[EARLY PRINTING] LULLY, JEAN BAPTIST armida, opera musicale Rome: Angelo Bernabo, 1690. 12mo. [8], 1-87, [1] pp. and 15 blank leaves at back. Apparently lacking a front blank. Contemporary or near contemporary full brown calf, gilt spine compartments, morocco spine label, gilt dentelles , with gilt arms (likely of a member of the Ordre de Chevaliers de Malte) at the center of the front and back covers, marbled endpapers; joints and corners of binding rubbed, edges occasionally scuffed. Containing the libretto in Italian and French on facing pages. Internally generally clean. Ex-library with label on front paste-down, pencil markings on title-page. The full score was first published in Paris in 1686. Lully died in 1687 from gangrene, having struck his foot with his long conducting staff; he refused to have the affected leg amputated so he could continue to dance. PROVENANCE: The Collection of Ambassador and Mrs. Alexander Weddell, Richmond, Virginia. Deaccessioned by The Virginia House Museum to benefit future preservation, acquisitions, and care of collections.