[Collection of the most beautiful Illustrated Comoedia Numbers and Programs devoted to Russian Ballets & Galas since the beginning in Paris 1909-1921]. Paris, [1922?].

The collection is comprised of special issues of the theatrical periodical "Comoedia Illustré" and souvenir programs devoted to Ballets Russes and Rubinstein's Galas Russes for the seasons 1909-1921. This is a stunning limited edition, compiled by the programme publishers of the Ballets Russes themselves, Maurice and Jacques de Brunoff. The very rare limited original edition of this splendid production by the Brunoff-brothers, which constitutes a collection of the most important, most influential, and most beatiful parts of the original Ballets Russes-publications, together with explanatory forewords By V. Svetloff, written and printed for this collection. All the programmes are the original printings, collected and bound here in this special compilation. An outstanding visual record of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and Ida Rubinstein's Galas Russes in their most influential years, lavishly illustrated with the works of Bakst, Gontcharova, Larionov, Picasso, Matisse, Massine, Derain, and others. With splendid color and gilt illustrations of costume and set designs, as well as numerous photographic portraits of dancers and production artists. Renovated cloth, with inlaid illustrated upper cover from "The Firebird" by Natalia Gontcharova. Very good condition.