MANNE (E. de) - MENETRIER (C). Galerie historique de la comé - Lot 260

MANNE (E. de) - MENETRIER (C). Galerie historique de la comédie Française pour servir de complément à la troupe de Talma. Lyon, Scheuring, 1876. First edition. Illustrated with 48 hors-texte etched portraits by J.-M. Fugère. Copy on laid paper. From the same source: Galerie historique des comédiens françois de la troupe de Voltaire. Lyon, Scheuring, 1877. New, corrected and enlarged edition, dedicated to the Comédie Française. Decorated with 46 portraits with the letter by Henri Lefort. Copy on laid paper. Also included: HILLEMACHER (F). Galerie historique de la troupe de Molière. Lyon, Scheuring, 1869. Second edition with 34 etched portraits of the troupe's actors, based on authentic documents. Copy on laid paper. Together 3 volumes in-8, raspberry morocco, gilt fillets on covers, wide inner lace, highly ornate ribbed spines, gilt heads, untrimmed (Pougetoux). Unidentified bookplate. Slight defects to boards.