77/2078 [Académie Royale de Musique]. Lot of 8 ballets and "comedie-ballets", (Paris), l'Académie Royale de Musique, 1748-1749, 8 parts in 1 vol., contemp. gilt mottled calf w. coat of arms of the DE PINTO family on both covers and w. (repeated) crowned unidentified monogram in 5 compartments on spine, 4to.

- Two leaves loose. Corners worn and spine-ends chipped.

= Contains the texts of i.a. the following pieces: A.H. DE LA MOTTE, Le Carnaval et la folie (set to music by A.C. Destouches); BALLOT DE SAUVOT, Pigmalion (set to music by J.Ph. Rameau); L. DE CAHUSAC, Les festes de l'himen et de l'amour ou Les dieux d'Egypte (set to music by J.Ph. Rameau); LE VALOIS D'ORVILLE after J. AUTREAU, Platée (set to music by J.Ph. Rameau) and S.J. PELLEGRIN, Médée et Jason (set to music by J.F. Salomon). Most of the texts were printed around the time of the first performance. On the binding: the unidentified monogram on the backstrip is not the monogram of "AJDP" (Aaron de Joseph de Pinto).