= Very rich source, a literary and artistic publication containing hundreds of portraits and biographies of celebrities of contemporary theatre, as well as a photographic source of many of the famous entertainment figures of 19th century France. Contains portraits of i.a. Edmond About, Edmond Adam, Sarah Bernhardt, Alexandre Dumas fils, Adelina Patti, Rosine Bloch, Jean Baptiste Prosper Bressant, Anna Judic, Delaunay, Charles Lecocq, Laurence Grivot, Hyacinthe, Lesuer, "les frères Lionnet", Emma Albani, Jules Breton, Alfred Dieudonné, Léon Melchissedec, Josephine Daram, Ch.F. Daubigny, Charles Garnier, Ambroise Thomas, Charles Gounod, Arsene Houssaye, Erckmann-Chatrian, Rita Sangalli, Cecile Daubray (child-star from Les Miserables), Alphonse Daudet, Ch.F. Daudet, Alice Ducasse, Emile Zola (by Disderi), Alexandre Cabanel, Paul Feval, Jules Grévy, Grivot, Jane Hading, Pierre Alfred Ravel, Léon Gambetta, Francois Joseph Regnier, Ernest Renan, Ernesto Rossi, Fernand de Lesseps, Saint-Germain, Jules Simon, Arsène Houssaye, Charles Lepère, Eugene Lorrain, Jules Massenet, Jane May, Georges Sand (by Nadar), Aurelien Scholl. Some more names of photographers: Bacard fils, Bondonneau, Braud, Buguet, Charles (Bordeaux), Courtin, Dagron, Disderi, Dupont, E. Flamant, Ulric Grob, Lopez, Lumiere de Lyon, Melandri, Maunury, Mayer, Mulnier, Reutlinger, Tourtin, Gaston et Mathieu. Truchelui.