Beschreibung:

by J. Findlayson after N. Hone, 1769; Mr. Mathews in the character of Cypher, engraved by Walker after Heath, 1818; Mr. Liston in “Love, Law, & Physic”, engraved by Richard Dighton 1819; “Le Prix du Vanqueur”, aquatint scene with three characters, slightly stained, Paris, [c.1820]; Mlle. Louise Pierson as Ida in “La Laitière Suisse”, lithographed by F.Noel after A. Colin, Paris, [c.1830], all but the first coloured by hand; and four others, all in card mounts; together with playbills for False Alarms and Ella Rosenberg at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 1808; and The Castle Spectre, Rose d’Amour and Bombastes Furioso at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, 1818, both in card mounts; five programmes for London variety theatres, pictorial covers, 1888-1911; an issue of “L’Illustrazione Italiana” devoted to L. Manzotti’s “Amor” staged at La Scala, 1888; engraved pictorial covers for "The Auriol Polka" by Charles Matthews, with aquatint portrait of Francesca Auriol, Duncomb & Moon; “The Echo of the Bands Quadrilles” by G. Weippert, depicting Spanish Characters in the Masked Ball, Z.T. Purday; and The “Musical Bouquet” depicting dancing couples, J. Bingley; lithographed covers for “La Polka Danseuse”, depicting Grisi and Perrot, Philadelphia, J.G. Osborn; The Cachucha, depicting Celeste, New York, Firth & Hall; Quadrilles from Auber’s “Le Dieu et la Bayadére” depicting Madlle. Augusta, New York, James L. Hewitt & Co.; and D’Albert’s Faust Waltz, depicting a young couple, Chapell, all in card mounts, [c.1850-1860]; three later pieces by Johann Strauss, with the music, engraved or lithographed covers, Vienna, [c.1900]; and the Tauben-Walzer from his “Aschenbrodel”, with the music, the pictorial cover printed in colour, strengthened at spine, Vienna, 1900, various sizes (20)