LEPAPE (Georges). Costumes of the Theatre, Ballets & Entertainment. Paris : Lucien Vogel, [1920]. - Album in-8, 238 x 124 : (24 ff.). In sheets, in publisher's laced cardboard folder. Very rare album prefaced on two leaves by Henry Bidou, comprising 21 compositions by Georges LEPAPE, reproduced in phototype by L. Deley and colored in stencil by J. Saudé, including a title, a set and 9 costumes for Le Coup manqué, ballet-pantomime by Rip, first performed at the Théâtre de l'Athénée on November 25, 1915, and 2 sets and 8 costumes for L'Enfantement du Mort, miracle composed by Marcel L'Herbier, first performed at the Théâtre Édouard VII on April 11, 1919. EXAMPLE BY GEORGES LEPAPE, enriched with a pencil sketch representing a project for the title page, drawn on the verso of a black phototype of one of the costume plates, and 2 ORIGINAL AQUARELLES OF COSTUMES PROJECTS, one signed and dated 1916, 10,3 x 8,6 cm, one signed and dated 1916, 10.3 x 8.6 cm, representing the character of the boar for the Russian ballet L'Âge d'or des bêtes performed at the Théâtre Marigny, the second, large (36.2 x 23 cm), bearing the artist's stamp and dated 1915, representing a study for the costume of the character of the Jack of Diamonds in Le Coup manqué. This last drawing is different from the one reproduced in the album. Finally, there are 5 rejected plates in black phototypesetting. A very well preserved copy, complete with all the links.