Apr 11, 2024 - Sale 2665

Sale 2665 - Lot 116

Price Realized: $ 1,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
Louis, Victor (1731-1800)
Salle de Spectacle de Bordeaux.

Paris: Esprit, 1782.

First edition, oversized folio, illustrated with twenty-two full page engravings, one engraved dedication leaf, the other twenty-one depicting the Grand Théâtre in Bordeaux, some creasing to two plates; bound in half leather and marbled paper done in a tree calf pattern; 25 1/4 x 18 1/2 in.

The Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux, a vast neo-classical performance space that seats 1,100 spectators was completed in 1780 and is considered Louis' greatest masterpiece.