Amadis
Subtitle: tragedie en musique : representée par l'Academie royalle de musique
Publisher: A l'entrée de la porte de l'Academie royale de musique, au Palais royal, ruë Saint Honoré; Imprimée aux dépens de ladite Academie, par Christophe Ballard, seul imprimeur du roy pour la musique
Published: 1684
Place of publication: On la vend, a Paris
Language: fre
Number of pages: 59
Subjects: Drama; Operas; Librettos; Amadís de Gaula (Spanish romance)
Work titles: Amadis
Notes: Without the music.

Libretto by Philippe Quinault.

There are two 1684 editions with the Paris, C. Ballard imprint, one being a line-for-line reprint of the other. The ed. with 'royalle' on t.p. is probably the reprint. Cf. Schmidt.

Signatures: ã⁴ A-G⁴ H².

Engraved view of one of the stage settings by J. Le Pautre after a design by J. Berain.

Woodcut printer's device on t.p.

Schmidt, C.B. Livrets of Jean-Baptiste Lully's tragédies lyriques, LLC11-1.1.

Schmidt, C.B. Livrets of Jean-Baptiste Lully's tragédies lyriques, LLC11-1.1.1684

No. 5 in a volume of 6 works labeled on spine: Recveil d'opera. Tom. III.

Imperfect: engraved plate trimmed at foot, with some loss.

Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, edges sprinkled red; ms. paraph at foot of p. [8] (1st count); in green cloth case, 26 cm.