(MUSIC). MOURET (Jean Joseph). LES AMOURS DES DIEUX. Ballet - Lot 153

(MUSIC). MOURET (Jean Joseph). LES AMOURS DES DIEUX. Ballet Héroïque mis en musique par M. Mouret, musicien de la Chambre du Roy. Paris, chez l'auteur, à l'opéra (1727). In-4° oblong of [4]-3-[1]-41-[1]-47-[1]-87-[1]-75-[1]-59-[1] pages, brown calf, ornate ribbed spine (period binding). Ballet first performed on Tuesday, September 16, 1727 by the Académie Royale de Musique. The author, born in Avignon in 1682, was the official musician of the Duchesse du Maine, to whom the work is dedicated. Tables of tunes to play and tunes to sing at the beginning of the volume. From the library of Guynet de Montvers (1716-1780), a Lyonnais military officer, with his bookplate and handwritten signature. Significant loss to spine.