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Original edition of poems on the hunt for deer, musical texts and musical compositions; important for the history of music and the opera in France

[SERRE des RIEUX, Jean de].
Les dons des enfans de Latone: la musique et la chasse du cerf, poëmes dédiés au Roy.

With engraved frontispiece by Le Bas, 6 full-page engravings by Le Bas after Oudry, illustrating the poem 'Diane' (p. 147-272, one of which is the frontispiece with hunting scene), and 50 pp. with engraved text and musical notation.

With engraved frontispiece by Le Bas, 6 full-page engravings by Le Bas after Oudry, illustrating the poem 'Diane' (p. 147-272, one of which is the frontispiece with hunting scene), and 50 pp. with engraved text and musical notation.

With engraved frontispiece by Le Bas, 6 full-page engravings by Le Bas after Oudry, illustrating the poem 'Diane' (p. 147-272, one of which is the frontispiece with hunting scene), and 50 pp. with engraved text and musical notation.

With engraved frontispiece by Le Bas, 6 full-page engravings by Le Bas after Oudry, illustrating the poem 'Diane' (p. 147-272, one of which is the frontispiece with hunting scene), and 50 pp. with engraved text and musical notation.

With engraved frontispiece by Le Bas, 6 full-page engravings by Le Bas after Oudry, illustrating the poem 'Diane' (p. 147-272, one of which is the frontispiece with hunting scene), and 50 pp. with engraved text and musical notation.



Paris, Pierre Prault, Jean Desaint & Jacques Guerin (who also printed the book), 1734. 8vo. Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments with red title label lettered in gold, marbled endpapers, red painted edges. With engraved frontispiece by Le Bas, 6 full-page engravings by Le Bas after Oudry, illustrating the poem 'Diane' (p. 147-272, one of which is the frontispiece with hunting scene), and 50 pp. with engraved text and musical notation. XII, (2), 1-13 (1), 1-14 (engr.), 15-28, 1-4 (engr.), 29-121, (1), 123-295, (1), [20 pp. lacking], 317-330, (2), 1-32 (engr.), (2)

Original and only edition of this complex work with poems on the hunt for deer, musical texts and musical compositions most by Jean de Serré des Rieux.
The interesting book is important for the development of the opera in France in the eighteenth century.
"Ce joli volume mérite d'ètre recherché, non seulement pour les illustrations, mair surtout parce qu'il est le premier volume qui contienne des fanfares, dont tout celles du marquis de Dampierre, qui paraissent ici pour la première fois, et au complet" (Thiébaud).

Contents:
- p. i: Half-title. (verso blank)
- engraved allegorical frontispiece by Le Bas.
- p. iii: Title (verso blank).
- p. v-viii: Dedication in verses to 'the King'.
- p. ix-xii: Preface
- p. (1): Half-title: "Apollon ou l'origine des spectacles en musique, poeme".
- p. 1-57: Text of 'Apollon'in 4 songs.
    between p. 14/15: p. 1-14: engraved text: "Remarques sur la musique."
    between p. 28/29: p. 1-4: engraved text with musical notation: "Larcin de l'Amour. Mode Majeur".
- p. 59-121: Half-title: "La Musique, epitre en vers divisée en quatre chants. Troisiéme Edition, revuë, corrigé, & augmenté.
- p. 123-146: Half title: "Catalogue chronologique des Opera representés en France depuis l'année 1645. où ils ont commencé de paroître, jusqu'à présent. 1633.- p. 147-272: Half-title: "Diane, ou les loix de la chasse du cerf, poeme. Seconde partie". In 6 songs, illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and 5 full-page engravings by Le Bas after Oudry.
- p. 273-295: Half-title: "Dictionaire des termes usités dans la chasse du cerf".
(p. 297-316: "Nouvelle chasse du cerf, divertiss. en musique ..." missing).
- p. 317-330: Half-title: "Parodies sur les fanfares".
- p. (1): Half-title: "Tons de chasse et fanfares à une et deaux trompes (composées par M. de Dampière)".
    p. 1-32: engraved text with musical notation: "Tons de chasse ...".
- p. (1-2): Approbation and Privilege.

Good copy with book plate of Ch. Ansiaux.- (Spine sl. rubbed).
Souhart, col. 635; Thiébaud, cols. 836-9; Royal Library, The Hague, Coll. Scheuleer (inv. 620)

Related Subjects: 18th Century  France  Hunting  Music  Mycology  Opera 

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