Title page: PHROSINE | ET | MELIDORE, | POËME | EN QUATRE CHANTS. | A MESSINE, | Et se trouve A Paris, | Chez Le Jay, Libraire, au Grand Corneille, | rue S. Jacques. | M. DCC. LXXII. ||
Pagination : ffl, [2] – h.t. / blank, [2] t.p. / blank, [1] 2-55 [56 blank], bfl ; 4 copperplate engravings by Nicolas Ponce (French, 1746 – 1831) after Charles Eisen (French, 1720 – 1778), one before each chant.
Collation: 8vo; π2 (h.t., t.p. ) A-C8 D4.
Binding: 20.5 x 14 cm, full mottled calf, gilt-ruled with triple fillet, flat spine, gilt in compartments, black label with gilt lettering, printed on laid paper, all edges red.
Catalogue raisonné: Cohen de Ricci p. 132; J. Lewine: p. 53.
Contributors:
Nicolas Ponce (French, 1746 – 1831)
Jean Charles Baquoy (French, 1721–1777)
Charles-Dominique-Joseph Eisen (French, 1720 – 1778)
Pierre-Joseph Bernard [Gentil-Bernard] (French, 1708 – 1775).
