(MUSIC). LULLY (J.B.). PHAETON. Tragedy set to music. Paris, - Lot 150

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(MUSIC). LULLY (J.B.). PHAETON. Tragedy set to music. Paris, - Lot 150
(MUSIC). LULLY (J.B.). PHAETON. Tragedy set to music. Paris, Christophe Ballard, 1683. In folio of [4]-66-275 pages, basane, spine with ornate nerves (period binding). First edition. This famous tragedy in 5 acts, set to music by J.B. Lully, was composed to a libretto written by Philippe Quinault after a story from Ovid's Metamorphoses, and by Pierre Beauchamp for the dance parts. It was first performed in Versailles in January 1683 before Louis XIV. Boards rubbed, spine damaged, some margins previously repaired, some foxing.
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