694909 Costumes of Raoul and Isaure, from the opera \'Raoul Barbe-Bleue\', 1790 (coloured engraving) by French School, (18th century); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France; (add.info.: Opera with music by Andr矇 Gr矇try (1741-1813) and libretto by Michel Sedaine (1719-97) based on the Perrault fairy tale of Blue Beard; 1st performed in Paris in 1789 at the Com矇die-Italienne; illustration from \'Costumes et Annales des Grands Th矇璽tres de Paris\' by Jean Charles Le Vacher de Chamois, published in 1790; Charles Perrault (1628-1703) French writer, best known for his collection of fairy stories;).