[THEATER]. Set of works on the history of the theater: - ROYER (Alphonse). Universal history of the theater. Volume five. History of contemporary theatre in France and abroad from 1800 to 1875. Paris: Paul Ollendorff, 1878. - In-8, green half cloth, smooth spine, gilt head, untrimmed (modern binding). Copy enriched with 14 original engravings of the 19th century. Some foxing. - JULLIEN (Adolphe). La Comédie à la Cour. The Royal Society Theatres during the last century. The Duchess of Maine and the great nights of Sceaux, Madame de Pompadour and the theatre of the small cabinets, the theatre of Marie-Antoinette at Trianon. Paris : Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie, [1883]. - In-4, red half-maroquin with corners, gilt filets, spine ribbed and decorated, gilt head, untrimmed (period binding). First edition illustrated with 15 engravings included in the pagination, various ornaments and 10 plates. Small rubs from use to the binding. Tear at the central fold of the large folding plate. - TOUCHARD (Pierre Aimé). Great Hours of Theatre in Paris. [Followed by]: CRÉPINEAU (Jacques). Guide des théâtres parisiens. Paris : Librairie académique Perrin, [1965]. - 2 parts in one volume in-8, garnet half-maroquin, spine ribbed, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (Ateliers Laurenchet). First edition. One of the 50 deluxe copies numbered on wove paper, the only one on large paper (n° 15), enriched with a L.A.S. from Pierre Aimé Touchard, 8 pages in-8, to a friend, concerning the iconography of the book. A perfectly preserved copy. - MIGNON (Paul-Louis). Le Théâtre d'aujourd'hui de A jusqu'à Z. Paris: Éditions de l'Avant-Scène, Michel Brient et Cie, 1966. - In-12, red half-chagrin, spine ribbed, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine kept (Ateliers Laurenchet). First edition printed at 200 copies on esparto plus a few copies out of trade (n° 24). This copy is enriched with a letter from the author: "To Jacques Crépineau // a friendly accomplice // in the kingdom of the theatre // in all friendship // Paul Louis Mignon". Jacques Crépineau has abundantly filled the copy with original drawings (Marcel Achard, Raymond Devos and Roger-Ferdinand, by Siss), letters or autograph cards (Jean Anouilh, Gabriel Arout, Pierre Barillet, André Barsacq, Pierre-Aristide Breal, Sophie Desmarest, Annie Ducaux, Pierre Franck, André Gillois, Albert Husson, Claude Magnier, Jean-Denis Malclès, Thierry Maulnier, Claude-André Puget, Roger-Ferdinand, André Roussin, Armand Salacrou, Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon, Marcelle Tassencourt, Robert Thomas), 3 publicity cards for Jean Anouilh's Colombe and L'Alouette as well as Pirandello's La Volupté de l'honneur (Théâtre Saint-Georges) and the publication prospectus. Most of the letters are addressed to Jacques Crépineau. Spine faded.