Theatrical costumes.- Bonnart (Nicolas) and others. Collection of 46 costume plates for ballets and opera-ballets, [c. 1680s].
Theatrical costumes.- Bonnart (Nicolas, Paris-based publisher, 1637-1718) and others. Collection of 46 costume plates, many for ballets and opera-ballets, from various suites illustrating costume and fashions under Louis XIV, including several of trades, including painters, a scene with the King of Siam meeting 'M.r le chevalier de Chaumont, Ambassadeur extraordinaire de Sa Majesté auprès de ce Roy', and Arnoult's group scene 'La Dance de Village', etchings and engravings, loose and on various papers, each sheet approx. 360 x 230 mm (14 1/4 x 9 in), six smaller with each approx. 210 x 160 mm (9 x 6 1/4 in), some trimmed and mounted on paper support, occasional spotting and browning, handling creases, unframed and loose in boards, [circa 1680s].
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Theatrical costumes.- Bonnart (Nicolas, Paris-based publisher, 1637-1718) and others. Collection of 46 costume plates, many for ballets and opera-ballets, from various suites illustrating costume and fashions under Louis XIV, including several of trades, including painters, a scene with the King of Siam meeting 'M.r le chevalier de Chaumont, Ambassadeur extraordinaire de Sa Majesté auprès de ce Roy', and Arnoult's group scene 'La Dance de Village', etchings and engravings, loose and on various papers, each sheet approx. 360 x 230 mm (14 1/4 x 9 in), six smaller with each approx. 210 x 160 mm (9 x 6 1/4 in), some trimmed and mounted on paper support, occasional spotting and browning, handling creases, unframed and loose in boards, [circa 1680s].
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