Map of the Caribbean area in 1774, including some portions of Central America. Some towns and roads are noted as well as depths and other geographic features, with relief shown pictorially.

This is the 1773 edition of the libretto to the comic opera and vaudeville, "Pigmalion" by Charles-François Panard and Thomas Laffichard. The opera premiered at the Paris Opéra Comique in 1735 . The plot is an adaptation of Ovid's story of Pygmalion, a sculptor who fell in love with a statue that he carved. Operatic and ballet representation of the subject of Pigmalion (or Pygmalion) became famous after Antoine Houdar de la Motte's entrée "La sculpture" for the ballet "Le triomphe des arts," which staged in 1700 at Académie Royale de Musique with music by Michel de la Barre. Page 16 of this edition was incorrectly numbered as number 10.

According to Grove Music, "when Admetus, King of Pherae in Thessaly, is ill and about to die an oracle announces that he will be saved if someone else is willing to die in his stead. His wife Alcestis displays her conjugal devotion by offering herself; she dies and Admetus recovers. Under the influence of tragédie lyrique, Calzabigi enriched his libretto with choruses, ballets and opportunities for impressive scenery."

This is a 1773 printed copy of the libretto of "Le tableau parlant" (The talking picture), a one-act comic opera by M. Anseaume, set to music by Grétry. The opera was staged for the first time by the troupe of Italian actors of King Louis XV, on Wednesday, September 20, 1769. The back of the t.p. lists the names of the original actors who performed the characters of the opera at its premier: Isabelle (Madame Trial), [Jean-Louis Laruette] (Cassandre, Isabelle's tutor), [Madame Laruette (Colombine, Isabelle's lady-in-waiting), M. Trial (Léandre, Cassandra's nephew, who is in love with Isabelle), and [[Jean-Baptiste Clairval] (Léandre's valet). The final scene is a vaudeville sung by all of the characters. The music of the vaudeville is included at the end on pp. [45-48]. The library's copy of the libretto is bound with the libretto of Jean François Marmontel's comic opera "La fausse magie."

This is a ca. 1778 libretto for the burlesque opera in three acts "Momie" by a Jean Étiennethat Despréaux. The opera is a parody based on Leblanc du Roullet's libretto of "Iphigénie en Aulide," an opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck. The libretto includes the titles of the tunes at the opening of each scene. Page 6 of the library's copy is incorrectly numbered as page 9.

Map shows provinces in Mexico, [vague] boundary line and note, "Pays inconnu" [unknown country], between New Spain and [French] "Louisiane." Florida boundary not shown. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:9,500,000].

Map shows late eighteenth century boundaries, regions, and cities of Russian Siberia and Tartarie, Grand Tartarie, Persia, and parts of China and India. Includes text in two panels flanking left and right of map. Scale not given.

Map shows settlements, colonies, areas of Native American habitation, and physical features along the eastern coast of North America from Canada and the Gulf of the St. Lawrence to upper Florida and as far west as the Mississippi River and French "Louisiane" territory. Includes notes. Inset: [Map of the waterways in the upper northeastern portion of North America]. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:6,000,000] and Scale [ca. 11,000,000].

Map shows the world, without the poles, "Division par religions", "Division par les couleurs des habitans",and, "Division par la figure des hommes." Scale not given.

Map shows the Pacific Ocean and the coasts of North and South America (including the Gulf of Mexico), Japan, the coast of China, the Philippines, the Isle of Borneo, and the partial coast of New Guinea, New Zealand, and New Holland [Australia]. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.

Photocopied map shows the provinces in Mexico, vague boundary lines, and "Pays inconnu" [unknown country], between New Spain and [French] "Louisiane". Florida boundary not shown. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:6,758,400].

Map shows the geography and late eighteenth century settlements in the northern half of the South American continent. Includes historical notes. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:6,500,000].

Map shows political boundaries and European possessions in North America, Central America, the West Indies, and the northern portion of South America; areas of Native American habitation, settlements, towns, and notable physical features. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.

Map shows the known extent of the North American continent, South America, the West Indies, Great Britain, and the Western coasts of Europe and Africa; areas of Native American habitation. Insets: "Isle de la Martinique" and "Isle de S. Domingue." Includes text: "L'Amérique." Relief shown pictorially. Scale [1:25,000,000].

Map shows routes of exploration, areas of Native American habitation, and major settlements; western New France [northwestern portion of North America] includes "Mer ou Baye de l'Ouest" possibily as an early and enormous representation of Vancouver Bay; dates and names of explorers/discoverers. Includes "Avertissement," illustrations, and title cartouche. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.

Map shows cities and towns for New Spain, areas of Native American habitation; general layout of Mexico City and it's surrounding area. Inset: "Supplement des environs de Mexico." Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:10,500,000].

Map shows settlements, colonies, areas of Native American habitation, and physical features along the eastern coast of North America from Canada and the Gulf of the St. Lawrence to upper Florida and as far west as the Mississippi River and French "Louisiane" territory. Includes notes. Inset: [Map of the waterways in the upper northeastern portion of North America]. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:6,000,000] and Scale [ca. 11,000,000].

Map shows areas of Native American habitation, cities, villages, missions, and notable physical features of northern Mexico from Baja California to western Florida; also the coast and islands off of the upper Yucatan peninsula. Includes historical notes. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.

Map shows major cities, major roads, areas of Native American habitation, eastern portion of North America from Nova Scotia to Louisiana and including the Great Lakes area and western tributaries to the Mississippi River. Inset: [Map of the Isles Lucayes, Cuba, Saint Dominique, La Jamaique]. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca 1:56,000].

Map shows five early cartographic perceptions of California and the Gulf of California; islands, settlements, areas of Native American habitation, and notable physical features. Includes some dates of discovery. Relief shown pictorially. Scales differ.

Map shows four northeastern part of America and Greenland. The Baffin Bay, Hudson, and Button regions are detailed. The Davis Straits and Coast Labrador are also shown. Work by Sanson (1650), De L’Isle (1700 and 1703), and Henri Ellis (1747) are represented in each quadrant. Scale not indicated.

This one-act opera to a libretto by Marmontel is dedicated "a son Altesse Royale Monseigneur Le Prince Charles de Pologne." This full score features a catalogue of Grétry's music on the verso of the title page. The opera was premiered in Paris on 19 February 1770 at the Comédie-Italiènne.

This collection of opera arias is scored for either one, two, or three voices with continuo (with figures). Some songs call for an obbligato violin. An alphabetical table of contents is located at the end of the volume.

This collection of opera arias is scored for either one or two voices with continuo (with figures) and, for some songs, obbligato flute.