Le guignol de l'année [manuscript], 1895.
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Title
Le guignol de l'année [manuscript], 1895.
Description
90 leaves : col. ill. ; 26 x 19 cm
Summary
Brief travesties of dramatic and operatic production in Paris during the year 1895, partly in verse, with numerous facile watercolor sketches.
Note
The name L. Couquet is written at the bottom of the title-page next to "Paris 1895." Henriot did the drawings and, it appears, the writing of the text.
Binding information
Original vellum, with Henriot drawings on front, back, and spine, enclosed in a marbled wrapper lettered by Henriot.
Exhibited
Exhibited: The Curatorial Eye: Discoveries from the Folger Vault, curated by Folger Shakespeare Library staff, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C., June 13-August 29, 2009.
Item Details
Call number
T.b.6
Folger accession
cs1950