Apr 03, 2008 - Sale 2140

Sale 2140 - Lot 60

Price Realized: $ 4,080
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
GALÉRIE THÉÂTRALE; ou, Collection des Portraits en Pied des Principaux Acteurs des Trois Premiers Théâtres de la Capitale. 3 hand-colored engraved additional titles; 144 engraved plates, partly printed in color and hand-finished. 3 volumes. 4to, contemporary gilt-panelled calf with contrasting frame on covers and lettering pieces on spines, minimal wear, spines lightly faded; scattered marginal foxing, lightly affecting some plates in Volume 3, some plates toned, indistinct stamp in blank corner of letterpress titles. Paris: Bance aîné, [1812-34]

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first edition in book form of a superbly illustrated record of contemporary Parisian stage performers, and an important source for theatrical costume of the period. Colas 1164.