Les théatres de Paris
Subtitle: notices et portraits
By: texte par une Société de gens de lettres ; dessins par Eust. Lorsay ; lithographiés par Collette
Series: Galerie illustrée des célébrités contemporaines
Publisher: Baillieu
Published: 1863
Place of publication: Paris
Language: fre
Subjects: Theater; History; Actors; Singers; Dancers; Costume design
Notes: Consists of 83 signed 4-page sketches ('livraisons') of Parisian actors, singers, and dancers, each with separate pagination and tinted lithographic portrait.

The sketches are by A. Blanquet, E. Duprez, L. Judicis, E. Moreau, T. Nézel, M. de Rével, and others.

Publication date derived from publisher's advertisements on rear cover of the Houghton Library copy.

The livraisons were available by subscription, hence bound collections vary in the number and arrangement of sketches.

From the collection of Edwin Binney 3rd.

Advertisements on unnumbered page 4 of covers.

Bound in half brown morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt, original printed yellow paper covers preserved.