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1794ref. 215352London: Debrett; Longman; Debrett; Debrett 1794. All but the last title first editions. 80; 6 42; 4 61 3; 4 32 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Three quarters blue polished calf gilt spine t.e.g. Upper cover detached. All but the last title first editions. 80; 6 42; 4 61 3; 4 32 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Debrett; Longman; Debrett; Debrett unknown
1794ref. 215352London: Debrett; Longman; Debrett; Debrett 1794. All but the last title first editions. 80; 6 42; 4 61 3; 4 32 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Three quarters blue polished calf gilt spine t.e.g. Upper cover detached. All but the last title first editions. 80; 6 42; 4 61 3; 4 32 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Debrett; Longman; Debrett; Debrett unknown books
ref. 18291Paris, Baudry ; Hippolyte Souverain (Lyon, imprimerie typographique et lithographique de Louis Perrin), 1842 ; 2 tomes in-8, demi-chagrin rouge à coins, dos à nerfs décoré et doré aux petits fers, titre doré, tête dorée, tranches juste ébarbées (Bruyère) ; [4], 415 pp., frontispice dessiné par Louis Perrin, lithographié en rouge, ocre, noir et argent ; [4], 494 pp., frontispice identique au tome Ier, mais tiré en vert, vieux rose, noir et argent, nombreux ornements typographiques (bandeaux, lettrines, culs-de-lampe).
1715ref. 8104London: Printed for the Author . 1715. First Edition. Full contemporary sheep. Fair copy; covers present but detached; binding scuffed & scraped; spine abraded; internally bright. Folio. There are two allegorical engraved divisional titles and a general engraved title. By the age of 22 Croft was already an established composer. He had published several sonatas for violin and was also represented in The Harpsichord Master in 1700. He worked in the theatre of the period for which he composed several overtures and act tunes notably for Courtship a la Mode at Drury Lane . He received a number of appointments finally taking the post as organist at Westminster Abbey in 1708. Though still not 30 years old he had established himself as one of the foremost musicians in the UK and the logical successor to Purcell. The work offered here are two odes he wrote to accompany his receiving the Doctor of Music degree from Oxford. He had them printed and sold them from his home in Westminster. The odes were an expensive undertaking and a lavish piece of book production. The text and music are entirely engraved by Thomas Atkins. DNB V 113 - `14; Highfill IV 50 - 52. Printed for the Author .... unknown books
1695ref. 2793A Paris: Chez Christophe Ballard seul Imprimeur du Roy pour la Musique rüe Saint Jean de Beauvais au Mont-Parnasse 1695. First edition. Typeset music and text woodcut head and tailpieces and initials. In contemporary leather. Spine and edges gilt. Red title vignette on spine. Marbled endpapers. Green silk bookmark ribbon. Ownership stamp on title page and some random pages of "Francoeur" a member of the distinguished French musician family. Contemporary musical note in ink on p. 272. A small wormhole at the lower outer corner throughout the first third of the book broaden between 2b-4c affecting the print space. Trace of crease to the first pages. Extremities somewhat worn corners bumped foxing throughout. Otherwise in fine condition. First edition. Typeset music and text woodcut head and tailpieces and initials. In contemporary leather. Spine and edges gilt. Red title vignette on spine. Marbled endpapers. Green silk bookmark ribbon. Coll.: ã4 a-f4 A-Z4 Aa-Ll4 M2; Pag.: 8 i-xlvii 1 275 1 p. Some pages misnumbered: pp. 46-7 as 49-49 pp. 190-1 as 198-9. Extremely scarce first edition of Collasse's opéra-ballet La Naissance de Vénus. La Naissance de Vénus by Collasse is an early example of an opéra-ballet the genre of French Baroque lyric theatre combining elements of opera and ballet it's music is mostly newly composed but also includes inserted excerpts of Lully's 1665-court ballet of the same name. Cowart 2014 The present first edition of the score was published already in 1695 while the opera was premiered only on May 1 1696. Pascal Collasse 1649-1709 was a French Baroque composer who learned music from Jean-Baptiste Lully and became his favorite disciple later an assistant and main collaborator. Besides composing some ten operas Collasse assisted in the composition of Lully's works for the intermediate parts and harmonization and completed Lully's unfinished work Achille et Polyxène. Lully helped him to obtain a position as a musician at the Court Collasse was one of the four Masters of the Chapelle Royale from 1683 to 1704. His later years were devoted to alchemy. Scarce WorldCat locates copies in institutional holdings in France BnF Université de Strasbourg Sorbonne and the UK BL. No auction records on RBH. Literature: Cowart G. 2014. The Triumph of Pleasure: Louis XIV and Politics of Spectacle. University of Chicago Press p. 164. . Chez Christophe Ballard, seul Imprimeur du Roy pour la Musique, rüe Saint Jean de Beauvais, au Mont-Parnasse unknown
