Les moissonneurs
Subtitle: comédie en trois actes et en vers, meslée d'ariettes : dediée a Monseigneur le Duc de Choiseul : représentée pour la premiere fois par les Comédiens italiens ordinaires du roi, le 27 janvier 1768
By: par M. Favart ; la musique est de M. [Egidio] Duni
Publisher: Chez la veuve Duchesne, libraire, rue Saint-Jacques, au Temple du Goût
Published: 1768
Place of publication: A Paris
Language: fre
Number of pages: 91
Subjects: Operas; Librettos
Other titles: Bible. Ruth.
Work titles: Moissonneurs
Notes: Music by Egidio Duni; libretto by Charles-Simon Favart after the book of Ruth; first performed in Paris at the Théâtre de l'Hôtel de Bourgogne. Cf. CÉSAR; Wild.

Includes title vignette, head- and tail-pieces, decorated initial; head-pieces on p. [25], [53] signed Colle.

"A Monseigneur le Duc de Choiseul": p. [3]-[4]; signed Favart.

"Avertissement": p. [5].

"Acteurs": p. [6]; includes performers; lists Mme. Favart in role Gennevote, M. Trial in role of Pierre.

Includes music (black notation, set in movable type) on p. 89-90.

"Catalogue général des théatres": p. [92]-[95].

Signatures: A-F⁸.

Last p. blank.

RISM A/I, D 3771

Sonneck, O.G.T. Librettos, p. 769

Wild, N. Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique, 1226

Brenner, C.D. French plays, 1700-1789, 6286

Gift; Patrick J. Smith; December 2001; 2004T-499.

From the collection of John Milton and Ruth Neils Ward.

From the collection of John Milton and Ruth Neils Ward.

Former owner's name written on t.p.: Vellard.

Former owner's name written on back endpaper: Biblioth. E. Mayon no 1 - no 1626.

From the collection of John Milton and Ruth Neils Ward.

Former owner's armorial bookplate on front pastedown: Anne, Countess Dowager of Galloway.

Bound with E. Duni, Ariettes séparées des Moissonneurs (Paris, [1768?]).

First half of composer's name written in contemporary ink on t.p.: Fav.

No. 1 in a volume of 3 French librettos published in Paris, 1768-1769.

Trimmed to 19 cm.

Written on front pastedown in black ink: A.7.7.

Trimmed to 20 cm.

Publisher's paraph on t.p.

No. 2 of 4 in 5th volume of a 5-volume collection (consisting of 20 French librettos published in Paris between 1750 and 1770).

Sewn in 20th century stiffened tan wrappers.

Bound in contemporary brown calf with gilt-stamped spine and maroon sheep spine label: Piece[s] de thea[tre].

FOur French librettos bound in contemporary half brown calf and marbled boards with gilt-stamped red morocco spine label: French plays.