Froufrou

164pp. Half bound in red leather over marbled paper-covered boards; five ribs; gilt decorations and gilt titles on black spine label. Lightly bumped spine ends; extremities rubbed. Dusty top text block edge, all edges sprayed. Marbled endpapers. Ex-libris on front paste down and first page. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. 12mo. The original play, often spelled Froufrou, was written in five acts in French by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halevy in 1869, expressly for Mlle Aimee Descl�e (1836-1874)[2] opening at the Gymnase Dramatique, Paris, on 31 October of that year. This is an English translation issued the following year.