Description du spectacle de la chute des anges rebelles : sujet tiré du poëme de Paradis perdu de Milton : exécuté pour la premier fois sur le grand Théâtre de la Salle des Machines, aux Thuilleries, le dimanche 12 mars 1758 / par le Sieur Servandoni ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Servandoni, Jean-Nicolas, 1695-1766, author.

Contributor:

Milton, John, 1608-1674., bibliographic antecedent.

Jorry, Sébastien, 1702?-1774, printer.

Amy Comegys Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

16 pages ; 18 cm (8vo)

Distribution:

A Paris : A la Salle des Machines, aux Thuilleries, MDCCLVIII [1758]

Manufacture:

[Paris] : De l'imprimerie de Sebastien Jorry

Fingerprint:

i-e, t.on n.me &asa (3) 1758 (R)

Notes:

Printer statement from colophon on leaf A8v.

Signatures: A⁸.

Woodcut initial and head-piece.

"Prix douze sols."

Local Notes:

RBC copy has early manuscript correction to date in title ("dimanche 12" corrected to "jeudi 16").

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Amy Comegys Memorial Fund.

RBC copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2020 from Leo Cadogan Rare Books.

RBC copy: "Unidentified contemporary monogram branded to foot of title-page"--Bookseller's description.

RBC copy bound in contemporary German gold-leaf paper wrappers. "[P]robably a presentation copy to a high-status individual, perhaps a courtier"--Bookseller's description.

Related Work:

Milton, John, 1608-1674. Paradise lost, bibliographic antecedent.

OCLC:

1244741536