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18321335562Firenze: Tipografia Borghi E Compagni 1832. Volume Unico. Hardcover. Octavo; 1097pp; full contemporary vellum gilt with red morocco label; old hand-soiling and minor warping; narrow inch-long paint drip on title label; "Rome 1840" in ink on front end-paper; scattered mild foxing; contents very good throughout with several full page steel engravings.; Spine is thick; vellum with gilt decoration and title on red accent. Shelved in Allan's Office. 1335562. FP New Rockville Stock. Tipografia Borghi E Compagni hardcover books
015488Parigi Paris 1755-1769: Presso La Vedova Quillau/Presso G.C. Molin. Small Octavo. Complete in 10 volumes text in Italian. Each volume has engraved title page. Vol. 1 has frontispiece by D. Sornique after C. Eisen and vignette headpiece by N. Le Mire after C.N. Cochin. Vol. 1-9 1755; Vol. 10 Parigi: Presso G.C. Molini bookseller 1769. All uniformly bound in vellum spines fully decorated in gilt double red morocco spine labels gilt all edges speckled red evidence of early owner bookplate removal to each volume with short split to upper joint of volume one usual soiling to the vellum. A very nice set and scarce with tenth volume. A favorite of Thomas Jefferson who only had volumes 1-8 see Sowerby Catalogue. Presso La Vedova Quillau/Presso G.C. Molin unknown books
1794006156Venezia: Tipografia Pepoliana 1794-1795. Quarter Calf. Marbled boards. . Very Good. 16mo. 11.5 by 7.5 cm. A vast compendium of Metastasio's poetic works excepting his lyric opera libretti. Not a few of the works contained herein however were intended to be accompanied by music and many of these are dramatic works short to long-ish and with casts of characters -- essentially one act operas some with many scenes. These works moreover were some of his most popular works in their day. Among the works included are "La Contesa de' Numi" "Il Tempio dell'Eternita" "L'Asilo d'Amore" "Le Grazie Vendicate" "Il Sogno di Scipione" "Il Palladio Conservato" "Il Parnaso Accusato e Difeso" "La Pace fra la Virtu e la Belezza" "Astrea Placata" etc. etc. All the volumes contain the decorative bookplate of Alexander Speirs who was a prominent Scottish politician in the early 19th century. Spine labels with number of volume only missing label for volumes 1 and 12 the latter has a slight remnant of the label. Boards with speckled marbled paper pastedowns. These have some darkening. The bindings otherwise with minor bumping here and there and scattered scuffs. Nonetheless the near-miniature set remains very attractive and also very uncommon. <br/><br/> Tipografia Pepoliana hardcover books
175721183Turin: Stamperia Reale 1757. Later printing. Vellum. Good. Later printing. Nine vols. of an eventual ten. 8vo. pp. ff 2 12 ii-ccxiv ff 1 7-304; ff 2 8-440; ff 2 6-438 1; ff 2 6-470 1; ff 2 9-461 1; ff 1 8-469 1; ff 1 431 1; ff 1 12-446 1; ff 1 10-422 1; uniformly bound in contemporary three quarter vellum and parchment boards; contemporary handwritten titles and later handwritten call numbers to spines; boards lightly spotted and soiled especially at spines; card pocket to front pastedown at first and ninth volumes; pockets roughly removed from other volumes at front pastedown; later ownership inscriptions to each volume; library stamps to rectos of each engraved title leaf; later embossed stamps and pencil annotations to letterpress title leaves; bookplate at verso of title leaf to all volumes; card pockets and electronic tags to rear pastedowns; text leaves clean. Properly deaccessioned. Vellum. This title was first issued in Paris in 1755. Here published in Turin in 1757 in nine volumes. Volume 10 was published later in 1768 and is often missing from the set when offered.<br/><br/>"Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi better known by his pseudonym of Pietro Metastasio 3 January 1698 - 12 April 1782 was an Italian poet and librettist considered the most important writer of opera seria libretti." wikipedia. Stamperia Reale unknown books
17671333<b>Partenope. Festa teatrale da rappresentarsi in musica nell imperial regio teatro festeggiandosi i felicissimi sponsali di Ferdinando II. di Borbone re delle Due Sicilie e di Maria Giuseppa d'Austr</b>ia l'anno MDCCLXVII Vienna: Nella stamperia di Ghelen 1767. First edition of the Ghelen libretto. Sartori 17845 42pp.; Sonneck 851; Schtz 4551. <br /><br />Small quarto 6 3/4 x 8 3/4". Modern floral boards. Engraved title shaved at bottom. A few stains on last leaf otherwise fine. Page of printed half title verso blank; 1p. blank frontis engraving on reverse; 1p. engraved title verso blank; 1p. argomento; 1p. inerlocutor; 40pp. text. Collation: 3 A-E4. Ornaments engraved initials. Festival drama in two scenes with chorus at the end. Music by Johann Adolf Hasse libretto by Pietro Metastasio. <br /><br />This drama was composed at the command of Empress Maria Theresa for the marriage of Ferdinand I 1751-1825 king of Two Siciles to Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria. The drama was at Vienna's Burgtheater on September 9 1767. Mozart was in attendance. It had been presented at court the evening before. <br /><br />This libretto has little to do with the traditional basis for the opera Partenope originally written in 1699 by Silvio Stampiglia. Instead it was given over to singing and dancing to celebrate the happiness of the royal couple with special Neapolitan equipment for the 2stage setting described in detail in the text. Also of importance is the role of the choir which is presented here as a character in the action not simply a passive voice. This production failed as drama since the plot had little to offer in the way of suspense as well as other qualities that are required for successful drama. Nevertheless due to its flourishes and use of the spectacular it was restaged in Livorno Naples Palermo and Roma Sartori 17845-50. <br /><br /><b>Partenope</b> in this setting was also staged at the Regio Teatro del Nuovo San-Souci Torino in 1775 Berlin: Haude e Spener. Like the few other Ghelen publications of the decade devoted to festival performance Partenope is an elegant production with its many fine engravings and ornaments suggestive of the characters at the beginning of each scene. Ghelen was the court printer for the Holy Roman Empire during this era. There are a total of eight engravings two full-page by J.C. von Reinsperger after J. Biderman. <br /><br />According to Greek legend Parthenope was the daughter of the god Achelous and the Muse Terpsichore. She cast herself into the sea and drowned when her songs failed to entice Odysseus. Her body washed ashore at Naples on the island of Megaride where the Castel dell'Ovo is now located. When people from the city of Cumae settled there they named their city Parthenope in her honor. <br /><br />Several operas based on the myth of Parthenope were composed in the 18th century by Sarro 1722 Vinci 1725 Handel 1730 Vivaldi 1738 and Hasse 1767. Sartori identifies 32 different printing of this libretto prior to ours. OCLC: CGU GZM NYP DLC.<br /><br /> Ghelen hardcover books
182014112Milan: Societa Tipografica de' Classici Italiani 1820. 8vo. 5 vols. I: Frontis. LV 1 565 3 pp. II: 642 2 pp. III: 646 2 pp. lacking half-title. IV: 626 2 pp. V: 4 617 11 index pp. <br><br>Five-volume set of collected works by the celebrated 18th-century poet and librettist with the first three volumes dedicated to his historical plays. Contemporary vellum spines with gilt-stamped leather title and volume labels and gilt-stamped decorative bands; bindings lightly soiled a bit sprung with spine labels chipped and rubbed spines with shelving numbers in white one volume lacking volume label. All page edges stained gold. Front pastedowns with institutional bookplates title-pages with shadows of pencilled numerals. Vol. III lacking half-title. Intermittent light foxing most pages clean. Societa Tipografica de' Classici Italiani hardcover books
1806008493Londra: A. Dulau & Co. 1806. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. Second edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Two volume set. Vol. I: vi 284 pages of text. Vol. II: iv 284 pages of text. Original full leather bindings with black leather spine labels. Hinges are cracking and worn but remain attached functional and attractive. Moderate rubbing to extremities. The first volume is illustrated with a frontisportrait of Metastasio. Italian poet and dramatist; court poet to Charles IV 1730; Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi; lyric dramas oratorios poems for cantatas opera. A. Dulau & Co. Hardcover books
1794006157Venezia: Tipografia Pepoliana 1794-1795. Quarter Calf. Marbled boards. . Very Good. The collected full-length operas of the foremost librettist of opere serie during the eighteenth century. 16mo. 11.5 by 7.5 cm. While these operas were set to music originally by composers mostly forgotten a few of them were re-used as libretti by others and most notably by Mozart who set music to "La Clemenza di Tito" which has in more recent years become a staple of the major opera houses. All of Metastasio's full length operas are here except for "Siface Re di Numidia" and "L'Impresario delle Isole Canarie". We strongly believe that the set is complete as the operas are arranged generally in chronological order and they are in strict chronological order in the latter half; in other words the two omitted works if they were part of the set would have been in the earlier numbers. There is one opera per volume. Each volume has a copper engraved illustration on its title page. All the volumes contain the decorative bookplate of Alexander Speirs who was a prominent Scottish politician in the early 19th century. Spine labels with number of volume only missing all or part of the labels for volumes 5 11 and 14. Spine leather heavily worn on Vol. 11 by joint where chewed and 12 the latter has a slight remnant of the label. Boards with speckled marbled paper pastedowns. These have some darkening. The bindings otherwise with minor bumping here and there and scattered scuffs. Nonetheless the near-miniature set remains very attractive and also very uncommon. <br/><br/> Tipografia Pepoliana hardcover books
1827117847Cremona: Luigi de Micheli e Bernardo Bellini 1827. Hardbound. Tight bindings with some general wear and foxing to pages but no major flaws;. Quarter leather with marbled paper over boards; gilt lettering and decoration on spine; each work numbered individually; occasional bw engravings;. Text in Classical Italian of the version spoken in the 18th-19th centuries. This grouping contains the original 14 volumes in 7 books two volumes per book. It is a lovely matched set. Luigi de Micheli e Bernardo Bellini hardcover books
18134245London: R. Zotti etc. 1813. Good. 17 cm; 5 volumes of six; lacks volume 6. Engraved portrait frontispiece. Uniformly bound in tan polished calf ruled in gilt with leather labels on spine titled in gilt. Bindings shelf worn with occasional scuffs spines somewhat darkened and leather label missing from volume 5. Early gift inscription. Bookseller's ticket. R. Zotti, [etc.] hardcover books
1780WB15485Parigi Paris: Presso la Vedova Herissant 1780-1782. Full Calf. Very Good. Complete set of 12 volumes. Contemporary mottled calf spines gilt. Bindings rubbed but a sound set overall. Extra shipping charges will apply. <br/><br/> Presso la Vedova Herissant unknown books
