[178 engravings of figures in ballet costumes, 1 interior with musicians, ca. 1765] [graphic].

[S.l.] : [s.n.], [between 1765 and 1800?]

179 prints : engravings with plate marks ; 6 1/8 x 4 in. or 6 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.

paper

A sultan, p. 139, and sultana, p. 151, from drawings dated ca. 1720 reproduced in A. Jullien, Histoire du costume au théatre, Paris, 1880, between pp. 56-57. Man masquerading as Light, p. 117, from an undated drawing in the same vol., opp. p. 6.

Amateur engravings in oversewn binding.

Costumed figures, usually shown dancing, miming, or processing, depict exotic races, character types, personifications, and mythological or grotesque figures. Some may be acrobats.

Paper dates ca. 1765.

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Torn fly leaf has pencil drawings which are cartoon figures of man, woman, and child in dress, dated ca. 1800.

ART Vol. c100

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