Molière / Albert Dubout - L'avare - 1950

Magnificent numbered edition 2141 on vellum and illustrated with 20 watercolors by the formidable Dubout of this Molière play that denounces avarice 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 to wealthy people, without regard for their happiness. But his plans will be thwarted by love and cunning -

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

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

Molière / Dubout - L’avare - SD (circa 1950) - André Sauret -
, 212 pages

Very good condition of the binding, paperback in its full original dust jacket, under a slipcase and the publisher's cardboard case, light signs of wear, speckled edges, smooth decorated spine, gilded lettering, author and illustrator names in gold -

Very good interior condition, title page printed in red and black, the work enriched with 20 watercolors by Dubout, a handsome numbered copy 2141 among 5000 on Arches vellum, fresh interior, a splendid copy -

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