Dover Publications, 1966. Soft cover. Very Good. 367 pages. First Dover edition of Randolph T. Weaver's translation, published 1929 by George G. Harrap & Co., of the 1924 study of Commedia dell' Arte. Subtitled: "The Improvisation - Scenarios - Lives - Attributes - Portraits and Masks of the Illustrious Characters of the Commedia dell' Arte." With index, bibliography, new pictorial supplement. The list of illustrations is six and a half pages long, as the 259 b&w reproductions appear throughout the book, both cuts and full-page. 8" x 10-3/4" paperback, spine sunned and rubbed along edges, light shelf wear, edges/end papers age-toned with a bit of light foxing. One date circled on copyright page, no other marks observed. Laid-in is a newspaper clipping - 1991 review of two other books on the Comedia dell' Arte.

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Bookseller: Berthoff Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: AEB-442
Title: The Italian Comedy
Author: Pierre Louis Duchartre
Format/Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications
Date Published: 1966
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Keywords: COMMEDIA DELL' ARTE, IMPROVISATION, RANDOLPH T. WEAVER, DRAMA
Bookseller catalogs: Literary history; Art; Drama;

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