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First edition. COPY NUMBER 1, ONE OF ONLY THREE (3) LARGE-PAPER COPIES PRINTED ON CHINESE PAPER OF THIS GROUNDBREAKING PLAY DEVOTED TO EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN BY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. vi, 320 pp. Mirbeau's collaborator, Thadée Natanson, was a prominent Jewish lawyer, businessman, Dreyfusard activist, art collector, and the founder of La Revue Blanche. He had been married to Misia Godebska (later Misia Sert). While he wrote several books devoted to art criticism, THIS IS HIS ONLY PUBLISHED LITERARY WORK. This work, widely (and reasonably) regarded as anti-Catholic, was attacked by the Action Française: it was performed only after legal action was taken against Jules Claretie, director of the Comédie Française. 8vo. Original printed wraps. ENTIRELY UNCUT. Minimal wear and discoloration to wraps, else FINE AND BRIGHT. AN EXTRAORDINARY ITEM.