From A Bibliography of Alexandre Dumas père by Frank Wild Reed: An appreciative article on the actor of this name, one of Dumas' friends, and of the company of actors and actresses carefully gathered by the author for his Théâtre Historique.
It first appeared in "Le Mousquetaire," November 27th, 1854.
In this year, 1855, it formed one of the articles in the "Nouvelle Galerie des Artistes Dramatiques Vivants," by Ch. Geoffroy; Paris, Librairie Théâtrale, 2 vols., with 82 fine full-length portraits, 4to.
Considerably augmented, as "Mon Ami Colbrun " it appeared as part of "Propos d'Art et de Cuisine" in 1877 (to which refer).