Bellini, Vincenzo; Donizetti, Gaetano

La Sonnambula: Melodramma in Due Atti [bound with:] Lucrezia Borgia: Melodramma in Un Prologo e Due Atti

Milan: R. Stabilimento Ricordi, 1871. Hardcover. 14, [2] p., 1 vocal score (183 p.); 15, [1] p., 1 vocal score (241 p.): portrait, music; 28 cm. Contemporary leather spine with five spine compartments between triple gilt rules; maroon pebble-grain cloth over boards. Gilt-tooled titles in second and fourth compartments. Former owner's name gilt-tooled on front cover: W.F. O'Connor. No date of publication. R. Stabilimento Ricordi was used in the publisher's imprint from 1860 to 1888; the Rome office, which is included in this imprint, was established in 1871. At head of each title page: Edizioni Economiche Ricordi. Italian libretto on pages preceding each score. Original yellow wrappers bound in with illustrated front wrappers and publisher's advertisements on back wrappers. Light grey endpapers. "Opera completa per canto e pianoforte." In Good Condition: rubbed with minor loss at tail of spine; front hinge opening; front free endpaper detached but present; pages are browning with slightly brittle edges, but clean. Good. Item #005716

Price: $45.00