Essai sur l'histoire du théâtre : la mise en scène, le décor, le costume, l'architecture, l'éclairage, l'hygiène
A French history of theatre by Germain Bapst, published by Hachette in Paris in 1893, surveying staging, scenery, costume, playhouse architecture, lighting and sanitation for scholars and theatre professionals. The plates are wood-engraved reproductions of older prints and drawings: court ballets and audiences in tiered halls, crowded street-fair scenes, open-air festival stages with fountains and rows of trees, and figures in period dress, useful for crowd groupings, interior perspectives and costume silhouettes.
