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400 - CHARNOIS (Jean-Charles Levacher de).
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Estimate €80 - €120
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CHARNOIS (Jean-Charles Levacher de). Costumes and Annals of the Great Theatres of Paris, in coloured wash illustrations. Paris, Janinet, undated [1788–1789]. Quarto, fawn sheepskin, smooth spine with gold thread, title page and volume number in havana-coloured morocco, marbled edges (contemporary binding). Scuffs. Volume containing issues 25 to 48 of the third year of publication (October 1788–March 1789) of this important illustrated theatre review, which comprises a total of 176 issues published between April 1786 and November 1789. 24 plates of theatre costumes, finely enhanced at the time with watercolour and wash. Ex-libris stamp of P. Gauthier, apothecary in Auboué. Incomplete by 4 folios of text (pp. 221–222 and pp. 1–6 of the table of contents).
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Auction time 09/09/2026 at 1:00 PM
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