GHERARDI (Evariste). Le Théâtre italien ou recueil général d - Lot 12

GHERARDI (Evariste). Le Théâtre italien ou recueil général de toutes les comédies & scènes françoises jouées par les Comédiens italiens du Roi, pendant tout le temps qu'ils ont été en service. Edition nouvelle revue avec beaucoup d'exactitude. Paris, Briasson, 1741. 6 vol. in-12, brown calf, ornate ribbed spines, title and appendix, red edges (period binding). 6 frontispieces including a portrait of the author, 55 plates engraved in intaglio, pp. of music in fine. This collection was compiled by Évaristo Gherardi (1663-1701), an Italian author and playwright who settled in Paris in 1670 and came from a family of Italian troupe actors. He began his acting career in 1689 and was assassinated in 1701. Covers worn, six title-pieces and tomascons missing, partially split jaw on vol. 4, occasional spotting mainly at the end of vol. 1 and beginning of vol. 2, otherwise a good copy, complete with attractive plates depicting the staging and costumes of the period.