Drammaturgia di Lione Allaci accresciuta e continuata fino all' anno MDCCLV
Venezia: Pasquali, 1755.
Small quarto. Quarter vellum with dark orange decorative title label gilt to spine. 4ff., 1,016 columns (= 508 pp.), including the supplement (columns 837-946), additions and corrections (947-950), and an index of authors (951-1016).
With a fine woodcut device to title and occasional woodcut head- and tailpieces.
A very good, wide-margined, uncut copy, with only occasional minor foxing and staining.
Cortot, p. 4. Hirsch I, Anh. 2. Wolffheim II, 908. Gregory-Bartlett I, 12. RISM BVI, p. 81.
"A compendious and surprisingly accurate list of dramatic works of all kinds, including opera librettos, published in Italy; it also lists many unpublished works." Thomas Walker in Grove Music Online
Allacci's bibliography of plays, operas, and ballets was first published in 1666 and revised by Giovanni Cendoni, Apostolo Zeno, and others for this updated edition of 1755.
Item #21115
Price: $750.00 other currencies