[TUFFET (Jean-Baptiste Salvador). The Mysteries of the Theatres of Paris. Observations! Indiscretions!!! Revelations!!! By an old friend. Paris : Marchant, 1844. - In-18, 175 x 113 : frontispiece, 432 pp. 11 plates, printed cover. Half tan long-grained morocco with corners, gilt fillets, spine ribbed and decorated, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (Stroobants). First edition of this pleasant work on the theatres of Paris, full of anecdotes and amusing observations, written by Jean-Baptiste Salvador Tuffet, general secretary of L'Odéon and historian of the boulevard theatres. The edition was printed on vellum paper and illustrated with 12 beautiful woodcut plates signed H. Paxardo. A very good copy, with all margins, bound by Stroobants. Rubbing to the hinges. Provenance: Victor Mercier, with his ex-libris. Attached: - GONCOURT (Edmond and Jules) - HOLFF (Cornelius). Mysteries of the theatres. 1852. Paris : Librairie nouvelle, 1853. - In-8, 227 x 140 : (2 ff.), 519 pp. printed cover. Light blue half cloth with corners, smooth spine, untrimmed, cover preserved (late 19th century binding). First edition of this collection of dramatic feuilletons, notably the review of La Dame aux Camélias. Cornelius Holff was the pseudonym of Charles de Villedeuil, cousin of the Goncourts. Some foxing.