DE MUSSET, Alfred (1810-1857). Fantasio. A Comedy in Two Acts. Translated by Maurice Baring. New York: The Pleiad, 1929. Octavo. (10 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches). Edition designed by Frederic Warde. Illustrated by Fernand Giauque with ten lithographs, 2 hand-coloured. Publisher's cloth. Beautifully illustrated 1929 English translation of Alfred de Musset's 1834 play. Limited to 530 copies. Alfred de Musset was a French dramatist and poet, regarded as one of the first Romantic writers. He was also a prolific novelist of the romantic period and wrote some of the most memorable literary masterpieces of all times. Much influenced by Shakespeare and Schiller, Alfred de Musset wrote the first modern dramas in the French language. His early poems and plays were much appreciated in the French society earning him the reputation of being a dandy. In 1845 he was named a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. Musset was elected to the French Academy in 1852. Nowadays Musset's popularity is second only to Racine and Moliere. My glass is not big, but I drink out of my own glass, he once stated self-consciously. Musset had a profound grasp of the psychology of love and his portraits of women were multidimensional.