80/2157 [La Chauve-Souris]. Lot of 6 souvenir program booklets for revues of the Moscow Chauve-Souris by Nikita Balieff, N.pl., (1923-1924), colour ills. after designs by i.a. SCHOUKHAEFF, GOUDIACHVILI, N. BENOIS, I. REPIN and SOUDEIKINE, orig. wr. by i.a. by A. BENOIS and SOUDEIKINE (2x), folio.

- Partly worn along extremities.

= La Chauve-Souris (The Bat) was the name of a touring revue during the early 1900s. Originating in Moscow and then Paris, and directed by Nikita Balieff, the revue toured the United States and Europe. The show consisted of songs, dances, and sketches, most of which had been originally performed in Russia.