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[DIDEROT, DENIS.] Le Fils Naturel, ou Les Épreuves de la Vertu. Comédie en Cinq Actes, et en Prose.Avec l'Histoire Véritable de la Pièce. 299 pages. 8vo, 183x118 mm, contemporary calf gilt with arms of Count Eugen Erwein von Schönborn (1727-1801) on covers and library label on front cover; contents generally clean, but with lower outer corner of G1 torn and restored with text loss; marbled edges. Amsterdam [i. e., Paris: Prault], 1757
first edition of Diderot's first play, intended as a vehicle for his controversial dramatic theories advocating innovative staging and the serious treatment of middle-class characters and concerns, which broke with the prevailing conventions of French theater. Accompanying the play are imaginary dialogues elaborating his ideas at length. Tchemerzine (1977) II, 941a.
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