BEAUMARCHAIS Pierre-Augustin Caron de (1732-1799). Le Barbier de Séville. (Paris, Ruault, 1775); in-8, brown marbled basane, ribbed spine decorated with gilt designs, red title page, red edges (period binding). May 1775 edition of Beaumarchais' famous play: the first edition of the Mémoire de Sultan-Faithful by Jacques Hippolyte RONESSE (Paris, Hardouin et Gatey, 1787) has been bound in. Freckles, browning, binding rubbed and restored.