Verdi, Giuseppe. (1813-1901)

Il Trovatore. Dramma in quattro Parti di Salvatore Cammarano.

Milan: Tito di Gio. Ricordi. [1853]. First edition. Riduzione per pianoforte solo di Luigi Truzzi. Oblong folio. Title with vignette by Ratti of a scene from the opera; Indice; 21 separate issues, with continuous pagination at bottom right and individual pagination at top right; 140 pp. Engraved. [PN] 24967-24986. Contemporary purple boards with half blue calf. Boards somewhat worn and toned, scattered foxing, block separating from the joints internally with full separation of the title page and ffe  Issued simultaneously with Hopkinson 54A(e).


The opera was first performed at the Teatro Apollo in Rome on January 19th, 1853. (2883)


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