{"title":"Sergent","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"recherches-sur-les-costumes-et-sur-les-theatres-de-toutes-les-nations-et-necessaire-a-l-education-des-adolescens","title":"Recherches sur les costumes et sur les théâtres de toutes les nations [...] et nécessaire à l’Éducation des Adolescens","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[LEVACHER DE CHARNOIS, Jean-Charles]. Recherches sur les costumes et sur les théâtres de toutes les nations, tant anciennes que modernes ; Ouvrage utile aux Peintres, Statuaires, Architectes, Décorateurs, Comédiens, Costumiers, en un mot aux Artistes de tous les genres ; non moins utile pour l’étude de l’Histoire des temps reculés, des Mœurs des Peuples antiques, de leurs Usages, de leurs Loix, et nécessaire à l’Éducation des Adolescens.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eParis: M. Drouhin, 1790.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4to (248 × 197 mm). (4) ff., 150 pp.; (1) f., 183 pp., (2) ff. Full red morocco, covers with triple gilt fillet borders and central double-fillet cartouche with Du Seuil–style cornerpieces; spine with raised bands and gilt compartments, gilt lettering (author, title, date, place), gilt edges, richly gilt turn-ins; by \u003cstrong data-start=\"752\" data-end=\"762\"\u003eDubois\u003c\/strong\u003e (contemporary binding).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"788\" data-end=\"1007\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"788\" data-end=\"810\"\u003eRare first edition\u003c\/strong\u003e, the work remaining unfinished; here both volumes bound together in one.\u003cbr data-start=\"883\" data-end=\"886\"\u003eA scholarly study of \u003cstrong data-start=\"907\" data-end=\"937\"\u003eancient theatrical costume\u003c\/strong\u003e, drawing heavily on characters from the tragedies of \u003cstrong data-start=\"991\" data-end=\"1006\"\u003eJean Racine\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1009\" data-end=\"1405\"\u003eJean-Charles Levacher de Charnois (1749–1792), man of letters and chronicler of the Parisian stage, devoted much of his career to theatrical studies. A contributor to the \u003cem data-start=\"1180\" data-end=\"1202\"\u003eJournal des théâtres\u003c\/em\u003e, he undertook in the late 1780s an ambitious project entitled \u003cem data-start=\"1265\" data-end=\"1306\"\u003eCostumes et Annales des grands théâtres\u003c\/em\u003e, interrupted by the Revolution. The present volume constitutes a continuation of that undertaking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1407\" data-end=\"1936\"\u003eIllustrated with \u003cstrong data-start=\"1424\" data-end=\"1446\"\u003e53 engraved plates\u003c\/strong\u003e, most hand-washed, after drawings by \u003cstrong data-start=\"1484\" data-end=\"1502\"\u003ePhilippe Cléry\u003c\/strong\u003e; engraved by \u003cstrong data-start=\"1516\" data-end=\"1524\"\u003eAlix\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1526\" data-end=\"1534\"\u003eRidé\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong data-start=\"1540\" data-end=\"1551\"\u003eSergent\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr data-start=\"1552\" data-end=\"1555\"\u003eThis copy is of particular interest: \u003cstrong data-start=\"1592\" data-end=\"1637\"\u003e40 of the 53 plates are in a second state\u003c\/strong\u003e, several \u003cem data-start=\"1647\" data-end=\"1664\"\u003eavant la lettre\u003c\/em\u003e, some bearing only the engraver’s name lightly scored in the plate in place of the full legend. The volume is further enriched by a \u003cstrong data-start=\"1797\" data-end=\"1837\"\u003ehand-coloured portrait of the author\u003c\/strong\u003e, normally absent from the first edition and almost certainly sourced from the 1802 second edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1938\" data-end=\"2065\"\u003eA \u003cstrong data-start=\"1940\" data-end=\"1967\"\u003erare and desirable copy\u003c\/strong\u003e, finely bound, with a contemporary manuscript inscription of the author’s name on the title-page, upper part of the spine of the front cover superficially cracked, but this does not affect the strength of the spine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2067\" data-end=\"2137\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2067\" data-end=\"2082\"\u003eReferences:\u003c\/strong\u003e Colas 717; Cohen 227; Brunet IV, 1135; Vinet II, 2108.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54954354540869,"sku":"0595","price":3500.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/IMG_0014.jpg?v=1750280464"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.librairie-alexisnoque.fr\/en\/collections\/artiste-sergent.oembed","provider":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","version":"1.0","type":"link"}