Monsigny, Pierre-Alexandre. (1729-1817) Le Deserteur Drame en trois Actes, Dédié A Son Altesse Sérénissime Monseigneur Le Duc D'Orleans Premier Prince du Sang, Representé par les Comediens Italiens ordinaires du Roi le 6 Mars 1769. Gravé par Mlle. VeFolio. 2ff., 267 pp. Quarter vellum with stamped boards, heavily worn with spine chipped and with some losses. Some browning and occasional minor staining, one page with a tear in the margin, a number of pages creased at lower right corners, and a few pages with pencil markings. First Edition. Lesure p. 440. BUC p. 685. RISM M3167. With libretto by Sedaine, who collaborated with Monsigny on a number of his most successful works. "Le dserteur displays