Antique 1900 Hardcover Book L'Aiglon: A Play in Six Acts by Edmond Rostand

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Antique 1900 Hardcover Book L'Aiglon: A Play in Six Acts by Edmond Rostand

Blue decorated cloth stamped in gold on … more Antique 1900 Hardcover Book L'Aiglon: A Play in Six Acts by Edmond Rostand

Blue decorated cloth stamped in gold on the front, spine, and with publisher's initials in gold on the back.
Top edge gilding on cut pages -remaining uncut.
Photo of Maude Adams, who played the title role October 1900. Translated by Louis N. Parker.

Bibliographic Details

Title: L'Aiglon: A Play in Six Acts
Publisher: R. H. Russell, New York
Publication Date: 1900
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First US Edition.
262 pages

Wikipedia

L'Aiglon is a play in six acts by Edmond Rostand based on the life of Napoleon II, who was the son of Emperor Napoleon I and his second wife, Empress Marie Louise. The title of the play comes from a nickname for Napoleon II, the French word for "eaglet" (a young eagle).

Sarah Bernhardt in the title role (1900)

In October of the same year, the play (in an English translation by Louis N. Parker) premiered at New York's Knickerbocker Theatre, with Maude Adams in the title role.

Condition: Bright blue hardcover and gilding on front cover and top edge. The lettering on the spine is dulled consistently with age and use. Shelf wear on hardcover edges. Pencil writing in back and Donation Memorium label inside front cover. No loose pages- binding glue brittle. Toning due to age. See photos less