[French Opéra Comique] Recueil D'Ariettes tirées Des meilleurs Operas-Comiques - 18th Century Copyist ManuscriptAn intriguing volume of manuscript excerpts from eighteenth century French opras comiques in an unknown hand. The music collected here is from operas first performed between 1752 (Rousseau, Le Devin du village) and 1775 (Philidor, Les femmes venges); the work that is represented with by far the most excerpts, Grtry's Zmire et Azor, dating from 1771. Oblong octavo, 8 x 6. 5 inches (17. 3 cm x 21. 3 cm). 134 leaves. Title page with elaborate full page