La Reine Berthe Opéra en Deux Actes Paroles de Jules Barbier... Partition réduite pour Piano et Chant par L. Delahaye Prix 15 f. net. [Piano-vocal score].
Paris: Léon Grus [PN L. G. 3532], [1878].
Large octavo. Quarter dark blue calf with marbled boards, spine in gilt-ruled compartments with titling gilt, marbled endpapers. 1f. (recto title within architectural border, verso blank), 1f. (recto dedication, verso blank), 1f. (recto named cast list, verso contents), 332, [iv] (A-D) pp.
Named cast includes Daram, Barbot, Grenier-Nivet, Blum, Vergnet, Gailhard, and Caron.
With signature to upper margin and collector's handstamp ("Bibliotheque J.M. Martin 844") to cast leaf.
Binding slightly worn, rubbed, bumped, and faded. Some signatures split; handstamp to title and several other leaves.
First Edition, first issue.
La reine Berthe, to a libretto by Barbier, was first performed in Paris at the Opéra on December 27, 1878.
Item #28649
Price: $120.00 other currencies