Hardcover
1690 · London
by Shadwell, Thomas; Locke, Matthew, Draghi, Giovanni Battista; Molière
London: J.M. for H. Herringman, 1690. Hardcover. Good + (boards unattached, pages foxed and browned but all pages readable). Marbled boards, Riviere binding, 54 (2) pp, no illustrations. An adaptation of the French Psyché, by Molière, P. Corneille and Quinault. Sometimes considered the first English opera, was produced at the Dorset Garden theatre in 1674. A very rare book in readable condition.
(Inventory #: 173569)