1880 · London
by AUBER, Daniel-François-Esprit 1782-1871
London: Boosey and Co, 1880. Large octavo. Quarter black cloth with marbled boards and titling gilt to spine, pink endpapers, original publisher's decorative light orange upper wrapper bound in. 1f. (recto title, verso printing colophon), 1f. (recto contents, verso cast list and plot), 256 pp., 2ff. (publisher's catalogue).
Binding slightly worn, rubbed, and bumped; spine slightly discoloured, head slightly defective. Occasional minor foxing; light annotations in red crayon; moderate foxing to last two leaves. AWV 30. Second version, with new numbers and recitatives for London production.
Auber "composed mostly opéras comiques, and was the foremost representative of this genre in 19th-century France." Herbert Schneider in Grove Music Online. (Inventory #: 29295)
Binding slightly worn, rubbed, and bumped; spine slightly discoloured, head slightly defective. Occasional minor foxing; light annotations in red crayon; moderate foxing to last two leaves. AWV 30. Second version, with new numbers and recitatives for London production.
Auber "composed mostly opéras comiques, and was the foremost representative of this genre in 19th-century France." Herbert Schneider in Grove Music Online. (Inventory #: 29295)