Jean BERAIN

First edition of the opera libretto.

Full red morocco binding, spine with five raised bands and panels stamped with fleurs-de-lys, boards framed three times in gilt, stamped at center with the arms of the Marquis de Louvois and de Courtenvaux, gilt roll-tooling to the edges, marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.

A few scuffs to the lower cover, binding with light spotting.

Illustrated with a superb frontispiece by Berin (Berain), who also designed the opera's sets, etched by Jean Dolivar, depicting the destruction of Armide's palace by the demons at the close of the work.

A superb copy of...