Le Barbier de Seville, Comedie,

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Le Barbier de Seville, Comedie,
four handscreens, nos. 1, 2, 4 and 6 from the set, applied with hand-coloured etchings with scenes from the play, published by Petit rue du Petit Pont, a l'image de Notre-Dame, with turned wooden handle - 16in. (41cm.), French, circa 1770 - each framed and glazed

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Lot Essay

There are five similar opera fans published by Petit in the Palace of Ostankino, Moscow.
There are a pair of handscreens also by Petit, with scenes from Marmontel's Lucile in the Rijksmuseum illustrated p.14 Waaiers en Waaierbladen, 1650-1800, Bianca M. du Mortier, Amsterdam, 1992.

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