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Title: Extrait de la Galerie Thatrale. Biographie pittoresque des principaux acteurs et actrices de Paris. Cinquante biographies ornes de 25 magnifiques portraits en pied,...
Description: Paris, Chez tous les libraires, 1872 Large 4to (37x28 cm). Contemporary halfleather with cornerpieces; spine with ribbons; gilt title on spine. Covers with decorated paper; marbled endpapers. Uncut. Halftitle, title with vignette, 50 biographies of artists of about 4 or 6 pages text with numerous large head- and tailpieces and 25 engraved plates of the artists in the costumes of their favourite cast. On title "finement coloris", but our copy has black and white plates. The plates are engraved by different artists. In this compilation the numbered plates are not consecutively placed. For the greater part printed on thick paper (outer margins sl. browned and partly with small waterstain). - Binding: top and foot spine, edges covers and cornerpieces rubbed and partly a bit damaged. But on the whole a good copy of this very rare album. Portraits of: Talma - Raucourt - Brocard - Batiste - Champmesl - Casimir - Beavalet - Jenny-Colon - Baptiste Ain - Dabadie - Duchenois - Boullard - Dupont - Desbrosses - Dorval - Chollet - Dorus-Gras - Desmares - Desessarts - Duclos - Demerson - David - Cinti-Damoreau - Derivis.... Gewicht/Weight: 2200 grs.

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