FRAGEROLLE Georges. - VIGNOLA Amédée]: LE SPHINX. Lyrical ep - Lot 172

FRAGEROLLE Georges. - VIGNOLA Amédée]: LE SPHINX. Lyrical epic in 16 tableaux. Poem and music by Georges Fragerolle. Shadows and Décors by Amédée Vignola.Paris, Enoch Cie, et E. Flammarion, 1896. In-8: oblong format, publisher's hardback illustrated in color on both covers, illustrated paper dust jacket (with small tears and missing parts). Illustrated with 17 lithographs by Amédée Vignola, 40 pp + 1 f. n.,ch (illustrated plate). Fine copy illustrated with 17 full-page color lithographs by Amédée Vignola. First edition of this poem by Georges Fragerolle, set to music by himself and performed for the first time at Rodolphe Salis's famous Montmartre cabaret "Le Chat noir" on January 21, 1896, where he was the saddened pianist with Erik Satie.