Accession number
PML 77464
Published
A Paris : De l'Imprimerie royale, 1673 [i.e. 1674]
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager,; 1981.
Notes
"On a cru longtemps que la relation de ces journées était l'œuvre de Félibien mais M.A. de Montaiglon l'attribue à juste titre à Charles Perrault"--Guibert, p. 453. Also attributed to Molière or M. de Bizincourt; cf. Barbier.
Colophon: A Paris, de l'Imprimerie royale, par les soins de Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, Directeur de ladite Imprimerie, 1674.
Half-title: Les plaisirs de l'isle enchantée, ou Les festes et diuertissements du roy, à Versailles ...
Illustrations: 9 2-page engravings (including half-title) by Israël Silvestre; head-piece on p. [3] by François Chaveau.
Reprint, with corrections, of the ed. of 1664 in which the "Comédie meslée de danse et de musique" (Molière's/Lully's La princesse d'Elide) was published for the first time, being the "divertissement" of the second day.
Signatures: A-Z².
Without the music.
Colophon: A Paris, de l'Imprimerie royale, par les soins de Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, Directeur de ladite Imprimerie, 1674.
Half-title: Les plaisirs de l'isle enchantée, ou Les festes et diuertissements du roy, à Versailles ...
Illustrations: 9 2-page engravings (including half-title) by Israël Silvestre; head-piece on p. [3] by François Chaveau.
Reprint, with corrections, of the ed. of 1664 in which the "Comédie meslée de danse et de musique" (Molière's/Lully's La princesse d'Elide) was published for the first time, being the "divertissement" of the second day.
Signatures: A-Z².
Without the music.
Description
[2], 91, [1] p., [9] leaves of plates : ill. ; 41 cm (fol.)
Provenance
Bookplate of William Stirling Maxwell.
Binding
1/4 brown leather, brown boards with arms of Stirling Maxwell.
Classification
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