Recueil d'airs sérieux et à boire, de différents auteurs, pour l'année 1706.

Oblong 4to: 22-[2]-23/242-[4] pp. (sm. tear reaching text at f. Gg, sm. marg. tear in Mm3).

Contemp. mottled calf (sl. rubbed), gilt orn. spine with 5 raised bands (sl. rubbed, lower joint splitting), red leather title label, sp. edges. Good copy.

Rare work issued in monthy instalments with consecutive numbering of pages, with an intermediate index at the end of January 1706 (cf. next lot in the catalogue) and a general index at the end. This is the 12th part of this series, started in 1695. It contains the printed partitions and the texts of the songs, with i.a. the works of André Campra, Jean Desfontaines, Henri Desmarets, Jean-Baptiste Matho, Paolo Lorenzani, Pierre-César Abeille etc. Title within large allegorical woodcut border. Large decor. headpieces at the beginning of some instalments.
Ref. R.I.S.M., B, II, I:312.