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GALERIE THEATRALE, COLLECTION DE 144 PORTRAITS EN PIED DES PRINCIPAUX ACTEURS ET ACTRICES QUI ONT ILLUSTRE LA SCENE FRANCAISE DEPUIS 1552 JUSQU'A NOS JOURS
- Used
- Condition
- Some of the text and about 10 of the plates are foxed, all else fine and bright. A lovely wide-margained copy
- Seller
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Paris, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Chez A. Barraud, 1873. Limited to 99 copies, this no. 8 (text volume numbered 54). Some of the text and about 10 of the plates are foxed, all else fine and bright. A lovely wide-margained copy. Limited to 99 copies, this no. 8 (text volume numbered 54). Folio. Three volumes in two. Unpaged. Illustrated with 144 magnificent hand-colored plates, many highlighted with gold and silver. Several of these plates are supplied from the first edition which was published serially 1812-34 (Colas 1164). This new edition is further embellished with 84 copper-plate engravings in the text, including 18 especially prepared for this work. Newly rebound by the Harcourt Bindery in half scarlet morocco with marbled sides and endpapers, t.e.g., the spines with gilt titles and panel ornaments. One of the most beautiful books on theatrical costume ever published.
Colas 1165; Hiler & Hiler p. 350.
Colas 1165; Hiler & Hiler p. 350.
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- First Folio
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- 17358
- Title
- GALERIE THEATRALE, COLLECTION DE 144 PORTRAITS EN PIED DES PRINCIPAUX ACTEURS ET ACTRICES QUI ONT ILLUSTRE LA SCENE FRANCAISE DEPUIS 1552 JUSQU'A NOS JOURS
- Book Condition
- Used - Some of the text and about 10 of the plates are foxed, all else fine and bright. A lovely wide-margained copy
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited to 99 copies, this no. 8 (text volume numbered 54)
- Publisher
- Chez A. Barraud
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1873
- Bookseller catalogs
- COLOR PLATE BOOKS;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Foxed
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- Morocco
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
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