THE BIRTH, LIFE AND DEATH OF SCARAMOUCH, Known as Mezzetin, Comedian in Ordinary, of the Italian Company of Players in the Service of the King of France. Together with Mezzetin's dedicatory Poems and Loret's rhymed Newsletters concerning Scaramouch, now first rendered into English verse.

CONSTANTINI, Angelo. Translated and prefaced by Cyril W. Beaumont with poems translated by Edmund Blunden.

Edité par C. W. Beaumont, London., 1924

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Ltd ed 34/80 copies printed on parchment vellum and bound in half vellum with decorative paper covered boards designed by Randolph Schwabe. Translated from the first edition published in Paris, 1695. It is signed by C. W. Beaumont and Edmund Blunden. There are 4 full page illustrations. A complex history of the role of Scaramouche and its performers that was developed by the Commedia dell'Arte and particularly be one of the greatest actors of the 17th century, Tiberio Fiorilli, who was a friend of Moliere. Apart from some exterior dustiness, fine. Loosely inserted are two beautifully designed and printed bookplates of Lionel Bradley, a considerable collector of fine books. Also loosely inserted is a 1pp letter from Rex Hilson to Maude Lloyd, gifting the book to her, which he had selected for her from Bradley's library that he describes as "immense". Bradley was immersed not only in books (he became the Assistant Secretary and sub-Librarian at the much loved London Library) but even more so in the world of dance, its fellow enthusiasts, dancers and choreographers amongst whom he made his circle of friends, hence his friendship with Maude and Nigel Gosling. He wrote a short history Sixteen Years of Ballet Rambert 1930-1946. He also contributed to many journals such as Ballet. He helped found with Cyril Beaumont and the judge and Buddhist, Christmas Humphreys, the London Archives of the Dance, which built a collection of books and archives for the profession. It was placed under the umbrella of the Victoria & Albert Museum in 1968. Rex Hilson, who was beneficiary of the chattels in Bradley's estate and who sends the letter here to Maude, was responsible for ensuring Bradley's own substantial and "accurate" archive of English ballet was passed to the London Archives of the Dance on his death. Acquired from Maud Lloyd, an admired leading dancer with Ballet Rambert in the 1930s. Later she wrote, with her husband, Nigel Gosling, influential dance books and reviews under the pseudonym, 'Alexander Bland'. When Rudolph Nureyev defected in 1961, they became his surrogate parents.

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• Titre: THE BIRTH, LIFE AND DEATH OF SCARAMOUCH, Known as Mezzetin, Comedian in Ordinary, of the Italian Company of Players in the Service of the King of France. Together with Mezzetin's dedicatory Poems and Loret's rhymed Newsletters concerning Scaramouch, now first rendered into English verse.
• Éditeur: C. W. Beaumont, London.
• Date de parution: 1924
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: Edition originale