Description: Paris, G. Charpentier, Libraire-Editeur, 1880, 1 volume in-4 of 280x185 mm approximately, 387 pages, complete of 25 vignettes and 24 color plates, 1880. 4to; black morocco-backed marbled boards; gilt to compartments; marbled endpapers; occasional minor foxing; 24 hand-colored decorative headpieces; a tight copy.Théâtre des marionnettes du Jardin des Tuileries is a collection of twenty-four pieces written by Louis Edmond Duranty, dedicated to Georges Sand, published in 1863.It is a collection whose heroes Polichinelle, Pierrot et Arlequin, although these are sometimes absent from certain rooms: Polichinelle précepteur - Les Voisines - La Tragédie d'Arlequin - La Malle de Berlingue - Polichinelle et la Mère Gigogne - L'Homme au cabriolet - Pierrot et le Pâtissier - Le Mariage de raison - Le Tonneau - Cassandre et ses domestiques - Les Boudins de Gripandouille - Le Sac de charbon - La Grand'Main - La Comète du roi Mirambole - Les Plaideurs malgré eux - La Fortune du ramoneur - Polichinelle retiré du monde - La Poule noire - Le Marchand de coups de bâton - L'Exercice impossible - Le Miroir de Colombine - Les Deux Amis - Les Drogues de Cataclysterium - Le Revenant.Louis Edmond Duranty is a French novelist and art critic, born June 5, 1833 in Paris, where he died1 April 9, 1880 (aged 46).A delightful work, presenting puppet plays performed at the Theatre des Marionnettes du Jardin des Tuileries. Duranty wrote and performed puppet plays of literary quality and suffused with satire. In the 24 pieces here Polichinelle is the dominant character. The hand-colored plates and illustrations are by the author himself.
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Place of Publication: Paris
Language: French
Region: Europe
Author: Duranty
Topic: Puppetry
Modified Item: No
Subject: Marionnettes
Year Printed: 1880
Original/Facsimile: Original
