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Lot 269
  • 269

Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764).

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 EUR
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Description

  • Platée, Comédie-Ballet [partition]. Paris: L'Auteur, La Veuve Boivin, Le Clair, [c.1749].
  • paper and ink
première édition, 38, 125 pages, in-4 oblong (23.6 x 32 cm), page de titre imprimée, musique gravée, quelques annotations manuscrites de l'époque, veau écaille du XVIIIe siècle, reliure légèrement usagée.

Literature

RISM R 164 ; BUC, p.872 ; Hirsch, ii 783 ; Hoboken, xvi 227

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
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Catalogue Note

Rare. Nous n'avons retrouvé trace que d'un seul exemplaire de cette édition en vente aux enchères. Cette comédie lyrique de Rameau, sa première tentative dans le genre de l'opéra comique, fut composée pour célébrer les noces du Dauphin et de Marie Thérèse d'Espagne et représentée à Versailles, le 31 mars 1745..

Rare. We have traced only one copy for this editiion in auction record.
Rameau's comédie lyrique, his first attempt at comic opera, was written for the wedding celebrations of the Dauphin with Maria Teresa of Spain, and first performed at Versailles on 31 March 1745.