Le Mercure galant, Aoust 1681 - Donneau de Visé, Jean 1638-1710 (Paris De Luyne Blageart Girard, 1681)
One of the first French periodicals, founded in 1672 by Donneau de Visé, in order to provide the Parisian and provincial public with news of the Court and the city, and to report on all events, both mundane (births, marriages, deaths, appointments, festivals, concerts, religious ceremonies) and literary (sermons, new plays, new books, sessions of the French Academy)
Engraved title page with coat of arms
marbled cardboard cover
Dedié a Monseigneur Le Dauphin
Keywords: 17th Century (1601-1700); Music criticism; Poetry; Nobility; Biography; Literature; Journalism; Paris (France); air; blokfluit; boekprijs; muziek (algemeen); chanson; dansen; draailier; drukfouten; hoorn; vuurwerk; Lully; madrigaal; slaven; menuet; Staging