Les Premières Illustrée ... Saison Théâtrale 1882-1883
- Hardcover
- Paris: Monnier et Cie, 1883
Paris: Monnier et Cie, 1883. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Thick large 4to. Full orange morocco. Spine in six compartments, intricately gilt. Black leather lettering labels, gilt. Boards with two rectangles of triple gilt rules and intricate corner ornaments, gilt, with oval black onlays each with a gilt flower in the center, Top edge gilt. Gilt inner dentelles, qwith the binder's signature: Smeers Engel, Marbled endpapers. Upper hinge neatly mended else this is a fine copy.
UNIQUE COPY. Bound isues from the second season, number 1 through 14. Preface by Ludovic Halévy. Extra illustrated with original photographs of contemporary French actors bound with the issue describing the play in which they performed. Fifteen original pen and ink drawings, six original watercolors, and 82 proofs, all illustrations appearing in the issues and bound near their appearance in print. Two autographs letters signed, one by Ludovic Halévy, who wrote the Preface, and the other by the artist Edward Detaille.
Housed in original slipcase, which has had some moderate restoration.
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Details
Title
Les Premières Illustrée ... Saison Théâtrale 1882-1883
Author
(French Stage) Toché, Raoul
Binding
Hardcover
Condition
Near Fine
Publisher
Monnier et Cie: Paris
Date
1883
Edition
First edition