Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Lully, Jean-Baptiste, 1632-1687.
2. Wolfgang, Abraham, active 1658-1694

Description

1. 59, [1] pages : illustrations; 16 cm (18mo)

Subject

1. Operas > Librettos
2. Perseus (Greek mythological character) > Drama
3. Opera ballet > Persée
4. Librettos

Genre/Form

1. Librettos.

Call number

1. Spencer Coll. Neth. 1680 (Lully, J.B. Thesee)

Note

1. Libretto by P. Quinault of an opera by J.-B. Lully first performed in 1682; first published Paris, 1682.
2. A 1685 Amsterdam edition was published by Antoine Schelte. See: U.S. Library of Congress. Music Division. Catalogue of opera librettos, v. 1, page 864; Rahir, E. Catalogue d'une collection unique de volumes imprimés par les Elzevier et divers typographes hollandais du XVIIe siècle, entry 2208.
3. Illustrations: Engraved frontispiece, unsigned. Publisher's device (Rahir M 58) used by Wolfgang and later by Antoine Schelte, on title page. Woodcut ornamental and pictorial head- and tail pieces (Rahir 250, 254, 263).

Binding (note)

1. Binding of vellum, gilt, with marbled end papers.

Author

1. Quinault, Philippe, 1635-1688, author.

Title

1. Persée : tragédie : représentée par l'Académie Royale de musique, le dix-huitième avril 1682 : suivant la copie imprimée à Paris.

Publisher

1. [Amsterdam] : [Abraham Wolfgang], 1682.

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Binding

1. Binding of vellum, gilt, with marbled end papers. NN

Local note

1. In slipcase with three other Quinault libretti for operas by Lully: Thésée, 1680; Atys, 1682; and Amadis, 1684.

Local subject

1. Opera ballet. Persée.

Place of publication

1. Netherlands Amsterdam.

Added author

1. Libretto for (work): Lully, Jean-Baptiste, 1632-1687. Persée.
2. Wolfgang, Abraham, active 1658-1694, publisher.

Research call number

1. Spencer Coll. Neth. 1680 (Lully, J.B. Thesee)