{"product_id":"fire-flowers-mini-unlined-hardcover-journal-by-paperblanks-9781439754139","title":"Fire Flowers Mini Unlined Hardcover Journal","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA display of brilliant fireworks is suggested in our \u003cem\u003eFire Flowers Mini Unlined Hardcover Journal\u003c\/em\u003e design, which reproduces a binding of Claude J. Dorat’s \u003cem\u003eLa Déclamation Théâtrale\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCurrently held in the British Library’s magnificent collection of antique bindings, this is a 20th-century British edition of \u003cem\u003eLa Déclamation\u003c\/em\u003e, which was originally published in 1766 in Paris. \u003cem\u003eLa Déclamation\u003c\/em\u003e is a didactic poem comprising four songs about the rules governing tragedy, comedy, opera and dancing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDorat was renowned as a musketeer, a \u003cem\u003ebon vivant\u003c\/em\u003e and a \u003cem\u003epetit maître\u003c\/em\u003e (minor master), though his works were not critical hits. He was rumoured to have ensured the success of his own plays by buying up all the seats with his own money and he died, penniless, in 1780 after squandering his family fortune.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe bright reds and golds of this cover design pay tribute to his incandescent desire to create.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47340791562476,"sku":"9781439754139","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/16708393482700.jpg?v=1772169371","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/fire-flowers-mini-unlined-hardcover-journal-by-paperblanks-9781439754139","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}