TheatreThere are 36 items
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Sommare beschrijuinghe vande triumphelijcke Incomst vanden doorluchtighen ende hooghgheboren Aerts-hertoge Matthias binnen die Princelijcke stadt van Brussele, in t’iaer ons Heeren M.D.LXXVIII. den xviij dach Januarij
Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1579A lavishly illustrated description of the triumphal entry into Brussels on 18 January 1578, of Archduke Matthias of Austria (1557-1616), brother of the Emperor Rudolph, to take his oaths as Governor-General of The Netherlands, and of festivities during the days following. Our copy was bound for Ferdinand Hoffmann, baron of Grünpühel and Strechau (1540-1607), whose library comprised at his death more than ten thousand volumes, the modern acquisitions ordinarily bound in green-stained vellum, as here.
Bound with Houwaert, Johan Baptista. Oratie der Ambassadeuren vanden doorluchtighen Prince Matthias Aertshertoge van Oostenrijcke… Verhaelt inden Rijckxdach gehouden tot Wormes, voor die Raetsheeren ghedeputeert by die Princen Electeurs, ende ander Ambassadeurs ende Ghecommitteerde van t'heylich Roomsche Rijcke… Rhetorijckelicke in ons Nederlantsche tale ouerghestelt, door Jean Baptista Houwaert. Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1578
Also in the volume is a verse translation by Houwaert of the famous speech delivered (in Latin) on 7 May 1578, by Philippe de Marnix de Sainte Aldegonde (1540-1598), before a delegation of the Diet (Reichstag) of Worms, a fruitless appeal to gain the German princes to the cause of the States-General against the Spanish. Of this work, only five other copies are known.
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Sixteenth & seventeenth century theatre design in Paris : an exhibition of drawings from the National Museum of Stockholm with models from the Theatre Museum, Drottningholm (catalogue of an exhibition organised by the Arts Council of Great Britain, held in the Arts Council Gallery, London, 27 October-28 November 1956)
London, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1956(22 cm), 43 (1) pp., [8] p. of plates. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - Exhibition of drawings from the collections of the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, by some fifteen Italian and French artists, including Primaticcio, Bérain and his studio, d’Olivet, Henry Gissey, and Carlo Vigarini. Two scale models of the Charles XII Theatre at the King’s House, Stockholm, and of the Palace Theatre, Drottningholm, also were exhibited. ¶ Very good, unmarked copy. -
Giacomo Torelli and Baroque stage design (Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, Figura, Nova Series, 2)
Stockholm, Almquist & Wiksell, 1961(26.5 cm), 270 (2) pp., numerous illustrations. Publisher’s printed wrappers. - Includes a useful chronological list of illustrated libretti published by Torelli 1641-1677, stating the number of plates in each and their engravers. ¶ Short tears in wrapper along joints; otherwise a very good, unmarked copy. Loosely inserted is an Invitation to public disputation, 18 March 1961 (this was the author’s dissertation, Faculty of Arts, University of Uppsala). -
La Vie théâtrale au temps de la Renaissance (catalogue of an exhibition held at the Institut Pédagogique National, Paris, March-May 1963)
Paris, Institut Pédagogique National, 1963(21 cm), xviii, 235 (3) pp., 16 plates. 460 catalogue entries. Addenda et Corrigenda slip loosely inserted. Publisher’s printed wrappers. - Catalogue of an exhibition of paintings, drawings, books, prints, and objects, held at Royaumont in conjunction with an international colloquium (Des Sciences Humaines sur “Le Lieu théâtrale à la Renaissance”). ¶ Very good, unmarked copy. -
Le Lieu Théâtral a la Renaissance (Colloques internationaux du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Sciences Humaines, Royaumont, 22-27 March 1963)
Paris, Éditions du Centre national de la Recherche Scientifique, 1964(27.5 cm), x (2), 532 (2) pp., 68 plates. Publisher’s decorated cloth. - Collection of 32 essays, by T.E. Lawrenson and Helen Purkis (Les éditions illustrées de Térence dans l’histoire du théatre: spectacles dans un fauteuil?), Irving Lavin (Lettres de Parme 1618, 1627-28 et débuts du théâtre baroque), Carlo Pedretti (Dessins d’une scene, exécutés par Leonard de Vinci pour Charles d’Amboise), Kate Steinitz (Le Dessin de Leonard de Vinci pour la représentation de la “Danae” de Baldassare Taccone), among others. Five essays deal with English theatres and stages. First edition. ¶ Excellent, unmarked copy. -
Handbook to the Department of Prints and Drawings and Paintings
London, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1964(24.5 cm), viii, 116 pp. Publisher’s printed wrappers. - Useful discussions of the Museum’s collections of architectural drawings (by John Physick), engraved ornament (by Peter Ward-Jackson), cuttings from illuminated manuscripts (by C.M. Kauffmann), etc. ¶ Fine, unmarked copy. -
Scenografia napoletana dell'età barocca (Collana di storia dell'architettura, ambiente, urbanistica, arti figurative)
Naples, Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, 1964(26 cm), (6) 259 (1) pp., 93 illustrations. Publisher’s cloth-backed boards, printed dust jacket. - Account of the major Neapolitan scenographic workshops and their artists. ¶ Excellent copy of a limited edition (numbered 789 and inscribed by the author on verso of title-page). -
Four centuries of theater design: drawings from the Donald Oenslager Collection. With an essay by A. Hyatt Mayor: The Italian sources of European stage design (catalogue of an exhibition held in the Art Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, 15 October-8 November 1964)
New Haven, Yale Art Gallery, 1964(18 × 18 cm), [52] pp., 14 black & white illustrations. Publisher’s printed wrappers. - 92 drawings from the collection of the stage designer and Yale professor Donald Oenslager (1902-1975), described by Richard Wunder. Essay by A. Hyatt Mayor, “The Italian sources of European stage design” (pp.[7-20]). ¶ Very good, unmarked copy. -
Italian stage designs from the Museo Teatrale alla Scala, Milan (catalogue of an exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, autumn 1968)
London, HMSO, 1968(18.5 × 24.5 cm), 31 (3) pp., [49] p. of plates. Publisher’s printed wrappers. ¶ Inscribed by the art historian Anthony M. Clark, June 1969. Wrapper rubbed along joints. -
I teatri pubblici di Venezia secoli XVII-XVIII (catalogue of an exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, XXX Festival Internazionale del Teatro di Prosa, Sale Apollinee del Teatro La Fenice, 22 September-11 October 1971)
Venice, Biennale di Venezia / Zinchi Nuova Editoriale, 1971(23 cm), 178 pp., [32] p. of plates. 477 catalogue entries. Publisher’s printed wrappers. - Organised according to theatre, with lists of performances. Very informative entries and bibliographical notes. ¶ Wrappers lightly rubbed; otherwise a fine copy. -
The King's Arcadia : Inigo Jones and the Stuart court (catalogue of an exhibition organised by the Arts Council of Great Britain, held at the Banqueting House, Whitehall, London, 12 July-2 September 1973)
London, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1973(23.5 cm), 232 pp., illustrations. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - Exhibition celebrating the fourth centenary of Inigo Jones’s birth. The famous notebook kept by Jones during his Italian tour of 1613-1615 was exhibited, together with a selection of books from his library, including his copies of Palladio, Lomazzo, and Serlio; an essay is devoted to Jones’s annotations in his books. The drawings are rightly discussed in detail (nothing else survives of Jones’s stage works, and only seven of his forty-five recorded buildings still stand). ¶ Good copy. -
The King's Arcadia: Inigo Jones and the Stuart court (catalogue of an exhibition organised by the Arts Council of Great Britain, held at the Banqueting House, Whitehall, London, 12 July-2 September 1973)
London, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1973(23.5 cm), 232 pp., illustrations. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - Exhibition celebrating the fourth centenary of Inigo Jones’s birth. The famous notebook kept by Jones during his Italian tour of 1613-1615 was exhibited, together with a selection of books from his library, including his copies of Palladio, Lomazzo, and Serlio; an essay is devoted to Jones’s annotations in his books. The drawings are rightly discussed in detail (nothing else survives of Jones’s stage works, and only seven of his forty-five recorded buildings still stand). ¶ Good copy. -
Italian Renaissance festival designs (catalogue of an exhibition held at the Elvehjem Art Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 15 March-6 May 1973)
Madison, University of Wisconsin, 1973(23 cm), 126 pp., 56 illustrations. Publisher’s wrappers. - Entries for 56 drawings, prints, and books, organised in four sections: Origins of Cinquecento Theater and Festivals; Palladio and the Teatro Olimpico; Buontalenti and the Intermezzi of 1589; Parigi, Callot, and the Medici. ¶ Very good copy. -
Lo spazio scenico : teorie e tecniche scenografiche in Italia dall’età Barocca al Settecento (Biblioteca Teatrale, 12)
Rome, Bulzoni Editore, 1974(21.5 cm), 140 (2) pp., 16 leaves of plates. Publisher’s printed wrappers. ¶ Very good, unmarked copy. -
Illusione e pratica teatrale : Proposte per una lettura dello spazio scenico dagli Intermedi fiorentini all'opera comica veneziana (catalogue of an exhibition; Cataloghi di Mostre, 37)
Vicenza, Neri Pozza Editore, 1975(21.5 cm), 188 pp., [34] leaves of plates. 114 catalogue entries. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - Exhibition of books, prints, drawings, and scale models of scenography from the Florentine intermezzi to Venetian comic opera of the 17th and 18th centuries. Loan exhibition from 36 collections, including the British Museum, RIBA, and Soane Museum in London. ¶ Light shelf wear; otherwise a very good copy. -
Il Luogo teatrale a Firenze : Brunelleschi, Vasari, Buontalenti, Parigi (catalogue of an exhibition held at the Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Museo Mediceo, Florence, 31 May-31 October 1975; Spettacolo e musica nella firenze medicea: documenti e restituzioni, 1)
Milan, Electa, 1975(29 cm), 169 (3) pp., illustrations (some in colour). Publisher’s printed wrappers. - Exhibition of drawings, manuscripts, prints, and books documenting theatrical performances (both religious and profane) in Florence during the 15th-17th centuries. ¶ Good copy. -
Il Luogo teatrale a Firenze : Brunelleschi, Vasari, Buontalenti, Parigi (catalogue of an exhibition held at the Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Museo Mediceo, Florence, 31 May-31 October 1975; Spettacolo e musica nella firenze medicea: documenti e restituzioni, 1)
Milan, Electa, 1975(29 cm), 169 (3) pp., illustrations (some in colour). Publisher’s cloth, pictorial dust jacket. - Exhibition of drawings, manuscripts, prints, and books documenting theatrical performances (both religious and profane) in Florence during the 15th-17th centuries. ¶ Booksellers’ ticket on endpaper: Librairie du Spectacle Garnier Arnoul | 39 rue de Seine 6500 Paris. Slight shelf wear; otherwise a fine copy. Occasional annotation in pencil. Very good copy. -
Jacques Callot : artist of the theatre
Athens, GA, University of Georgia Press, 1976(22 × 29 cm), xiii, 118 pp., 92 illustrations. Publisher’s cloth, pictorial dust jacket. - A selection of about 90 prints which depict a theatrical presentation, its performers, the stage on which it is presented, or the audience in attendance. Accompanying these illustrations is an analysis of Callot’s iconography and a study of the relationship of Callot’s art to the theatre. ¶ Dust jacket chipped, clean tear (1 cm); otherwise an excellent, unmarked copy. -
Bretter, die die Welt bedeuten : Entwürfe zum Theaterdekor und zum Bühnenkostüm in fünf Jahrhunderten (catalogue of an exhibition held at the Kunstbibliothek, Staatliche Museen / Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, 1978; and Wissenschaftszentrum, Bonn, 1979; 78. Veröffentlichung der Kunstbibliothek Berlin)
Berlin, Dietrich Reimer Verlag, 1978(25 cm), 247 (1) pp., illustrations (some in colour). Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - 236 catalogue entries. ¶ Very good, unmarked copy. -
Dai Parigi ai Bibiena: bozzetti scenografici nelle collezioni del Museo Teatrale alla Scala (catalogue for an exhibition held in the Teatro Comunale Metastasio, Prato, 6-30 July 1979; and in the Salone Comunale, Bibbiena, 11 August-9 September 1979)
Prato, [Amministrazione Comunale di Bibbiena], 1979(23 cm), [94] pp., 18 illustrations. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - Exhibition of Italian 17th and 18th century stage designs. 167 works shown. ¶ Very good, unmarked copy.
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