Theatre and ceremony.

[Avice, Henri, d'] La pompeuse et magnifique cérémonie du sacre du roy Louis XIV fait à Rheims le 7. Iuin 1654. Paris, 1655, folio, 3 folding engraved plates, contemporary vellum, some staining, repairs, fraying and tears, binding worn
Raccolta di varie scene eseguite dai più celebri pittori teatrali in Milano. Milan, 1819, oblong 4to, engraved title, 99 engraved plates (only, of 100), contemporary calf-backed boards, lacks plate 36, some spotting, binding rubbed
Contant, Clément. Parallèle des principaux theatres modernes de l'Europe. Paris, 1842, folio, 120 plates, loose in later portfolio, some slight spotting and fraying
Contant, Clément and Joseph de Filippi. Parallèle des principaux theatres modernes de l'Europe. Paris, 1859, folio, 134 engraved plates, contemporary roan-backed boards, some spotting, corners worn
with one other, similar (5)

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