Beschreibung:

Lully, Jean-Baptiste Bellérophon tragédie mise en musique [score], Paris: Christophe Ballard, 1679 FIRST EDITION, [2], 154 leaves, folio (c.35.5 x 24cm), dedication leaf, type-set music, printer's woodcut device to title, head- and tail-pieces to each act, old manuscript doodles to front endpapers, ownership inscription to first page of music ("Baron de Mouthe [?]"), some early manuscript annotations, including some indications relating to performance, contemporary gilt arms to sides (containing monogram "L R": Le Roux?) contemporary calf, title laid down and some missing text supplied in manuscript, old repairs to fols.1-4, 25, 28, 29, small tear with paper loss to lower outer corner of fol.52, small tears to fols.56, 125 and 148, covers somewhat worn, with some loss of leather in places Lully's tragédie lyrique was first performed at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris on 31 January 1679. Running for nine months, the opera was one of Lully's greatest successes. PROVENANCEFormerly in the collection of André Meyer (inscription by his son to endpaper): see the sale in these rooms (Sotheby's, Paris), 16 October 2012 (lot 166). LITERATURERISM L 2974; Olivier 226Condition reportCondition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate Condition 11 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The