Beaumarches, Pierre-Augustin Caron de — Oeuvres Completes de Beaumarchais Nouvelle Edition Augmentee de quatre pieces de theatre et de documents divers inedits avec une introduction par M Edouard Fournier

G : in good condition. Later rebind. Cover rubbed. Slight foxing. Missing frontis and 1 other plate Paris Garnier Freres New Edition 280mm x 200mm (11" x 8"). lvii, 780pp. 18 (of 20) hand coloured plates designed by Emile Bayard. Text in French. Beaumarchais [1732-1799] had a varied career as a watch-maker, inventor, musician, politician, invalid, fugitive, spy, publisher, arms-dealer, and revolutionary (both French and American). He was best known, however, for his dramatic works, especially the three Figaro plays. Emile Bayard was Victor Hugo's favorite illustrator, best known all over the world for "his" Cosette, now famous as the Les Miserables logo.