[Tamar Karsavina: or The Dancing Hour in the King's Garden]. Tamar Karsavina: ou l’Heure dansante au Jardin du Roi.  

Text by Robert Brussel.
Illustrations by Charles Gir.

Paris, Société Générale d'Impression, ca 1910.
Folio, [20] pp., ill.

In original wrappers bound with a cord and modern clamshell box.
In good condition, very light wear to wrappers, minor tears to cover edges, bookseller notes in pencil.

No 116 on Holland paper of numbered 16-515 copies.          

This rare brochure is dedicated to Tamara Karsavina (1885–1978), one of the leading ballerinas of the Mariinsky Theatre and later Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. 
The text was written by French music critic Robert Brussel (1874–1940), one of the earliest advocates of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in the late 1900s. In 1913, he also played a role in organizing the premiere of ‘The Rite of Spring’. The illustrations featuring portraits of Karsavina were created by Charles Gir (1883–1941), a renowned painter, watercolorist, sculptor, and illustrator. A frequent visitor to the Paris Opera, Gir was well-known for his depictions of ballerinas, particularly his pastels of Anna Pavlova and Tamara Karsavina, which brought him significant acclaim.

OCLC locates five copies in the USA: in the Newberry Library, in the Birmingham Public Library, in the New York Public Library, in the Harvard Library and in the University of California.