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THEATRE] -- [ Denkmäler des Theaters ] Monumenta Scenica. Monuments of the Theatre, Scenery, Decorations and Costumes for the Theatre and the Great Festivals of all Times. Reproduced after originals in the theatrical collection of the National Library, Vienna, the Albertina and similar collections. Vienna: National Library, with support of Society for Publication of Monuments of the Theatre, ca. 1925-1928. 12 volumes, mostly oblong 2° (ranging in size from 342 x 323mm to 493 x 623mm). One of 200 numbered sets, with explanatory texts in German and English by Josef Gregor and (mounted) collotype plates. Cloth and marbled-paper boards. The collection comprises: Vol 1: Burnacini Maschere (20 plates.); vol 2: Szenische Architecturen und Architektur-Phantasien (22 plates.); vol 3: A.D.Bertoli Desseins (32 plates.); vol 4: Pompe Funèbre de S.A.R. Charles III duc de Lorraine (13 plates.); vol 5: Altvlämisches und Altniederländisches Theater (21 plates.); vol 6: Courses de Testes et de Bague Faites par le Roy (21 plates.); vol 7: Theater und Garten (29 plates.); vol 8: Groteskkomödie und Stegreifstück (39 plates.); vol 9: Theater des Mittelalters (27 plates.); vol 10: Magna Allegoria Mortis Imagines (35 plates.); vol 11: Feste des Sonnenkoenigs (51 plates.); vol 12: Wiens Letzte Grosse Theaterzeit (44 plates.). A fine set of these superb facsimiles, indispensable for any major collection on the history of the theatre, and an invaluable resource for costume and set designers. (12)