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Lot n° 262

Théodore Barrière et Ernest Capendu

LES FAUX BONSHOMMES - Original edition, published in Paris, by Michel Lévy Frères, in 1856. Covered in a cardboard binding with a smooth spine decorated with a black title piece and original covers preserved. Fairly well preserved copy: the title page has been restored with tape. Inside fairly fresh with some light freckles. Louis Théodore Barrière, born on 16 April 1821 in Paris1,2 where he died on 16 October 18773, is a French playwright. He gave to the theatre, alone or in collaboration, a large number of dramas and vaudevilles, many of which were very successful. (wikipedia)