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213 - TALMA (François-Joseph). Reflections on Lekain and the Art of Theater. Paris, L. Tenré, 1825. In-8, violet half-calf, smooth spine with decorative embellishments and title running lengthwise (contemporary binding).
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TALMA (François-Joseph). Reflections on Lekain and the Art of Theater. Paris, L. Tenré, 1825. In-8, violet half-calf, smooth spine with decorative embellishments and title running lengthwise (contemporary binding). First edition of this tribute by François-Joseph Talma (1763–1826) to Louis Lekain (1729–1778), a great 18th-century tragedian and leading actor of the Comédie Française. A copy belonging to the actor Louis Jouvet (1887–1951), bearing his bookplate. A poem by Eugène Barbier-Vémars Jr., titled *Talma* (Paris, Imprimerie de Chaignieau fils, n.d.) (8 pages), has been bound at the end. Spine faded and scuffed.
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