Falstaff. Lyrical Comedy in Three Acts

by Giuseppe Verdi, Arrigo Boito

$700 · Offered by Riverrun Books & Manuscripts

First edition

Milan, Rome, etc. G. Ricordi & Co, 1893. 4to 267 x 203 mm; 10½ x 8 inches . 471 pages. Full-page portrait of Verdi. Original gilt-lettered and -ruled green cloth. A fine copy with only slightest of wear at the ends of the spine. Item #402877 FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Published the same year as the first edition in Italian. Falstaff is the last of Verdi’s operas, composed as he neared his eightieth year.

Found via Rare Books Intel, a search across rare-book dealers, auction houses and marketplaces worldwide.