Large octavo. Quarter dark blue morocco with marbled boards, raised bands on spine in gilt-ruled compartments, titling gilt. 1f. (recto title within decorative architectural border, verso blank), 1f. (recto named cast list and contents, verso blank), 49, [i] (50-54), 55-178 pp. Some leaves unopened. Named cast includes Nicot, Chapuy, Bouhy, and Giraudet from the Opéra-Comique, and Froment, Carvalho, Battaille, Balanqué, and Sax from the Théâtre Lyrique. Binding very slightly worn, rubbed, and bumped. Third version, later issue. Philémon et Baucis, to a libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré after Jean de La Fontaines fable, was first performed in Paris at the Théâtre Lyrique on February 18, 1860. "At the suggestion of Léon Carvalho, director of the Théâtre Lyrique, Gounod expanded his original two-act frame into three by adding a middle act that depicts the orgiastic celebrations of the townspeople in Jupiters temple. For the 1876 revival at the Opéra-Comique which established Ph