Os Dous Marquezes, Drama em 3 Actos, e 5 Quadros. Arranjado do Romance de Molé-Gentilhomme

B. J. C. .

Published by Typographia Imparcial, por S. Caminha, Pernambuco, 1847

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AN UNRECORDED PERNAMBUCO INCUNABLE. 4to. [21.5 x 15.5 cm]. (5), 6-86 pp. Bound in late 19th century plain wrappers. Sole edition of this apparently unrecorded provincial Brazilian play, printed during the civil unrest preceding the last great rebellion in that region (the Praieira Revolt of 1848-49). The author signs his name only with his initials, and suggests that the play is adapted from a romance of the French litterateur Paul-Henri-Joseph Gentilhomme (1814-1856); however, we have been unable to trace the corresponding work based on the title or main characters. The action takes place in Germany in 1550, and the text includes stage directions; according to p. 3, the play was performed for the first time at the Theatro particular de Maceió on the 14th May 1846, 150 miles south of Recife. One of the characters, Bertha, recalls another of Gentilhomme s plays Berthe la Flamande, but that piece was printed for the first time in 1852, five years later than the present production. Printing had arrived in Pernambuco in 1817, but almost nothing of a literary character seems to have been published before the 1850s. * not in Borba de Moraes, Bibliographia brasiliana; not in OCLC.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Os Dous Marquezes, Drama em 3 Actos, e 5 Quadros. Arranjado do Romance de Molé-Gentilhomme
• Publisher: Typographia Imparcial, por S. Caminha, Pernambuco
• Publication Date: 1847
• Binding: Soft cover
• Seller catalogs:
  • Americana
  • Hispanic World