BINDING WITH THE ARMS OF THE MARQUISE DE MONTESSON. - BERARD - Lot 24

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BINDING WITH THE ARMS OF THE MARQUISE DE MONTESSON. - BERARD - Lot 24
BINDING WITH THE ARMS OF THE MARQUISE DE MONTESSON. - BERARD (Jean-Antoine). L'Art du chant, dedicated to Madame de Pompadour. À Paris, chez Dessaint Saillant, Prault fils, Lambert, et aux adresses ordinaires pour la musique, 1755. In-8, (16 of which the 2nd blank)-158-(8) pp. red morocco, smooth spine cloisonné and fleuronné with brown title-piece, triple gilt fillet framing the boards with gilt fleurons at the corners and spandrels, gilt coat of arms in the center of the boards, filleted edges, inner gilt roulette, gilt edges; a few ink stains on a double page of music (period binding). FIRST EDITION. Copper-engraved illustrations outside the text: one anatomical plate (respiratory system), 17 pages of engraved notated music plates (paginated 1 to 34), excerpts from famous works including operas by Jean-Philippe Rameau. "LE PREMIER OUVRAGE QUI AIT ETE FAIT SUR L'ART DU CHANT" (THE FIRST WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE ON THE ART OF SINGING), after Jean-Antoine Berard (dedication), dealing comprehensively with the voice, pronunciation and the perfection of singing (pitch, cadence, accentuation, with descriptions of the various techniques). THE WORK IS DEDICATED TO MADAME DE POMPADOUR, to whom he pays this compliment in his preface: "I'm afraid I have no merit in offering it to you: the declared protection you give to all the arts, would be enough to encourage all those who apply themselves to them, to devote the fruit of their labors to you...". EXEMPLAIRE AUX ARMES DE LA MARQUISE DE MONTESSON (iron absent from OHR, indicating a rare provenance). Daughter of the Marquis de La Haye de Riou, fermier général, Charlotte-Jeanne first married the Marquis de Montesson (1687-1769), lieutenant general of the king's armies, in 1757, and then entered into a secret morganatic marriage with the Duke Louis-Philippe d'Orléans, also widowed in 1759, grandson of the Regent and father of Philippe-Égalité. "She gave splendid parties at the Palais Royal, composing plays in which she played herself. Her works were printed in 1782" (Quentin-Bauchard, Les Femmes bibliophiles de France, Paris, Damascène Morgand, 1886, vol. II, p. 456, citing the present copy). Provenance: Joseph Techener bookshop (catalog Description bibliographique des livres choisis, Paris, 1858, vol. II, no. 7973).
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