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Are you interested in this item? This item is up for auction at Catawiki. Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the Catawiki website. Catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available. Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store. "L'Illustration Théâtrale" was a collection of books published in France at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Each book in the collection featured a famous play, with an introduction, notes, and illustrations of scenes and characters.
Years 1905. 1906. 1907. 2 flights for 1908. 1909.
Half-leather binding, the binding of the 2 flights of which has a marked tear. The interiors are clean.
The "L'Illustration Théâtrale" collection was created to meet the growing demand for theatrical texts, analyzes and commentaries at a time when theater was a popular medium of entertainment in France. The books in the collection were intended for a wide audience, be they theater professionals, students or simple theater lovers.
The books in the "L'Illustration Théâtrale" collection were richly illustrated, with engravings depicting scenes from the play, characters and settings. The illustrations were often made by renowned artists, such as Albert Lynch, Georges Clairin or Gaston Bussière.
Among the plays presented in the collection, we can cite works by great playwrights such as Molière, Shakespeare, Racine, and Beaumarchais, as well as contemporary plays of the time.
The "Theatrical Illustration" collection has thus contributed to popularizing the theater in France, and to making known the works of famous playwrights, while offering attractive illustrations to accompany the texts. Today, the books in this collection are sought after by collectors and theatergoers interested in the history of theater and illustration. 67507673
