Représenté pour la première fois sur le Théâtre royal de l'Odéon, in-fol., 230 p.; Piano-vocal score, with the overture arranged for piano four-hands by J.N. Hummel. P.N. 82 (A to R), engraved. Kinsky, Opus 72, 3. First edition of the first French vocal score, published simultaneously with the full score. From the Library of Henri Barbier (1805-1882), French dramatist and poet, whose verses were set by Berlioz and Saint-Saens; Barbier's lovely Ex-Libris on the inside front cover.
Représenté pour la première fois sur le Théâtre royal de l'Odéon, in-fol., 230 p.; Piano-vocal score, with the overture arranged for piano four-hands by J.N. Hummel. P.N. 82 (A to R), engraved. Kinsky, Opus 72, 3. First edition of the first French vocal score, published simultaneously with the full score. From the Library of Henri Barbier (1805-1882), French dramatist and poet, whose verses were set by Berlioz and Saint-Saens; Barbier's lovely Ex-Libris on the inside front cover.