COSTUMES HISTORIQUES DE VILLE OU DE THEATRE ET TRAVESTISSEMENS.

DEVERIA, ACHILLE. 1800-1857.

Verlag: Paris. Goupil et Vilbert. (1831), 1831

Beschreibung

Folio 20x14 inches, leather bound in full brown calf, rather worn. Title printed on blue paper (as called for by Colas), 124 plates lithographed by Cattier after Devéria, numbered 1, 3-121 and 4 unnumbered, all hand coloured by a fine period hand and heightened with gum Arabic and white. Wanting plate 2 but no complete copy found to have been sold at auction (rarebookhub). 124 superb plates hand coloured plates of historical, geographical and theatrical costumes, some portrayed by contemporary actors, including costumes of China, Turkey, India, Persia, Arabia, Europe (particularly Spain and Italy), and plates of dancers and actresses Fanny Elssler, Marie Taglioni and Rachel. ALL IN NEAR FINE CONDITION - a very good example of one of the finest hand coloured lithographic costumes plates ever produced. Devéria, Achille - French painter, lithographer, and stained glass designer, 1800-1857. Reference Colas 859. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 6827

Bibliografische Details

Titel: COSTUMES HISTORIQUES DE VILLE OU DE THEATRE ...

Verlag: Paris. Goupil et Vilbert. (1831)

Erscheinungsdatum: 1831

Einband: Hardcover