Le petit Moissonneur des théâtres, dédié aux dames. by (THEATRE).

16mo (115 × 70 mm), pp. 192, plus additional engraved title and 11 plates, all printed in colours/tints. Occasional minor spotting. Contemporary blindstamped red calf, gilt, yellow edges. Later bookplates (Franck-Chauveau and F.M. Caye). A very pretty copy.

First edition of this very attractive diminutive almanac (’The Little Harverster’) for the theatre. It contains 12 plates finely printed in tints, all (except the title) portraits of male and female actors in plays then on the Paris stage. They include Mr. Le Peintre as Pothin in Le Voisin, Mr. Vernet in female dress as Isidor in Les Alsaciennes, Mr Gontier as Charvigny in Scribe and Delavigne’s Le Diplomate and Mme Carmouche (Jenny Verpré) as the eponymous La Reine de seize ans. The text includes excerpts and songs from each of the plays described.