[Music]. THOMAS, Ambroise. The Tempest, a fantastic ballet i - Lot 245

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[Music]. THOMAS, Ambroise. The Tempest, a fantastic ballet i - Lot 245
[Music]. THOMAS, Ambroise. The Tempest, a fantastic ballet in 3 acts and 6 tableaux (after Shakespeare). Libretto by Jules Barbier. Choreography by J. Hansen. Piano score reduced from the orchestra by M. Edouard Mangin. Paris, Au Ménestrel, Henri Heugel, s.d. [1889]. In-4°, false-title, title in colors enhanced with gold, [3] ff. 177 pp. 1 blank f. Blue jansenist morocco, spine with 5 false rings, gilt title, bisautés boards, silver figure H C [or 2 Cs joined and surmounted by a third?] affixed to the upper left corner of the upper board, gilt roulette on the edges, richly decorated chasses with a large lace, gilt roulettes and nets, blue tabis, all edges gilt (Ch. Maillet, Paris). Envoi of the author " To Madame Carnot, respectful homage. Ambroise Thomas. July, 1889." Sadi Carnot was then President of the Republic. In 1894, he raised Ambroise Thomas to the dignity of Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor on the stage of the Opéra Comique during the 1000th performance of Mignon. Luxurious first edition. La Tempête was first performed on the stage of the Paris Opera in June 1889. Enriched with a lithograph mounted on tab. A very nice copy despite some rubbing to the binding and the spine being unstained.
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