HENRIOT (MAIGROT Henri) / MEILHAC Henri et HALEVY Ludovic - Lot 321

Lot n° 321
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HENRIOT (MAIGROT Henri) / MEILHAC Henri et HALEVY Ludovic - Lot 321
HENRIOT (MAIGROT Henri) / MEILHAC Henri et HALEVY Ludovic Tricoche and Cacolet. Original manuscript of this vaudeville in 5 acts, by Henri Meilhac, which was first performed in December 1871 at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal. On the title page and on the back of each page of text, numerous original watercolors by the artist Henriot. The one serving as title page signed and dated 1888, the three following ones and those at the end are also signed or initialed. Certainly a project of edition which did not see the day, following its illustration of Karikari of the same Halévy at the Librairie Conquet in 1887, printed but not put in the trade. 38 pages in-4 of manuscript in black ink and tight handwriting, numerous erasures and corrections, retractions and additions, and 64 pages with watercolors, some at the bottom of the text but most are on a full page 4 to 6 watercolors tracing the action in the form of vignettes, on title pages and end pages, one watercolor per page. Important set mounted on tabs and decorated with about 200 ORIGINAL DRAWINGS and bound in-4 in bradel, half black long-grain morocco with corners, smooth spine, lettering and gold fleurons in Chinese style, some rubbing at the edge, fresh interior
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