1897 Mercure de France edition of Ubu Roi  

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 True portrait of Monsieur Ubu (1896) is a woodcut frontispiece for Ubu Roi. It represents Ubu, a fictional character from Jarry's eponymous play.
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True portrait of Monsieur Ubu (1896) is a woodcut frontispiece for Ubu Roi. It represents Ubu, a fictional character from Jarry's eponymous play.

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The 1897 Mercure de France edition of Ubu Roi [1].

Its full title reads Ubu roi : drame en cinq actes en prose, restituté en son intégrité tel qu'il a été représentée par les marionnettes du Théâtre de l'Oeuvre le 10 décembre 1896, avec la musique de Claude Terrasse (1897).

The edition is fully handwritten and was published after the opening performance of December 10, 1896.



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