Les métamorphoses de Melpomene et de Thalie, ou, Caracteres dramatiques des comédies françoise et italienne
By: dessiné d'après nature, par Whirsker
Publisher: Chez l'auteur, rue St. Honoré, et chez Megré mtre. vitrier, rue St. Jacques, vis-àvis celle du Platre; Chez Blaizot, au Cabinet litteraire, rue Satory
Published: 1770
Place of publication: A Paris; À Versailles
Language: fre
Number of pages: 23
Subjects: Actors; Portraits; Theater; History
Other titles: Caractéres dramatiques des comédies françoise et italienne
Notes: Engraved throughout.

Consists of an illustrated title-page, "Liste des caracteres" ([1] leaf), and 23 leaves of ill.

The ill. consist of full-length ports. of contemporary French actors in costume; the captions include short excerpts of dialogue.

Another, presumably later, ed. was pub. with imprint: A Londres: Chez Robert Sayer, le 1er août 1772. In the London ed., the ill. have been re-engraved, with altered captions (omitting most of the dialogue), and with Sayer's imprint added at bottom.

Colas, R. Costume, 3073.

From the collection of Edwin Binney 3rd.

The title-page and ill. are hand-colored.

Bound in contemporary marbled paper wrappers; in case, 27 cm.