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French operas at Fontainebleau, 1770

Lot 88
29.01.2021 10:00UTC -05:00
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Lot 88 | French operas at Fontainebleau, 1770
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ROYAL SPECTACLES – [SEDAINE, Michel-Jean (1719-1797).] Themire, pastorale en un acte, représentée devant Sa Majesté à Fontainebleau le samedi 20 octobre 1770. [Paris:] Pierre-Robert-Christophe Ballard, 1770. ([4], 44 pp.) [BOUND WITH:] Six other opera libretti by Sedaine, Grétry, Anseaume, Favart, Fenouillot de Falbaire, Kohaut, and Monsigny. Paris, 1770.

French opera libretti for performances for Louis XV and his court at Fontainebleau in 1770, beautifully bound in contemporary citron morocco gilt. Operas by some of the most successful composers and librettists of the 18th century are represented, especially Sedaine and Grétry. Cioranescu 8138 (Le tableau parlant, 1769 ed.), 28314 (L’amitié à l’épreuve), 28483 (Les deux avares), 43676 (La closière, ou le vin nouveau), 59750 (On ne s’avise jamais de tout, 1761 ed.), 59765 (Les sabots, 1768 ed.), and 59767 (Thémire).

Seven works in one volume, octavo (214 x 135mm). Contemporary French citron morocco gilt, red and green morocco titling pieces, all edges gilt, silk ribbon bookmark, with royal arms of France on sides (back board slightly sunned). Provenance: Marchal (bookplate).

OTHER WORKS BOUND IN THIS VOLUME:

SEDAINE, et al. Les sabots, opera-comique en un acte, mêlé d’ariettes…représenté devant Sa Majesté à Fontainebleau le 10 octobre 1770. [Paris:] Pierre-Robert-Christophe Ballard, 1770.

GRÉTRY, André-Ernest-Modeste (1741-1813), composer, and Charles-Georges FENOUILLOT DE FALBAIRE (1727-1800), librettist. Les deux avares, comédie en deux actes en prose, mêlé d’ariettes; représentée pour la première fois à Fontainebleau devant Sa Majesté le samedi 27 octobre 1770. [Paris:] Pierre-Robert-Christophe Ballard [L. Cellot, printer], 1770.

GRÉTRY, composer, and Louis ANSEAUME (1721-1784), librettist. Le tableau parlant, comédie-parade en un acte et en vers, mêlé d’ariettes; représentée devant Sa Majesté à Fontainebleau le 7 novembre 1770. [Paris:] Pierre-Robert-Christophe Ballard, 1770.

GRÉTRY, composer, and Claude-Henri de FUSÉE DE VOISENON (1708-1775) and Charles-Simon FAVART (1710-1792), librettists and set designers. L’amitié à l’épreuve, comédie en deux actes et en vers, mêlée d’ariettes; représentée devant Sa Majesté à Fontainebleau le 13 novembre 1770. [Paris:] Pierre-Robert-Christophe Ballard, 1770.

KOHAUT, Josef (1736-1793), composer, and Alexandre-Frédéric-Jacques MASSON DE PEZAY (1741-1777), librettist. La closière, ou Le vin nouveau, opéra-comique en un acte, mêlé d’ariettes; représenté devant Sa Majesté à Fontainebleau le 10 novembre 1770. [Paris:] Pierre-Robert-Christophe Ballard, 1770.

MONSIGNY, Pierre-Alexandre (1729-1817), composer, and SEDAINE, librettist. On ne s’avise jamais, opéra-comique en un acte en prose, mêlée d’ariettes; représenté devant Sa Majesté à Fontainebleau le 14 novembre 1770. [Paris:] Pierre-Robert-Christophe Ballard, 1770.
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