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Intermedes en musique de la tragedie d'Esther : propres pour les dames religieuses, & toutes autres personnes / par Monsieur Moreau.

Accession number
PML 2660
Creator
Moreau, Jean-Baptiste, 1656-1733.
Published
A Paris : Chez Christophe Ballard, M.DC.XCVI. [1696].
Notes
Incidental music to Racine's Esther.
Printer's device on t.p.
An exact copy of the "Choeurs" of 1689, with new t.p. and no preliminary matter.
French words.
Description
[2], 99, [1] pages ; 25.5 cm.
Inscriptions/Markings
Manuscript music added to blank verso of p. 99, with text "J'admire un Roy victorieux que la valeur conduit triomphant..."
Provenance
Pierpont Morgan, purchased with the Racine collection from J. Pearson & Co., 1905.
Binding
Red morocco with gilt-tooled blue doublures by Trautz-Bauzonnet.
Classification
Department