Le séducteur, comédie en cinq actes et vers

First edition printed on strong paper, which suggests this is a deluxe copy.
In original wrappers, covered with marbled paper pastiche from the 18th to 20th century. Tear at head of spine. A lack to the upper right corner.
The Marquis de Bièvre (1747-1789) was an accomplished courtier and an original character, famous for his skill in handling puns and satirical and deadly repartees in the salons (he wrote this term, Kalembourg, in the Encyclopédie). His play Le séducteur was constantly reissued until after the Empire. He also wrote Vercingétorix, tragedy in one act and one verse, where everything was propitious for wordplay.
Manuscript ownership inscription in pen by G(eorges) Labiche on the half-title page.