1854 · Paris
by BOULANGER, Ernest 1815-1900
Paris: Alex. Grus ainé [PN A.G. 1548], 1854. Large octavo. Disbound. 1f. (recto title within double-ruled border, verso blank), [i] (named cast list and contents), 2-136 pp. Engraved.
Named cast includes Bussine, Ste. Foy, Pallanti, Melles. Boulart, and Lemercier.
Minor soiling to title with small publisher's oval handstamps to lower margin. First Edition.
Boulanger, father of French composer and pedagogue Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979), was a singing treacher at the Conservatoire. Best known for his comic operas, he won the Prix de Rome in 1836. First performed at the Opéra-Comique in 1854, Les Sabots was his most popular work. (Inventory #: 29047)
Named cast includes Bussine, Ste. Foy, Pallanti, Melles. Boulart, and Lemercier.
Minor soiling to title with small publisher's oval handstamps to lower margin. First Edition.
Boulanger, father of French composer and pedagogue Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979), was a singing treacher at the Conservatoire. Best known for his comic operas, he won the Prix de Rome in 1836. First performed at the Opéra-Comique in 1854, Les Sabots was his most popular work. (Inventory #: 29047)