Fantastic collection of over 275 autograph letters, notes, documents and photographs representing French theater, mostly between the period 1825-1880.
Some of the autographs included in this amazing collection are:
Playwright Eugene de Planard (1783-1853) ANS - actor Leopold Delannoy (1817-1888), 6 ALS - clairvoyant Adolphe Didier, 1 ALS - actress Helena Gaussin, 2 ALS - theater director Leon Dormeuil (1824-1882), 16 ALS/ANS - playwright Leon Gandillon (1862-1912), 2 signed visiting cards - actress Camille Schelter, 1 ALS - Comedia-Francaise theater manager Sebastien Edmond (“Sevestre”) (1799-1852), 6 ALS/ANS, Henri Samary (1865-1902), 4 ALS - actress Eugenie Sauvage (1804-1866), 1 ALS - theater administrator René, also knows as Gilbert, 2 ALS - dancer Jeanne Dulac, 1 ANS - Desirée Pochonet (1828-1860), 1 ALS - actress Alice Giesz, 1 ALS - actor and theater director Edmond Gaudé, 1 ALS - actor Georges Deneubourg (1860-1936), 1 signed visiting card - actress Marie Daubron, 4 ALS - actor and operetta singer Daubray (René M. Thibault) (1837-1892), 4 ALS and 1 signed visiting card - actress Marie Lloyd (1870-1922), 3 ALS and 1 signed visiting card - actress Louise Thuillier, 3 signed receipts - duo singers Henriot-Giraldas, 1 ALS - actress Guillemin, 2 ALS - actor Simon Lockroy (1803-1891), 2 ALS - actress Venulie Debay (?-1877), 1 ALS - playwright Charels H. Dubois-Davesnes (1800-1874), 1 ALS - actress Augustine Scriwaneck (1823-1909), 7 ALS - Mademoiselle Minette, 1 ALS - prince of Moskow Edgar N. Henry Ney (1812-1882), 1 ALS - actress Theresa Valladon, 2 signed receipts - actor Hippolyte Cisserant (1809-1877), 8 ALS - actress Yvonne de Bray (1889-1954), 1 ALS - actress Marie Tallandiera (1846-1878), 1 ALS and newspaper clips - actor Arthur Albert Thierry (1811-1867), 3 ALS - actress Madame Thierret (Felicien Georgin) (1814-1873), 7 ALS/ANS - dramatic actor Gilles de Saint Germain (1833-1899), 15 ALS/ANS - actress Gabrielle Thenard (1809-1861), 4 ALS - playwright Georges Grisier (1853-1909), 2 ANS - actress Alice Theric (1830-1896), 1 ALS - twin brothers and singers Anatole and Hippolyte Lionnet (1832-1896), 19 ALS/ANS and 1 signed visiting card of Anatole - actress Emilie Guyon (1821-1878) and A. Guyon, a total of 10 ALS/ANS - actress Charlotte Dupuis (1816-1879), 3 ALS - actress Jeanne Samary (1857-1890), 1 ALS - actress Colin (Rosa Didier) (?-1870), 4 ALS - dramatic author and journalist Felix Duquesnel (1832-1915), 2 ALS - baritone, librettist and impresario Henri Drayton (1812-1872), 1 ALS - historian and journalist Achille Denis (1817-1889), 2 ALS - actress Marie Dumas (1846-?), 2 ALS/ANS - Mademoiselle Denain (Pauline-Leontyne Mesnage (1823-1892), 3 ANS - actor Pierre-Mathieu Ligier (1796-1872), 3 ALS - comedian and theater director Emil Celestine Duard (1862-1941), 2 ALS - actor Lheritier (Marie Romain Thomas) (1807-1885), 1 ALS - actor and theater director Emile Taigny (1810-1875), 2 ALS - actress Dica Petit (1836-1895), 7 ALS/ANS - actress Lucile Durand, 1 ANS - actress Caroline Dupont, 3 ALS - actress Charlotte Dupont (Charlotte Rougeault de la Fosse) (1791-1864), 2 ALS - actress Antonia Molinos-Lafitte, 1 document signed.
And many, many more we could not identify.
ALSO INCLUDED, 29 cabinet photos of Gertrude Green, Lea D´Ascot, Marie Leconte, Francine Lorée, Sara Jewett, Adelaide Ristori (9), Jeanne Bertiny, Simone Le Bargy, and others. Signed cabinets of Francine Lorée, Cecile Galley, Emile Colson, Andrée Genel, Renée Felyne, and politician Jean Henri Laguerre. A total of 29 signed and unsigned cabinet photos, plus one signed photo postcard of actor Carlo Bohm.
SOLD AS A COLLECTION ONLY, not sold separately.