Printed title page, Foucault, [1710], engraved portrait of Lully by Bonnart. Publisher's list of ballets and opera by Lully and others, many available handwritten. MS copy of 'Alceste', heavily annotated by Geneviève Thibault, Comtesse de Chambure, some notes attached as flaps.
Jean-Baptiste Lully: MS copy of his opera 'Alceste, tragédie mise en musique', opera in 5 acts, with prologue; words by Philippe Quinault; composed c.1674
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- Dates of Creation1710 (Circa)
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- Language of MaterialFrench .
- Physical Description1 volume(s) 1 volume
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Purchased at Chambure sale, Paris, 26 May 1993, lot 277
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Contemporary calf, front board detached.