Phaeton
Subtitle: tragedie en musique : représentée par l'Academie royale de musique, devant Sa Majesté à Versailles, le sixième jour de ianvier mil six cens quatre-vingts-trois
Publisher: A l'entrée de la porte de l'Academie royale de musique, au Palais royal, ruë Saint Honoré; Imprimée aux despens de ladite Academie, par Christophe Ballard, seul imprimeur du roy pour la musique
Published: 1683
Place of publication: On la vend a Paris
Language: fre
Number of pages: 60
Subjects: Operas; Librettos; Drama
Work titles: Phaéton
Notes: Without the music.

Libretto by Philippe Quinault.

Copies exist in variant states, with various p. reset.

Signatures: ã⁴ A-G⁴ H².

Many errors in paging.

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.; initials, tailpieces, headpieces, one signed: P.R.

Schmidt, C.B. Livrets of Jean-Baptiste Lully's tragédies lyriques, LLC10-3.

Schmidt, C.B. Livrets of Jean-Baptiste Lully's tragédies lyriques, LLC10-3. 1683

From the collection of Edwin Binney 3rd.

No. 11 in volume with 14 other libretti by Quinault.

Bookseller's (?) monogram stamp 'DD' on 2 p.

Errors in paging: p. 50-60 misnumbered 42-52.

No. 3 in a volume of 7 works labeled on spine: Recveil d'opera. Tom. II.

This copy in variant state: sig. A, B2r, C2r-C3v, D2v-D4r, E2r-E3r in variant settings; p. 49, 52, 53, 56-60 misnumbered 14, 44, 45, 48-52 respectively.

Bookseller's (?) monogram stamp 'DD' on 2 p.

Imperfect: wanting the plate.

Bound in contemporary brown calf, spine gilt, edges stained red, marbled endleaves; ms. paraph at foot of last p.

Bound in contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, edges sprinkled red; ms. paraph at foot of last p.; in green cloth case, 26 cm.