DONIZETTI, Gaetano 1797-1848

Lucia di Lammermoor (The Bride of Lammermoor) Opera in Three Acts ... The Italian Libretto Based on Walter Scott's Novel The English Version by Natalia MacFarren With an Essay on the Story of the Opera by E. Irenaeus Stevenson. [Piano-vocal score]

New York: G. Schirmer [PN 14047], [ca. 1926].

Large octavo. Full dark green cloth with titling gilt to upper board and spine. 1f. (recto title, verso copyright statement), iii-vi (named cast list and introduction), vii (contents), viii-xii (essay by Estelle Liebling), 1f. (recto half title, verso blank), 240 pp.

Named cast list includes Cosselli, Tacchinardi-Persiani, Duprez, Giacchini, Porto, Zappucci, and Rossi.

Spine slightly faded; former owner's handstamp ("William B. L. Janko") to front pastedown and former owner's signature ("Dennis Fuscaldo") in red ink to free front endpaper.

Item #30261

Price: $20.00  other currencies