La Folle Journée or The Marriage of Figaro, Comedy in five acts, in Prose. Performed for the first time by the King's ordinary French actors, on Tuesday, April 27, 1784. Au Palais Royal, Ruault, Libraire, près le Théâtre, n°216, 1785. In-8 of [2] ff. lvi pp. (preface, characters and dress of the play, approval), 237 pp. including the faux-title with the list of characters on the reverse. Paperback, dust jacket.
First edition. With the 5 out-of-text figures by Saint-Quentin in the first printing (with Rosine's breast uncovered in plate 5). A good copy. (Tchemerzine II, 14-15; Cohen 124.)
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