Author: Williams, H. Noel.
Title: Later Queens of the French Stage.
Description: London and New York: Harper & Brothers, 1906. 1906. - Octavo, red cloth titled in gilt on the spine & in gilt with decorations in gilt on the front cover. The top edge is gilt. The covers are bumped & somewhat soiled with a small stain to the front cover. The spine is slightly faded with the head & tail lightly chipped. Half-title, title, [3] leaves & 360 pages plus 4-page publisher's catalog. The book is cracked at the half-title. The front endpaper is partially darkened & there is some light foxing, especially to the prelims & catalog. Sepia-toned frontispiece & 7 black-and-white plates. Good.

First edition.

Biographies of seven eighteenth-century French performers, including opera singers, actresses and dancers. Good .

Keywords: THEATER; DANCE; OPERA; OPERA SINGER; ACTRESS; DANCER; FRENCH; FRANCE; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; 18TH CENTURY; SOPHIE ARNOULD; MARIE MADELEINE GUIMARD; RAUCOURT; DUGAZON; LOUISE CONTAT; SAINT-HUBERT; H. NOEL WILLIAMS; ILLUSTRATIONS; PLATES; FIRST EDITION; 1ST ED

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