CIRQUE. 20 programs and documents, accompanied by press clippings. Nice set. Poster, May 11, 1789, announcing the "extraordinary show" of "Sieur Hercule, Privilégié du Roi", with "le grand saut du tonneau & la grande piramide d'Egypte"... Cirque Alberti, amateur circus created by Albert Menier (1858-1899) in his Neuilly villa. Program for the Soirée Equestre inauguration on February 28, 1885, illustrated by H. Somm; plus 2 press clippings. Nouveau Cirque, created in 1886 by Joseph Oller (1839-1922), 251 rue Saint-Honoré, which presented the greatest artists of the day, as well as water sports shows. - Program for February 21, 1886, first show of the Nouveau Cirque; press clipping attached. - Program for November 25, 1891, with the Medrano clowns Chocolat and Foottit, and the nautical pantomime Le Roi Dagobert. Medrano Circus. - 6th program of the 1948-1949 season (January-February 1949), with Les Fratellini "in this masterpiece of their clown repertoire: La Corrida". - Program (September-October 1952) with Buster Keaton act (press clipping attached). Cirque de Paris (1906-1930). 2 programs: April 8-14, 1927, and "Dernière Représentation" (January 15, 1930). Various programs-prospectus: - "Mlle EMMA célèbre dompteuse de PUCES a installé son théâtre"... - Représentation Équestre et Zoologique (Impr.Moderne à Vernon). - Théâtre Isola des Frères ISOLA with presentation of "eight new new attractions". - La Maison Électrique by Gëorgia KNAP, "Specimen of a Maison de Maître where electricity replaces all servants"... 4 documents concerning the Club du Cirque, including l.a.s. from president Henry Thétard; and 4 documents concerning the Gala de l'Union des Artistes (1956), plus a photo. Enclosed: a prospectus from Conférences Sensationnelles on the Cult of Sex and Sacred Prostitution among the Ancients, Jews and Christians ("Only married women and young girls of legal age will be admitted"); 2 postcards on the Cake Walk at Cirque Bureau and Nouveau Cirque; the invitation brochure for the retrospective exhibition "Le Cirque et les divertissements enfantins de 1780 à nos jours" (Galeries Lafayette, 1943-1944), with l.a.s. from Tristan Rémy; numerous press clippings on the Vesque Sisters, the demolition of Médrano, the Bouglione family, Cirque Rancy, etc.