Volumes 1 & 2 only. With 200 hand-colored lithographed plates (13 are double-page, counting as 2 plates each). 26.5x16 cm (10½x6¼"), later half morocco & cloth, spines lettered in gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt.
Hand-colored costume plates from performances in the theatres of Paris, with the actor or actress identified, the role, and the play. There were future volumes over subsequent years.