136 - LE MONDE DRAMATIQUE. A Review of Ancient and Modern Performances. Paris: At the Office of Le Monde Dramatique, 1835–38. 8 volumes, large 8vo, blue long-grained half-maroquin, spine decorated lengthwise, uncut edges. (Contemporary binding).

LE MONDE DRAMATIQUE. A Review of Ancient and Modern Performances. Paris: At the Office of Le Monde Dramatique, 1835–38. 8 volumes, large 8vo, blue long-grained half-maroquin, spine decorated lengthwise, uncut edges. (Contemporary binding). FIRST COMPLETE SERIES of this publication founded by Gérard de Nerval and Frédéric Soulié. Woodcut vignettes in the text (including one by Daumier) and numerous plates, among which are the famous original etchings by Célestin Nanteuil: *Don Juan de Marana*, *A Family in Luther’s Time*, *Don Juan of Austria*, *La Esmeralda*, and the frontispiece of this magazine. Also included are two original lithographs by Paul Huet, as well as etchings and lithographs by Gavarni, Léon Noël, Alophe... The set is complete with Célestin Nanteuil’s lithograph, *Madame Dorval in the Role of Catarina* (which is missing from most copies), as well as the work’s prospectus. *Le Monde Dramatique* contains articles by Nerval, Berlioz, Dumas, Gautier, and Beauvoir. A fine copy, in a charming romantic half-binding. Carteret III, 413 “An important and rare work on the theater.” Vicaire V, 971–994. Scattered rust spots.