Record ID:
248798
Accession number:
PMC 1892
Creator:
Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880.
Title:
La vie parisienne : pièce en cinq actes / par Henri Meilhac et Ludovic Halévy ; musique de Jacques Offenbach.
Uniform title:
Vie parisienne. Libretto
Published:
Paris : Michel Lévy Frères, 1867.
Notes:
First edition.
"Représentée pour la première fois, à Paris, sur le théâtre du Palais-Royal, le 31 octobre 1866." -- half title.
Publisher's ads, p. [4] of original wrappers.
J.J. Fuld, The book of world-famous libretti, (p. 335), states that the front cover is yellow and black; Library's copy is green and black.
Fuld also states that the date on the front cover of the copy in the British Library is 1866. The date on the Library's copy is MDCCCLXVII, but the final "I" is so indistinct that it may not be visible on the BL copy.
Provenance:
Biblioteca Caproni (Vizzola), with their bookplate.
Associated names:
Halévy, Ludovic, 1834-1908.
Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897.
Department:
Music Collection: