Shelfmark
Em.4.16
Author
Title
Les dons des enfans de Latone: la musique et la chasse du cerf, poëmes dédiés au Roy..
Publication, distribution, etc.
A Paris : Chés Pierre Prault, Quay de Gêvres, au Paradis. Jean Desaint, ruë S. Jean-de-Beauvais. Jacques Guerin, Quay des Augustins., M.DCC.XXXIV.. [1734]
Physical description
[12], [4], 14, [14] p. of plates, 15-28, [4] p. of plates, 29-330, [2], [32] p. of plates, [9] leaves of plates : ill. (engraved music, frontispiece, engraved plates) ; 20 cm.
Note
Souhart ('Bibl. des ouvr. sur la chasse') gives a full description of this work and adds that it is practically a translation of Jean Savary's 'Venationis cervina'.
Note
With a half-title.
Note
Plates (incl. frontispiece) engraved by Le Bas.
Formatted contents note
Contents: Au roy -- Préface -- Apollon, ou L'origine des spectacles en musique, poeme -- La musique, epitre en vers. 3. ed., rev., cor. & augum -- Catalogue chronologique des opera representés en France depuis l'année 1645 ... jusqu'à présent -- Diane, ou Les loix de la chasse du cerf, poeme -- Dictionaire des termes usités dans la Chasse du cerf -- Nouvelle chasse du cerf, divertissement en musique; composé de piusieurs airs parodiés sur les opera d'Angleterre -- Parodies sur les fanfares -- Tons de chasse et fanfares a une et deux trompes -- Remarques sur la musique.
Provenance
Late 19th or early 20th century armorial bookplate of Major General Villiers Hatton on upper pastedown; Eton College School Library bookplate on facing flyleaf, recording Hatton's donation; previous shelfmark on verso.
Binding
19th century three-quarter red pebbled leather with marbled paper over millboard, sewn on four recessed supports. On both covers, the leather outlined by a gilt dotted roll; large squares. Spine with five false bands; panels with gilt foliate and ornamental tools (cornerpiece and centrepiece design); second panel with gilt titling ("Chasse du cerf") with date at tail. Textblock trimmed and gilt at head-edge. Endpapers comprising marbled paper matching the covers (pastedown and flyleaf) and plain laid paper (flyleaf).
Copy-specific note
Misbound: ECL copy has the engraved plates of music following the text proper; the Library of Congress describes that 'Remarques sur la musique' (14 engraved pages) and 'Larcin de l'Amour' (4 engraved pages) are inserted after p. 14 and p. 28 in the text, respectively. (n.b.: p. 14 is unpaginated, but described as if paginated here for ease).
Subject
Music Instruction and study France 18th century.
Subject
Deer hunting.
Subject
Music Instruction and study Juvenile Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Hatton, Villiers, 1852 - 1914 former owner, donor.
Added entry--name
Le Bas, Jacques-Philippe, 1707 - 1783 engraver.
Added entry--name
Prault, Pierre, 1685 - 1768 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Desaint, Jean, ? - 1776 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Guérin, Jacques, 1699? - 1752 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Eton College School Library former owner.
Added entry--place
France Paris
Language code
fre
Identifier
B50932