LE THÉATRE, 28 volumes (two semesters per volume) of the ill - Lot 149

LE THÉATRE, 28 volumes (two semesters per volume) of the illustrated monthly magazine (1898-1899), then fortnightly (1899-September 1914). Manzi, Joyant, Goupil et Cie publishers and printers. Important collection of 336 issues from n°1 (1898) to n°336 (1912). Large in-4 (36x29 cm), half red chagrin (a little rubbed) with corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt and cold irons and small mosaic (mask), gilt heads, (spine split 8 cm, 2nd plate from second half 1900). Numerous illustrations and photographic reproductions in black and color, with all covers in color, tables. Portraits of theater, opera and dance artists in stage costumes: Réjane, Sarah Bernhardt, Lucien Guitry, Coquelin, Cléo de Mérode, Bréval, Ballets Russes, Nijinsky and Anna Pavlova, etc.