MARIVAUX. *La Meprise*. Paris, Pierre Prault, 1739. In-12 (16.5 x

MARIVAUX. *La Meprise*. Paris, Pierre Prault, 1739. In-12 (16.5 x 9 cm), red half-basane, spine decorated with small flowers. 65 pp. Slightly yellowed paper, a few small holes. First edition published five years after the play’s premiere. A one-act comedy in prose, first performed by the King’s Regular Italian Actors on August 16, 1734. The plot revolves around a case of mistaken identity involving twins: Ergaste mistakes one of the two sisters for the other, triggering a series of romanti

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