughout.
