Amadis
Subtitle: tragedie en musique : representée par l'Academie royale de musique
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: 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.

Error in paging: p. 31 misnumbered 13.

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, LLC11-1.2.

From the collection of Edwin Binney 3rd.

From the collection of Edwin Binney 3rd.

Bookseller's (?) stamped monogram 'DD' on page 1.

No. 12 in volume with 14 other libretti by Quinault.

Imperfect: wanting the plate.

Bound in modern flexible vellum.

Bound in contemporary brown calf, spine gilt, edges stained red, marbled endleaves.