REF. 0601

Galerie historique des comédiens fraçois de la troupe de Voltaire. Gravés à l'eau-forte, sur des documents authentiques par Henri Lefort.

Edmond-Denis de Manne
Publisher
N. Scheuring
Place
Lyon
Date
1877
Format
In-8 (224 x 147 mm)
Binding
Chambolle-Duru
Collation
(1) f., VIII-424 pp., (2) f.
Artist
Henri Lefort
Language
French
Century
19th century
Distinctive features
From the library of A. Pascalis and Newton Hall Cambridge

Condition report

Very good

€500
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MANNE (de), Edmond-Denis. Galerie historique des comédiens fraçois de la troupe de Voltaire. Gravés à l'eau-forte, sur des documents authentiques par Henri Lefort. Avec des détails biographiques inédits, recueillis sur chacun d'eux.
Lyon, N. Scheuring, 1877.

In-8 (224 x 147 mm), (1) f., VIII-424 pp., (2) f.
Full red morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, spine with false nerves with gilt stippling, richly decorated boxes, gilt title, place and date, double gilt fillet on the edges, gilt edges, interior roulette (Chambolle-Duru).

New, corrected and expanded edition.
It contains 41 biographies and portraits of actors, etched by Henri Lefort, including the portrait of Voltaire in the frontispiece.

Small superficial defect to the spine of the first board, otherwise a superb copy.
From the library of A. Pascalis and Newton Hall Cambridge; their bookplates.