Les romanesques
Subtitle: comédie en trois actes en vers
By: Edmond Rostand, de l'Academie Française ; aquarelles originales de E. Grivaz
Contributors: Grivaz, Eugene, 1852-1915; Barthou, Louis, 1862-1934, former owner; Rostand, Edmond, 1868-1918, inscriber; Mercier, Emile, 1855-1910, binder; Jacob Berger Collection (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Publisher: [E. Grivaz]
Published: 1904
Place of publication: Paris
Language: fre
Number of pages: 124
Subjects: French drama
Notes: Privately issued.

Watercolor illustrations.

Issued in slipcase.

"Il a été imprimé de cet ouvrage 10 exemplaires seulement non mis dans le commerce."

"Les Romanesques à Rosemonde."--Half title page.

Rare Book copy: One of 10 copies not for sale, this copy "Exemplaire offert à Mr. E. Rostand," signed by the illustrator. From the library of Louis Barthou, prime minister of France, with his bookplate; inscribed to him by the author.

Gift; Vivian Berger; 2002.

Rare Book copy: Bound in full blue leather with gilt decorative borders on upper and lower covers; spine with five raised bands, gilt in compartments; board edges gilt with a double-line fillet; marbled paper flyleaves lined with blue watered silk; doublure of red leather decorated with multi-colored leather onlays; turn-ins, leather joints, and doublures extensively gold-tooled; "Mercier Sr. de Cuzin" in gilt at foot of upper doublure; text edges gilt; red ribbon marker; in wrapper and slipcase of leather and marbled paper.