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1841Best.-Nr. SKU1026717Paris: Marchant Editeur du Magasin Theatral 1841. Hardcover. Good. 2 volume set- 1841-1842. Quarter green leather bound- both have good bindings- covers have wear and rubbing to edges and joints- joints beginning to split at parts no marks or notations varying degrees of foxing from light to heavy has 80 lithograph portraits with 4-6 pg biographies for each. all were dancers singers and actors/actresses. A rare piece of entertainment and art history. Marchant, Editeur du Magasin Theatral hardcover books
1852Best.-Nr. Flo139Volume 7 only of the 10-volume collection of stage portraits from the mid-19th century. Title page with vignette and 83 of 100 handcoloured lithographic plates of actors opera singers and ballet dancers in costume of their roles by Alexandre Lacauchie Victor Dollet and Louis Lassalle lithographed by Decan and Destouches Paris. Includes the famous Italian ballerinas Fanny Cerrito and Caroline Rosati French dancer Marie Guy-Stephan actress Mlle. Alphonsine soprano Marie-Charlotte Lemercier and many more mid-century stars. Missing plates 601 603 606 607 609 614 619 625 637 638 670 671 674 675 681 697 and 700. The series was published from 1844-1870 in 10 volumes with 1000 plates. Condition: Half red buckram split on the gutter marble boards scuffed but plates bright and vivid with fine handcolour a few slightly spotted. Considered to be the most important French artists gallery of the 19th century. Alexandre Lacauchie 1814-1886 was a French painter engraver and lithographer. Jean Francois Victor Dollet 1815- was a French painter lithographer and printmaker. Louis-Simon Cabaillot-Lassalle 1808-1885 was a French painter. Maison Martinet hardcover
1844Best.-Nr. Flo140Collection of 277 hand-coloured lithographic portraits of French actors and actresses from the first 4 volumes of this rare series. No title page or prelims mostly disbound plates loosely inserted within original bindings for Vol. 1 and 2 plate numbers from 1 to 392. Portraits of actors actresses dancers and opera singers by Alexandre Lacauchie and Victor Dollet lithographed by Jules Rigo Decan Lebref. Considered to be the most important French artists gallery of the 19th century. Condition: Red leather bindings with fine gilt decoration on spines and boards water damaged but holding acting as portfolio for the loose plates. Plates with some damp-staining to lower edge mostly outside the image toning and spotting. Most plates disbound but all with vibrant fine hand coloring and gum arabic high lighting. Sold as a collection of plates. Alexandre Lacauchie 1814-1886 was a French painter engraver and lithographer. Jean Francois Victor Dollet 1815- was a French painter lithographer and printmaker. Maison Martinet hardcover
