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British Theatrical Gallery: A Collection of Whole Length Portraits with Biographical Notices
by Daniel Terry
- Used
- very good
- hardcover
- First
- Condition
- Very Good/None
- Seller
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Tokyo, Japan
Item Price:
$800.00
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About This Item
Title page, 20 hand-coloured engraved plates with corresponding pages of explanatory text.
Twenty fine hand-coloured engraved portraits by R. Cooper of famous contemporary actors and actresses after paintings by Harlow, Sharp, Clint, De Wilde, Waldeck, and others.
Actors include Sarah Siddons as Lady Macbeth, Edmund Kean as Richard III, ballerinas Mlle. Lisa Noblet and Mlle. Felicite Hullin, ballet dancer Etienne Le Blond, opera singer Giuseppe de Begnis, Samuel Simmonds as Baron Munchausen, Henry Gattie and Mme. Maria Theresa Bland in the farce Monsieur Tonson, Sarah Booth, Frances Copeland, Charles Young, etc.
Daniel Terry (1780-1829) was an English actor and friend of Sir Walter Scott, many of whose novels he adapted for the stage.
Condition: Crude buckram spine on frayed original cloth-bound boards. Interior clean and bright with fine hand-colouring, slight discoloration to title page. Perfect candidate for a rebind.
Due to restrictions on Japan Post, shipping to USA currently only available via Fed-Ex.
Twenty fine hand-coloured engraved portraits by R. Cooper of famous contemporary actors and actresses after paintings by Harlow, Sharp, Clint, De Wilde, Waldeck, and others.
Actors include Sarah Siddons as Lady Macbeth, Edmund Kean as Richard III, ballerinas Mlle. Lisa Noblet and Mlle. Felicite Hullin, ballet dancer Etienne Le Blond, opera singer Giuseppe de Begnis, Samuel Simmonds as Baron Munchausen, Henry Gattie and Mme. Maria Theresa Bland in the farce Monsieur Tonson, Sarah Booth, Frances Copeland, Charles Young, etc.
Daniel Terry (1780-1829) was an English actor and friend of Sir Walter Scott, many of whose novels he adapted for the stage.
Condition: Crude buckram spine on frayed original cloth-bound boards. Interior clean and bright with fine hand-colouring, slight discoloration to title page. Perfect candidate for a rebind.
Due to restrictions on Japan Post, shipping to USA currently only available via Fed-Ex.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Florilegius
(JP)
- Bookseller Inventory #
- Flo137
- Title
- British Theatrical Gallery
- Author
- Daniel Terry
- Illustrator
- Harlow, Sharp, Clint, de Wilde, Waldeck
- Format/binding
- Original cloth boards, recent buckram spine
- Book condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket condition
- None
- Quantity available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- H. Berthoud
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date published
- 1825
- Keywords
- illustrated, portrait, theatre, stage, actor, dancer, London, 19th century
- Bookseller catalogs
- Theatre;
- Size
- Folio, 36.5 x 24.5cm
Terms of Sale
Florilegius
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Florilegius
Biblio.com member since: 2019
Tokyo
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About Florilegius
Tokyo-based bookseller specializing in European illustrated books from the 18th to 19th century, mainly botanical, zoological, costume and history. Also Japanese ukiyo-e and woodblock botanicals, flower arrangement, etc.
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