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1. (fireworks) Grande description de la fête superbe du feu d'artifice et des illuminations, deM. le duc d'Ossonne, pour l'heureuse arrivée de l'Infante Reine à Paris.[Paris.] De l'impr. dela V. Grou, ruë de la Vieille Bouclerie, à l'Image S. Jacques. [1722]. 4to. Modern wrappers. 4pincluding permis d’imprimer, 19 Mars 1722 signed “De Baudry.” Uncut.

Description of the fireworks display designed by Mr. Berin (Dessinateur ordinaire du Cabinet duRoy, & Inventeur des Illuminations merveilleuses) for the entry into Paris of Louise d’Orléans(1709-1742), wife of Luis I, Spanish Infante (1707-1724). Some copies, not this one, contain anengraving of the floating Temple of Hymen on the Seine opposite the Queen’s apartment in theLouvre. See Watanabe O’Kelly, Simon #2014-2015.

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2. (fireworks). La conservation de la personne du roi, sujet du feu d'artifice élevé devant l'hôtelde ville, par les ordres de MM. les prévôt des marchands et échevins de la ville de Paris, pourla solennité de la. Paris : J.-F. Grou, 1712. Permission 22 June.

14" x 19" sheet printed in 4pps, single fold. Unbound as issued. Printed on laid paper with thewatermark of Louis XIV and woodcut on title page. A description of the oration and participantsof the celebration. Included is a warning to citizens of the dangers of the bonfire and fireworkscreated in front of l’Hotel de Ville for the feast of John the Baptist, June 24, close to the summersolstice. This celebration is traditionally accompanied by great bonfires. In the fifth century, asChristianity spread through France, the focus of the summer solstice celebrations turned to John theBaptist on June 24 his feast day. Traditionally, bonfires would be lit on the eve of June 24 in orderto honor the saint. OCLC: 1 copy: BDF

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3. Three musical works bound in one: two opera scores by Stephen Storace and Samuel Arnold,one music method by J. Danby]. Oblong quarto. Contemporary marbled boards, leather back. Spinevery worn, paper boards worn away. Internally very clean. (London: 1790s).

3a. Storace, Stephen. The Pirates, an Operain Three Acts, as performed at the TheatreRoyal Drury Lane, the Music composed byStephen Storace. London: J. Dale (1792?).[Engraved score for piano and voices].Engraved title page with vignette, verso blank;1p ads of music printed by J.Dale; pp 2-93;engraved music five staves per page, with lyricsby Samuel Cobb. Repair bottom p.23-4 no loss.A few stains. Very good condition. RISMS6814.

3b. Arnold, Samuel. The Children in the Wood. A comic opera in two acts for the piano-forte,harpsichord, violin Ec. As performed at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, the music composed by Dr.Arnold, organist composer to his Majesty. Op:35. London: Longman & Broderip. (1793). Leaf oftitle, verso blank. Pp1-30 engraved music five staves per page, with libretto by James Morton. RISMA2228.

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#4 Sagre Offerte alla Passione

3c, Danby, John, 1757-1798. La guida alla musica vocale, containing various progressiveexamples & duetts. Calculated for the use of beginners, by J. Danby. Op. 2. London, Printed for theauthor to be had at Blands (ca. 1787). Engraved title leaf, printed in sepia, initialed J.D. in ink onbottom of page, verso blank; 1p blank; 34p music for piano four hands with typset instructions. [Pp.21 is an explanation of Italian words used in sight singing, pp 22-34 has six duets: Arise sweetmessenger of morn; The virgin when soften'd by May; Gentle Zephir with thy wing; O take thiswreath my hand has wove; Now the snowdrops lift their heads; If those who live in shepherdsbow'r.] Title page stained at top and bottom. RISM D 875 (another edition 35p RISM BVI, p249

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4. [Prayer Book] Sagre Offerte allaPassione di Nostre Signore Gesu Cristocon varie orazoni... . Rome: Zempel forVincenzo Poggioli, 1797. 8vo. 348pp.Engraved title. Contemporary Roman giftbinding of salmon-colored morocco,tooled in gilt with wide and elaborateornamental borders composed of flowers,foliage, and drawer-handle tools, arrangedat each corner to resemble urns full offlowers. Spine fully gilt with a flower toolin each compartment, endpapers ofdecorated paper printed in a diaper patternin green and red with a flower in eachlozenge, all edges gilt. Contained in theoriginal slipcase of sprinkled calf gilt,lined with paper of the same pattern asendpapers. Exceedingly fine condition.

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5. [program]. Dieux tutélaires de l'Auvergne, Les. divertissements avec une ouverture, chœurs etsymphonie variée...mis en musique part M Vignot, Maître de Musique, & exécuté au Concert publicdi Claremont-Ferrand, en Fevrier 1744. A Clermont-Ferrand de ‘’Imprimerie de Pierre Boutaudon,1744. Quarto. 18th century marbled boards. 4p. Mended at folds with silk, obscuring a word or two. The program for a divertissement, Choeurs & Symphonie variée; Set in the mountains nearClermont with Recitatif, Airs, Choeur, and a Marche Guerrier. The printer is Pierre Boutaudon

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Printer-librarian; printer of the King, of the Bishop and the clergy; from the city and college ofClermont-Ferrand; Brother-in-law of Lyon printer-librarian Aimé de La Roche. Not in OCLC. Anote in the Bulletin historique et scientifique de l'Auvergne Académie des sciences, belles-lettreset arts de Clermont-Ferrand, 1902: M. P. Le Blanc possède un exemplaire de cette plaquette trèsrare la présente comme ayant a un goût et des talens parfaits en musique.

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6. Rélation circonstanciée de tout ce qui s'est passé à l'Hôtel-de-ville, à l'arrivée du roi ; larmesd'attendrissement de ce bon monarque ; discours de MM. Bailly & Moreau de Saint-Mery, &c.Marseille : De l'Imprimerie de P.A. Favet, imprimeur du roi & de la ville ..., Marseille: Favet, 1789.SA royalist reception at the l'Hôtel-de-ville, for Louis XVI and his family. 8vo. Disbound 8p. Not inMartin & Walter.

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Description of tapestries by Raphael and music by Scarlatti

7. Relazione Della Sagra Cerimonia, Con Cui Nella Basilica Di S. Pietro Si Dichiaro AscrittoAl Catalogo De' Beati Su In Cielo Il Servo Di Dio Gian Francesco Regis Sacerdote DellaCompagnia Di Gesu. Roma: Per Giorgio Placho, 1716. 4to, modern wrappers. [4]pp.

This narrative describes the ceremony held in the Basilica of Saint Peter in Rome on May 18, 1716as part of the elaborate ritual of beatification for Jean-Francois Regis, a Jesuit minister (b. 31 January1597 in the village of Fontcouverte [department of Aude]-d. at la Louvesc, 30 December 1640).

Regis spent most of his life in the missions of assistance to the poor, and worked particularly for theconversion of the Huguenots. He was preparing to embark on a mission to Canada when he diedduring the harsh winter of 1640. The canonization was completed in 1727. This description coversthe decorations of the facade and interior of church, as well as religious costumes worn. Special largemedallions of the Regis were also hung, and a painting of him by Domenico Maria Muratori[1661-1744]. Also described in this short pamphlet are details of the arrangement and placement ofattendees.

Relazione mentions the music composed by Domenico Scarlatti and the tapestries created byRaphael of Urbino. Featured were four choirs of the best and most renowned musicians of Rome,distributed in two great banks, also nobly adorned with fine tapestries, from where during both Massand Vesperes were heard new compositions made for the event by Domenico Scarlatti [1685-1757]most worthy Maestro di Cappella of St. Peter...the composer and friend of Handel. Decorationsincluded superb tapestries of the famous Raphel of Urbino hung in a well-ordered symmetry. Theseare the tapestries made originally for the Sisteen Chapel. Reference: Not in Watanabe-O'Kelly.OCLC: No North American locations.

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8. (Satire). Noi Macrobio Culaccione visitatore generale dell’ Università de Nasi Grossiindecenti nappioni smisurati dinutili difformati e sproportionati auditore di male lingue emaldicenti consultore della Congregatione de Gossi, protettore de buffoni magri. Bassano: perGioseppe Remondini [18th-cent]. Quarto bifolium, (13 ½ x 9") each leaf (7 1/4 x 9") each insidepage with one engraved plate (4 3/4 x 6 ½” plate marks). Hand colored example*. Top and sidemargins uncut. A curious popular print in two panels. The prints pictures, in the left panel, a manwith a bulbous nose who is forced against a grinder to reduce the size of the nose, with a boydefecating above to lubricate the grinder.

On the right are three professors below which is an engraved decree stating that the University ofBig Noses (Universita de Nasi Grossi) orders the citizens with overlarge noses to go to the site Piazza Bottom, where a grinder had been set up to reduce and adjust all sorts of prohibited anddisproportionate “conks” (nasazzi). “this procedure is intended to reduce to an honest and convenientsize and appearance the scandalous “snot-maker” (moccolone) so as to end the great gossip andscandal which it was publicly causing and had continually caused, particularly in this city ofNoseyness (Nasia)”. A blank space in the text is created where the holder of the decree can write inhis own name. The decree is dated 1668 (although it carries internally a date of 1672). The etcheris Pietro Ridolfi, who was active between 1710 and 1716. The print appeared in Remondinicatalogues of 1778, 1797 and 1817. (Perhaps the scene existed in popular prints from the end of the17th century). Giuseppe Remondini (1745-1811) was active as a printer and bookseller at Bassanoand Venice from 1773 to 1811.

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This print pokes fun at those who persons with thick, bulbous noses that are, according thepseudoscience of physiognomy, thought to be insensitive or clumsy or brutish. It could also picturethe stereotypical Jew with a freakishly large nose. Jews came to Milan (then a Spanish protectorate) from Spain under Philip II but were under stress from Christians throughout the end of the 17th

Century *The colors in our example match those in the copy at “Achille Bertarelli" Collection ofPrints in the municipality of Milan La biblioteca virtuale della grafica e dell'illustrazione libraria del Comune di Milano (see below)Http://graficheincomune.comune.milano.it/GraficheInComune/immagine/Popolari+Profane+p.+15i-2

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9. Amat, Joan Carles (1572?-1640). Guitarra española, y v`andola en dos maneras de guitarra,castellana, y cathalana de cinco ordenes la qual enseña de templar, y tañer rasgado... Gerona:Joseph Bró, (1745). 8vo, modern wraps. Uncut and unopened. 56pp., illustrated. Some mildbrowning.

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Guitarra española, is a theory and method book (without music) that provides basic instruction onhow to play the Baroque guitar in a rasqueado style. Topics covered include tuning, formation andfingering of chords, and how to accompany popular dances of the day. Notable for itsforward-looking concept of harmony, Amat's Guitarra española was one of the most influentialtreatises on the guitar. The 1745 Gerona: Joseph Bró edition is printed in separate sections ofSpanish (pp. 3-38) and in Catalan, (pp. 39-56). The book (bearing early chord and hand positions)revises and simplifies the original edition 16th century edition.

The author Joan Carles Amat [Carles y Amat, Joan] (b. Monistrol de Montserrat, ca. 1572; dMonistrol de Montserrat, 10 Feb 1642) was a Catalan theorist, musician, and physician. Biographicalinformation about Amat is drawn mainly from research carried out in 1918 by José Vilar (RevistaIlustrada Jorba [1925] and Pujol [1950]). Amat became municipal physician at Monistrol in 1618,performed a similar function at the nearby monastery of Montserrat, and occupied several othermunicipal offices. At the time of his death, he had just started a term as mayor.

The published history of the editions is confusing: The original treatise Guitarra española y vandolaen dos maneras de guitarra castellana y valenciana de cinco ordines was probably published in1596, although the earliest edition we have bears a 1626 imprint (Lérida: Anglada & Llorens).According to Grove, In the eighteenth century the 1596 edition treatise was combined with asupplement entitled Tractat breu, y explicacio dels punts de la guitarra, comprising five chapters,in Catalan or Valencian depending on the place of printing. The earliest surviving edition with thissupplement is dated 1701 and published by Gabriel Brò when the Brò family was located inBarcelona (see copy in BNE M.FOLL/422/11 1000524539). The Valencian imprint found in theBNE is published by Agustin Laborda, 1758.

A rare imprint. Gerona (Girona) is a lovely Roman era village 100 kilometers north and east ofBarcelona. It had few printers in the 17th and early 18th centuries. References: Anglés y Subirá, vol.III: no. 109; RISM B/VI/1: p. 84; OCLC: Yale, OSU (Facsimile only).

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Important collection of Rameau-era ballet librettos

10. (Ballard) Recueil of 13 ballets performed at L’Academie Royale de Musique, 1737-1755, Paris: Ballard. Bound in one volume, quarto, contemporary calf. With printed and corrected index tipped in to front pastedown. This collection of ballet libretti (most with scene designinformation) documents an important period for the development of ballet in France with thematurity of Jean-Phillipe Rameau’s music, and the introduction “Danse d’Action,” precursor toNoverre’s reforms in movement

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1. Les Amours du printemps. 1739 2. Les Fêtes d’Hébé. 1739. e.o. 3. Zaide, reine de Grenade. 1739 4. Dardanus . 1739 5. Nitetis. 1741. e.o. 6. Ballets comiques: Don Quichote chez la Duchess, Les Amours de Ragonde. 1743. e.o. 7. Isbé, 1742. e.o. 8. Le Pouvoir de l'amour. 1743. e.09. Les Caractères de la folie. 1743. e.o.10. L'École des amans. 1745. 11. Zélindor, Roi des Silphes. 1745. e.o. 12. Les Augustales. 1744. e.o.13. Les Festes de Polimnie. 1745. e.o.

Full description consult: www.goldenlegend.com/pdfs/ballard2.pdf

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11. "Beaunoir", (psued of Alexandre-Louis-Bertrand Robineau) M. de. 1746-1823); Pompigny,Maurin de. Le Ramoneur prince et le prince ramoneur, comedie-proverbe en 1 acte, en proserepresentee pour la premiere fois a Paris, sur le Theatre des Varietes-amusantes, le 11 Decembre1784. A Paris: Chez Cailleau, Imprimeur-Libraire..., 1785. Original edition. Soleinne (2316). 8vo.Contemporary marbled boards, leather spine (defective). Rubbing. Bookplate. Bibliotheque de laHamona's. Light foxing. 51, [1] p. (last p. blank) uncut. Libretto with cast list.

In Ramoneur [chimney sweep] the dialect is notable for its use of the "patois" of the countryside.Very popular in the late 18th century when tastes had turned toward the life of the average "citoyen,"Le Ramoneur continued to be performed through the early 19th century. Two other plays form the Ramoneur trilogy: Le Mariage de Barogo, 1785; followed in 1786 by Les Voyages de Barogo.

References: Lancaster, H. Carrington. The Genesis of "Ruy Blas Modern Philology, Vol. 14, No. 11.(Mar., 1917), pp. 641-646.; Trott, David. "Pour une typologie des series parodiques dans le theatredu XVIIIe siecle" [Pre-publication de l'article a paraitre dans les actes du colloque international,"Parodie et Serie dans la litterature francaise du XVIIIe siecle", Université de Paris IV Sorbonne,November 14, 1998. [internet article]; Barbier, Antoine Alexandre. Joseph-Marie Querard.Dictionnaire des ouvrages anonymes (1882).

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12. Boieldieu, Francois Adrien (1775-1834). Le calife de Bagdad: opera en un acte . . . parolesde S. Just; musique de Boieldieu. [Paris]: Chez Vente, libraire, boulevard des Italiens, No. 340, presla rue Favart, An IX [1800?] Original edition.

8vo. Modern wrappers. 49pp. Very good copy. Libretto, including cast list. Opera comique in oneact by Adrien Boieldieu to a libretto by Claude de Saint-Just [Godart d’Aucourt; 1768-1826]. Isaoun(tenor), Caliph of Baghdad, wishes to be loved for himself, not for his wealth and position;consequently, he pays court to Zétulbe (soprano) in disguise. When Isaoun is mistaken for anotorious local brigand of extreme ferocity, Zemaide (mezzo-soprano), Zetulbe’s mother, is terrified,but Zetulbe remains faithful to the man she has grown to love.

With Le calife de Bagdad, which was given in more than 800 performances by the Opera-Comiqueby mid-century, Boieldieu scored his first major operatic success. The subject may be farcical, butit is handled with wit, while the music, as in all the composer’s best works, is beautifully fabricatedand elegantly finished. Boieldieu did not attempt to introduce any so-called orientalisms into hismusic, but his use of orchestral color does suggest the East–or rather the East as seen by Westerneyes and heard by Western ears. Ref.: Forbes, "Le Calife of Bagdad," (Grove music).

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13. [Sammelband]. Three 18th century Jansenist plays bound together 8vo. Contemporaryspeckled calf. Gilt spine, red morocco label. Three plays concerning the bitter theological, and also

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legal rivalries, that inflamed French intellectuals from the late 17th century, surrounding the ideasof Cornelius Jansen who published his Augustianis in 1640.

1) [Bougeant, Guillaume Hyacinthe, S.J.(1690-1743)]. Arlequin Janseniste, ou critique de lafemme docteur, comedie. "Cracovie" [i.e., Douai]: "Chez Jean le Sincere, Imprimeur Perpetuel",1732. [2] leaves, 172 pp., [1] blank leaf. Contemporary calf. the present Arlequin Janseniste,Bougeant defends his original play against the attacks of the Jansenists and sides with the Molinists

2) Danton, P. Le Saint deniche, ou la banqueroute des marchands de miracles..."Cracovie"[i.e., Douai]: "Chez Jean le Sincere, Imprimeur Perpetuel", 1732. 5 act comedy. Leaf of title, versoblank; 9p preface; 2p avertissement; 159pp.

3). Raffeneau-Delile, Alire. Le Docteur Fagotin, comedie en trois actes. Namur (Nameur,Wallonia, Belgium) : 1732. A satire against Procope doctor at the faculty of Paris Also published at Liège by Broncart, 1732. Leaf of title, verso blank; 1p actors; 66p text:

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14. Corelli, Arcangelo (1653-1713). XII Sonatas ofthree parts for two Violins and a Bass with a ThroughBass for ye Organ Harpsicord or Arch Lute Engrav'dfrom ye Score and Carefully Corected by ye bestItalian Masters. London: I. Walsh. [ca. 1735]. 4volumes. Quarter dark tan calf with marbled boards.Engraved throughout. . Nos. 364 [365-367] Opera Prima [Secunda, Terza, Quarta]. .With a fine frontispiece portraitengraved of Corelli by Vdr. Gucht after Howard (laid in). Binding worn and rubbed; spine chipped. Minorbrowning; occasional markings in pencil. References:BUC, 217-220; Hirsch III,160; Marx, nos. 28, 31, 27, and27; RISM C3673, C3674,C3682, C3684, 3711, 3755 and3788; Smith and Humphries, 412-414; Walsh, 413.

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15. Dorvigny (pseud. of Louis-Francois Archambault; [1734-1812]). Les fausses consultations,comedie en 1 acte, representee, pour la premiere fois, sur le theatre des Varietes, en decembre 1780.Paris: Caileau, 1781. Original edition. Octavo. Contemporary wallpaper wrappers, old printed music endpaper. Paper label with title in ms. Light foxing and soiling. Libretto. 48pp.

First performance was November 27, 1780 at Theatre des Varietes-Amusantes, Paris. The play waspopular through the end of the century. This comedy concerns the legal problems of a theatrecompany, the Troupe de Franville.

Louis-Francois Archambault known as "Dorvigny" was an actor and dramatic author who was bornand died in Paris, although he lived in Bordeaux for a time. He was one of the most prolific 18thcentury writers of comedies with nearly a hundred of them through the end of the century includingshadow puppet plays, or "Ombres chinoises." Spectacles de la foire (1877) notes that Dorvigny musthave appeared in over 400 performances. Dovigny was also popular in America. Les faussesconsultations was performed in Charleston, South Carolina in the 1794 season. Seeber, Edward. TheFrench Theatre in Charleston in the Eighteen th Century. South Carolina Historical and GenealogicalMagazine, Jan 1941, Vol 42, No. P4.. Soleinne, 2197.

Provenance: Jean Sevin, probably Julien Sévin directeur associé de 1798 (an VI) à 1812 , directeurde la troupe du Bignon-Lestard (Nantes, France)

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16. “Dumaniant", (pseud. of Antoine Jean Bourlin, 1752-1828). Les Intrigants, ou Assaut defourberies, comedie en 3 actes et en prose, representee, pour la premiere fois, a Paris, sur le Theatredu Palais-Royal, le 6 aout 1787. Paris: Cailleau, 1787. Original edition. Soleinne 2249. 8vo. 19thcentury cloth and boards. Libretto. 95pp. Nick to spine. Some stains and browning, but a veryacceptable copy.

Les Intrigants is notable for its depiction of the plight of women. It includes a subplot featuring asecret marriage in which the virtuous Honesta married a rascal who, when time had withered her,forced her to pose as his sister so he could seek another wife. The author Bourlin was an actor inthe Troupe des Varietes du Palais-Royal (anciennes Varietes-Amusantes). He wrote numerousbourgeois comedies.

Reference: Campardon. Les Spectacles de la foire, 1877, t. I, p. 285; Holbrook, Wm. C. "SecretMarriage in Eighteenth-Century French Comedy", in Modern Language Notes, Vol. 53, No. 5. (May,1938), pp. 340-344.

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17. “Fagan” pseud of Barthélemy-Christophe Fagan. (1702-1755. French playwright). LesCaracteres de Thalie. Comédie en trois actes, avec un prologue et un divertissement. Paris:Prault fils, 1737. Original edition. 8vo. Contemporary red morocco, gilt rules, spine with raisedbands, gilt floral ornaments, lettered in gilt. Fine copy with nick to spine heel. Librettos. iv, (134p);Collation []2, A-H8, I3, I4 a blank. Ornaments in text. Two lines added in ink to speech of Damisat bottom of page 22. A regal copy in almost perfect condition.

Les Caracteres de Thalie consists of three one act plays written to be performed with each other: l’Inquiet, l’Etourderie, Les Originaux each with a different structure and theme. Les Caracteresde Thalie was first performed at Theatre de la rue des Fosses Saint-Germain Paris in July of 1737and at Chateau de Fontainebleau in October. Fagan was particularly interested in the structure andeffects of drama. Les Caracteres de Thalie is composed of a prologue followed by three short playseach of a different genre in order to present the different types of comedy then popular on theParisian stage. The entire play consists of a comedy of character l’Inquiet; of intrigue l’Etourderie*;and of episode Les Originaux.** According to notes in the BnF’s record of Fagan’s plays, LesCaracteres de Thalie reflects an ingenious and innovative idea to assemble the different kinds ofcomedy into a unified whole, introduced by a Prologue.

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With a comfortable position in government, Fagan took a liking to theater and wrote some thirtyplays presented mostly at Théâtre de la foire, Théâtre-Italien and Théâtre-Français. He had the germof genius for comedy, but according to Godefroy (Iip.245), his laziness, his melancholyindifference, and his taste for easy pleasures, prevented his full development as a playwright. Nevertheless, Fagan was important in his time. He was influential and celebrated even by Voltairewho thought Fagan’s La Pupille, 1734, was the “most complete petite pièce on the French stage.” (Knight p.171). David Garrick wrote The Guardian (1759) a two act comedy adapted from Fagan’sLa Pupille which, according to Knight “just misses the tenderness of the original.”

*l’Etourderie is the only one of the three plays to be restaged after 1737.**According to Godefroy (ibid), Les Originaux, was Fagan’s best prose comedy, a remarkablespecimen of what is called episodic comedy, a genre that excludes all action and consists only ofa series of unconnected tirades or scenes.

Ref: Godefroy. Frédéric. Histoire de la littérature française, depuis le XVIe siècle jusqu'à nos joursVol II. Paris Gaume, 1876; Knight, Joseph David Garrick. London: K. Paul, Trench, Trübner &Company, Limited, 1894.

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Holy Roman Empire festival book indebted to Louis XIV.

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18. Hörmann, Jospeh Julius von. Triumphus novem saeculorum Imperii Romano-Germanici,Leopoldo Magno, augustissimo Romanorum Imperatori . . . humillime dedicatus a . . . JosephoJulio ab Hörmann . . . .Vienna: Susanna Christina Cosmerovius, 1700. Original edition. A morecommon second edition was published in 1725 (Berlin cat. #3624), but the first edition, as here,has superior engravings. Backer-Sommervogel, I, 1569 Nr. 8 Thieme / B. X, 393.

Folio (402 x 292mm). Contemporary calf (rebacked, light wear at corners). Printed title plus 24leaves of text. With engraved allegorical frontispiece and nine full-age plates of triumphal arches.

This volume celebrates the illustrious emperors of the Holy Roman Empire (HRE) from the HRE’s inception under Charles the Great (Charlemagne) in AD 800 to the reign of Leopold of Austria(1658-1705), who was the 49th Emperor. The volume has nine chapters, each representing a century of rule. Each chapter has a highly ornamental engraving of a decorated arch bearing images of themajor figures of that century, including its emperor. The beautiful engravings—a highlight of theSouth German Baroque illustration—show triumphal arches and Ehrenpforten (Gates of Honor). The engravings, based on the drawings of Petrus Schubart von Ehrenberg (1668-ca. 1725), weredone by some of the most important engravers of Augsburg’s “golden age”: Johann Ulrich Kraus(1655-1719), Christian Engelbrecht (1672-1735), and Johann Andreas I Pfeffel (1674-1748).

According to John Hatrthan, an expert in the history of the Western illustrated book, “The transition from baroque to rococo is best observed in South Germany, particularly Bavaria. The Augsburgschool of engravers of the early eighteenth century produced exuberant freakish designs in thebaroque-rococo idiom that it would be hard to match elsewhere . . . [These artists] are still littleknown outside their country of origin. . . Fantasy architecture reaches even dizzier heights in [JohannUlrich] Kraus’ engravings” (referring to the 1725 edition of this work) (139-140).With French festival design Influence

French festival design is particularly noticeable in this work. Leopold I, in his attempt to solidifythe protean Holy Roman Empire, was trying to compete with his French contemporary Louis XIV’storrent of festivals and festival publications. The specific comparison of Leopold I to Louis XIVcomes from R. J. W. Evans: “By 1700 Emperor Leopold I had proved remarkably successful inconsolidating and representing the powers of his office. Moreover, these similarities wereincreasingly communicated through a heightened ‘baroque’ repertoire of imperial symbols, ritualsand ceremonial. Intensive study of late has revealed the extent of that aulic cultural display—notinferior to, and hardly less influential than, the simultaneous imagery of the Sun King. It rested onmulti-media panegyric in texts, music and theatre, architecture and elaborate decorative schemes”(119).

The printer: Susanna Christina Cosmerovius (1632-1702), Vienna printer and bookseller was thewidow of Matthew Cosmerovius who had run a prosperous printing business from the 1660s.Matthew’s publications included some of the most important festival books of Vienna in this periodincluding Sbarra’s La Contesa dell’Aria (1667) and Il pomo d’oro Festa Teatrale (1668). By allaccounts, Susanna Christina was a gifted and highly respected printer and publisher

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References: Chabrowe, Barbara. Baroque Temporary Structures Built for the Austrian Habsburgs.Dissertation: Columbia Univ., 1970; ---. On the Significance of Temporary Architecture. BurlingtonMagazine 116, no. 856. (Jul., 1974): 386-388, 391; Evans, R. J. W. “Unicating Empire: TheHabsburgs and their Critics, 1700-1919.” Transactions of the RHS 19 (2009): 117-138; Harthan,John. The History of the Illustrated Book. London: Thames and Hudson, 1981. Provenance: PaulGourary OCLC: No copies located North America. U of Iowa has a copy (2019)

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19. Fielding, Henry. Amelia. London: Printed for A. Millar, 1752. First edition, Vol. III incorrected state: the misreading: 'the at Folly' changed to 'at the Folly'. Rothschild 853.

Four vols. Twelvmo. Contemporary calf, raised bands, spines numbered in gilt, simple double giltrules on each cover. Vol 1 Outer hinge front repaired, Vol III out hinge starting to crack, Vol IVrepaired at heel of spine. With the often lacking "Universal-Register-Office" advertisement at endof volume two (M12r). Protected in a half orange morocco slipcase, raised bands, lettered in gilt onspines. Spines slightly sunned. Provenance Caroli Whibley (bookplate in each volume). Thecollector Charles Whibley (1859-1930) is best known today for bringing T.S. Eliot to the attentionof the publisher Geoffrey Faber.

$2,500.00

20. Gonzaga di. Castiglione, Luigi [1745-1819]. L'Homme de lettres, bon citoyen, discoursphilosophique et politique de Son Altesse Monseigneur le Prince Louis Gonzaga deCastiglione, prononcé à l'Académie des Arcades à Rome l'année 1776. A Geneve: 1777. Firstedition in French. (7 ¾” x 9 ½”). Contemporary red morocco, ruled with gilt floral spray andpointelles at corners. Covers show a few small gouges, spine rubbed and worn, label frayed.

Luigi Gonzaga prince of Castiglione (1745-1819) was a scholar and a native of Vienna. His lineagewas from the ancient house of Gonzaga a noble family that ruled Mantua, in Northern Italy, from1328 to 1708; they also ruled Monferrato in Piedmont and Nevers in France.

Luigi Gonzaga became a scholar, traveler and activist and who read and followed the philosophersof the enlightenment and understood the need for progressive measures to support civil rights,freedom and democracy. L'Homme de lettres ranges over modern philosophers including theEnglish empiricists. It also discusses the American revolution.

Full description can be found at: http://www.goldenlegend.com/pdfs/Gonzaga.pdf

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21. Goudar, Ange 1720-1791. Le Brigandage de la Musique Italienne. Magnum sine viribus ignisincassum furit. (Virgil.Georg. III.99.100). [?Paris]: 1777. Original edition. 8vo. Contemporary stiffwrappers & ties, lettered in old ink on spine; half title bookplate on verso. 156p. Uncut. Probablya large paper copy, with wide margins measuring 5 3/8 x 8 7/8".

Goudar, a staunch supporter of French music, vehemently attacks Italian music but presentsinteresting ideas about the musicality of the Italian language, as well as the French. Goudarcomments on the castrato by writing that he is a "charming Neapolitan nightingale who leads a flockof warbling feathered friends, among whom the cuckoo is singled out for causing marital troubleswhenever he served as a singing teacher for French ladies".

Goudar comments on the stunning growth of Italian opera throughout Europe in the 18th century inthe often quoted lines "The late king of Poland would pay 100,000 ecus for the performance of eachnew opera... Russia, which has not sounded a note at the beginning of the century, has acquired sucha taste for opera that it pays more for an opera singer than a military general." Ange Goudar,(1720-1787) was a Frenchman from Montpellier who lived in Switzerland, England and Italy, wroteover thirty works (some with his brilliant wife Sara) on subjects ranging from ballet to agrarianeconomics. References: Cortot, p. 90; Eitner IV, p. 317; RISM BVI, p. 372; Bibliotheque Royal de Belgique,Francois-Joseph Fetis (1877)

$1,250.00

Grétry, André-Ernest-ModesteComposer (b. Liège 1741- d. Paris 1813.)

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Six librettos to Gretry’s operas and a collection of five volumes about the disposition of his heart after death!!!!

22-1. La caravane du Caire, opéra-ballet en trois actes, Paris: 1784. Authors: Morel deChédeville, Étienne, 1751-1814, Louis; XVIII,; King of France, 1755-1824. 8vo. Old wrappers.Uncut. Slight soiling, stains to titlepage.

$200.00

22-2. Les Événemens Imprévus Comedie en trois actes. Représentée devant leurs Majestés, àVersailles le 11 Novembre 1779. Paris: P.R.C. Ballard, Houbaut, (1779) 8vo. Modern cloth. 67p.With half title. Ink initials on title page.

$350.00

22-3. La fausse magie: comédie en vers et en deux actes, mêlée de chant: représentée pour lapremiere fois sur le théatre de la Comédie Italienne, le mercredi 1er. février 1775. A Paris : Chez laveuve Duchesne, libraire. 48 pages, uncut, incl cast list and 2p music. 8vo. Old wrappers, msstitle.

$250.00

22-4. Le magnifique, comédie en trois actes, en prose et en vers. Mis en musique, terminée par undivertissement. Paris: C. Hérissant, 1773. 8vo, modern boards. 52p incl cast list and 3p music.

$200.00

22-5. Silvain comédie en un acte, meslée d'ariettes. A Paris: Chez la Veuve Duchesne, Libraire,rue S. Jacques, au-dessous de la Fontaine S. Benoît, au Temple du Goût, 1770. Old wrappers, msstitle. 32p, plus 8p music of Ariettes. Uncut.

$300.00

22-6. Zemire et Azor, comédie-ballet, en vers, et en quatre actes, mêlée de chants & de danses: AParis: Chez Vente, 1778. 8vo. Uncut. Stitched as issued, bound in old wrappers. Some soiling totitle page, last few pages dog eared. 56p, including 8p of printed music: Airs de Zemire et Azor.

$450.00

Concerning the disposition of Grétry’s heart!

23. Five volumes that concern the lawsuits and debates following the death of the composer in1813. The volumes document the placement of Grétry’s remains, most especially the placementof his heart.

23a. Grétry, A. En Famille ou anecdotes Littéraires et musicales, relatives a ce Célèbrecompositeur. Liége: Latour, 1828. 8vo. Half contemporary green morocco, marbled boards. Spine

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faded. Original wrappers bound in. 211P. Uncut. Occasional light foxing. Written by a nephew ofthe composer. OCLC: ESW

23b. Flamand-Gretry, Louis Victor. Cause célebre relative a la consecration du coeur de [AndreErnest Modeste] Grétry, ou Précis historique des faits énonces dans le procès intenté a sonneveu Flamand-Grétry par la ville de Liége, auquel sont jointes toutes les pieces justificatives..Paris, 1825. Tall 8vo. Contemporary marbled boards, cloth spine. Light foxing, 64p, table pp 40p. OCLC: NLNMI, L2U, BDF, GRX (Yale Law)

23c. François-Joseph, Fremolle. Hommage aux mânes de Grétry, au moment de la restitutiondu coeur de ce grand homme a sa patrie ... opuscule suivi des réponses de l'auteur du courrierdes Pays-Bas, des 3 et 7 Aout 1828, qui lui sont relatifs... Bruxelles: Ch. Versé, 1828. 8vo.Original blue wrappers. Lithographic portrait of Grétry, 16 p. Stains, some foxing. Tribute to thespirit of Grétry, at the time of the return of his heart his homeland. OCLC: KOB, NLNMI,

23d. “M***de G...” Remise solennelle du coeur de Grétry à la ville de Liège. Notice historiquedu procès que cette ville a soutenu pour en obtenir la restitution; relation des fêtes qui ont eulieu les 7, 8 et 9 septembre 1828, pour en célébrer le retour, suivis des procès-verbaux, piècesjustificatives, etc. Liège, P.J. Collardin, 1829. 8vo. Contemporary half morocco and green marbledboards (faded). Original wrappers bound in. OCLC: KOB, NLNMI, BEVMS, BLSTP,BDF

23e. Société-Grétry Réglement de la Société-Grétry, établie a Liége, le 15 juin 1824. A Liége:Rongier, 1824. 8vo. Original wrappers, stitched. 30 p. : ill., tab. Réglement describes thecomposition and rules of the Société-Grétry organized to cultivate and encourage music. Thisdocument also described are the the reunions, balls and general assemblies. Pp20-30 list the namesof the 346 members. OCLC: KOB

OCLC: Only one of the volumes is located within North America.For the five volumes

$1,500.00

24. Guichard, Jean-Francois (1731-1811). [libretto] Le Bucheron, ou les Trois souhaits, comedieen 1 acte, melee d'ariettes. Paris: C. Herissant, 1763. Original edition. Soleinne 3231. Firstperformed Paris, Comedie italienne, 28 fevrier 1763. 8vo. 65pp., plus ads. 19th century boards.Uncut. Without the 6p. of music found in some copies. The printed play is preceded by the story inverse by M. Perrault.

Written by Guichard in collaboration with Castet. Based on a tale by Perrault, Les trois souhaits;used as libretto by Philidor. This is a comedie melee d'ariettes or French operas with spokendialogue. "During the late ancien regime. The Comedie melee d'ariettes came to mean the playcontained newly composed pieces of music (in contrast with the opera comique which used'vaudevilles' in the conventional 18th-century sense)." Grove.

$450.00

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25. Ladvocat, Jean Baptiste (1709-1765). Dizionario storico, portatile....In Bassano : A speseRemondini di Venezia, : Edizione novissima ora per la prima volta divisa in sette tomi : 1773.

Three volumes, 8vos. Contemporary mottled calf. Very good condition. Translation of: Dictionnairehistorique-portatif. Composto in francese dal Signor Abate Ladvocat. Jean Baptiste Ladvocat (bornat Vaucouleurs) was professor of divinity in the Sorbonne. He published a Hebrew grammar, and a Bibliothèque annuelle (1741-1751)

His Dictionaire historique was “an immensely popular abridgement of Louis Moreri’s ’ (1643-1680). Le Grand Dictionnaire historique, ou Le Mèlange curieux... (1674). Ladvocat’s abridgement waspopular for 70 years during which it was alternately revised, expanded and translated” (Harvey &Heseltine). It was first translated into Italian in 1758.

$350.00

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