TOUCHARD-LAFOSSE. Chroniques secrètes et galantes de l'Opéra (1667 - 1845), by the author of L'œil de bœuf, des réverbères, des Chroniques des Tuileries. Paris, Gabriel Roux et Dolin éditeurs, 1846. 4 volumes in-8, first edition. Bound in blue half-leather, spine with 5 raised bands, the caissons bearing the arms of the Marquis des Roys. Ex-libris of his library on the flyleaf. Provenance: Elvire Choureau library. (spine unstained, slight rubbing). Expert: Mr. Nicolas Asvisio