Item #465160 The Italian comedy : the improvisation, scenarios, lives, attributes, portraits and masks of the illustrious characters of the commedia dell'arte / by Pierre Louis Duchartre. Authorized translation from the French by Randolph T. Weaver. Pierre-Louis Duchartre.

The Italian comedy : the improvisation, scenarios, lives, attributes, portraits and masks of the illustrious characters of the commedia dell'arte / by Pierre Louis Duchartre. Authorized translation from the French by Randolph T. Weaver

New York : The John Day Company, 1929. First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good, somewhat dust-dulled and edge-nicked dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #465160

Date is suggested. Physical description; 330 pages : color frontispiece, illustrations (some color), plates ; 26 cm. Notes; Color frontispiece and colored plates each accompanied by guard sheet with descriptive letterpress. Subjects; Commedia dell'arte. History. Italian drama (Comedy). History and criticism. Improvisation (Acting). Theater. Italy. History. Masks. Italy.

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