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Theatre - Costumes - Ex-libris Louis Jouvet LE... - Lot 695 - Briscadieu
Theatre - Costumes - Ex-libris Louis Jouvet LE VACHER de CHARNOIS (Jean-Charles) Costumes and Annals of the great Theatres of Paris. Janinet, 1786-89 (over 4 years). 5 volumes in-4 containing 5 parts : XXIV issues containing 25 plates of costumes out of text of which 23 in colours / XXIV issues (XXV toXLVIII) containing 24 plates of costumes out of text of which 18 in colours / 2f., 198pp., 200pp. (from n°XXIV to n° XLVIII) containing 48 plates of off-text costumes of which 41 in colour and one technical plate in black / 196pp. (containing XXIV issues) - 224pp. (containing XXIV issues (from n°XXV to XLVIII)) containing 48 plates of costumes of which 45 in colour / 226pp. (containing XXVI issues) - 50pp. (containing 6 issues (from XXVII to XXXII) containing 32 plates of costumes out of text, 22 in colour and one folding plate; some pages of musical tunes in scores. Total of 128 issues of this publication, plates under protective covers. Excellent condition. A copy with full margins on large paper, blued for a large part. Contemporary marbled brown basane, spine ribbed and decorated, blond titles and endpapers, a few tears and rubs, red edges. Head of the series of this newspaper which appeared in 176 issues, until November 1789. We offer here 148 of the 176 issues of this publication. This work was written by M. d'Auberteuil until the 27th number of the first year, an anonymous person took over the writing and continued it until the 30th number of the second year, it is at the 31st number of this second year that M. (Le Vacher) de Charnois became editor of this journal" (Colas). Provenance: Printed bookplate of Louis Jouvet, famous French actor, director and theatre director, professor at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique.
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