Molière / Dubout - L'avare - 1950

Stunning numbered copy on vellum and illustrated with 20 watercolors by the formidable Dubout of this play by Molière that denounces greed and selfishness!

Harpagon, the protagonist, is an old man obsessed with his money, which he hides in his garden. He wants to marry his children off to wealthy people, without caring about their happiness. But his plans will be thwarted by love and cunning.

The play unfolds a vigorous satire of human vices, showing how the passion for money dehumanizes, destroys love, and engenders suspicion and domestic tyranny -

The dialogues, lively and incisive, reveal Molière's art in portraying extreme characters, while offering a universal critique of greed and selfishness -

Molière / Dubout - The Miser - 1950 - André Sauret -
210 pages -

Very good condition of the binding, paperback volume in its cardboard case, under a slipcase and dust jacket, light signs of wear, smooth decorated spine, gilded titling, author’s name and illustrator’s name in gold -

Very good internal condition, light browning, title page printed in red and black, work enriched with 20 watercolors by Dubout, a fine copy numbered 29 of 5000 on Arches vellum paper -

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