MANNE (Edmond-Denis)
Galerie historique des portraits des comédiens de la troupe de Voltaire. Avec des détails biographiques inédits, recueillis sur chacun d'eux par E. D. de Manne, Conservateur-adj. à la Bibliothèque impériale.
Lyon: N. Scheuring, 1861. - In-8, dark brown morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, ornate ribbed spine, inner gilt lace, gilt edges, double endpapers (period binding).
First edition containing 41 biographies of comedians and 41 hors texte etched portraits by Frédéric Hillemacher, including the frontispiece portrait of Voltaire. It also includes an engraved vignette at the head of the foreword.
Edition of 250 copies, this being one of 232 on tinted laid paper.
(a fine copy, with some wear and tear).
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