[THEATRE XVIIIe]. Venus and Adonis. Didon. Issé. Fêtes de Th - Lot 66

[THEATRE XVIIIe]. Venus and Adonis. Didon. Issé. Fêtes de Thalie. Carnival and Madness. Philomèle. Omphale. New Venetian festivals. Callirhoé. Brussels edition of nine plays performed at the Théâtre de la Monnaie. Brussels, [François Foppens], 1714-1716. In-12, brown basane, ribbed spine decorated with gilt irons, red edges. 45 pp, 43 pp, 42 pp, 32 pp, 40 pp, 47 pp, 64 pp, 53 pp, 44 pp, one engraved frontispiece. First board detached, spine rubbed with missing gilt, corners dulled. Handwritten table on back cover. Collection of nine Brussels editions of plays performed by the Académie de Musique at the Théâtre de la Monnaie between 1714 and 1716. Desmarets' "Vénus et Adonis", based on a libretto by Rousseau, is followed by plays by Lefranc de Pompignan, Destouches and Mouret. Each play was published by François Foppens, a Brussels printer who succeeded his father of the same name in 1689 and inherited the privilege of printing plays and operas performed at La Monnaie. The set is introduced by a frontispiece engraved by Harrewyn and embellished with woodcut title vignettes and ornaments. Uncommon.