Bibelotslondon Ltd is a UK registered company based in London Bridge dealing in ephemera and curiosities from Britain and around the world. Our diverse inventory is carefully chosen and constantly evolving. We work very hard to offer the highest quality works at competitive prices. Our inventory is listed online, and we strive to keep our website completely up to date, so our customers can easily check availability. We believe in offering clients items that are unique and rare for aficionados of the antique and collector's world. Bibelot is a late nineteenth century word derived from the French word bel ‘beautiful’, meaning a small item of beauty, curiosity or interest. The word ephemera is derived from the sixteenth century Greek word ephmera meaning a printed or hand written paper not meant to be retained for a long period of time.


Fine antique and rare Victorian silk programme for a performance of Gounod's Romeo and Juliet at the Royal Opera in Covent Garden, London under the direction of Sir Augustus Harris (1852-1896), by Command of Queen Victoria in honour of the Marriage of the Duke of York to Princess Mary of Teck, dated 4th July 1893, with attractive vignettes of the Queen Victoria, the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duke of York, Princess Mary of Teck and her parents the Duke and Duchess of Teck. Mounted under a green velvet mount.


Overall Size: 61 x 41 cm approx


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