1822réf. 1386073Parigi Paris: Presso Lefevre 1822. Hardcover. Parts I and II bound in a single volume. 12mo 6 iv 410 6 283 1 pages. In Poor condition. Bound in half brown calf with marbled paper boards; gatherings exposed. Both boards spine two blank front endpapers first two printed leaves and blank rear leaf detached; all but spine still present with volume. Text block lightly age toned and moderately foxed throughout. TG Consignment. 1386073. Special Collections - Downstairs. Presso Lefevre hardcover books
1840réf. 81462Paris France: Buttura 1840. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Two volumes. Text in Italian. 64mo. Both volumes near fine with some light soiling to the leather covering the boards. Small owner inscription to the front free endpaper of both volumes. Buttura hardcover books
1832réf. 1335562Firenze: 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. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office Case #3. 1335562. FP New Rockville Stock. Tipografia Borghi E Compagni hardcover books
1813réf. 4245London: 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. The most successful librettist of his day Metastasio collaborated with Pergolesi Alessandro Scarlatti and Leo; Farinelli and Metastasio worked closely together; his plays were set to music by Johann Christian Bach and Luigi Cherubini; and his Clemenza di Tito was borrowed by Mozart. R. Zotti, [etc.] hardcover books
1787réf. 121171787. METASTASIO PIETRO. Vita del Signor Abate Pietro Metastasio poeta cesareo. Naples: Luigi Migliaccio 1787. 12mo. 4 354 p. Port. trimmed and pasted to free endpaper. Contemporary vellum. Moderate foxing vellum a bit soiled else a very good copy. Biography of Pietro Metastasio 1698-1782. Metastasio the son of a papal soldier and pork-butcher was notably unsuccessful until his hobby of writing poetry came to the attention of the viceroy of Naples. His skill especially at writing drama then led to his quick rise and he was appointed Imperial Poet in 1730. Among his many works the Clemenza di Tito is probably best-known as the basis of Mozart's opera. unknown books
1827réf. 117847Cremona: 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
1795réf. 006156Venezia: Tipografia Pepoliana 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. Tipografia Pepoliana unknown books
1795réf. 006157Venezia: Tipografia Pepoliana 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. Tipografia Pepoliana unknown books
1780réf. WB15485Parigi 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. Presso la Vedova Herissant unknown books
