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London / Philadelphia: The Societe Universelle Unique. ex-library with expected marks plus perforation stamp on title page and final page of each section. plates have been marked with a library ink stamp. no longer bound. some edgewear and chipping to marginas and corners of pages, most noticable in section 10. ). Original binding is missing. Inside black library buckram wrapper and slipcase. Pages 215-314 and pages 375-514 + index. Many illustrations, including full page plates.

London, Paris, Berlin, and Philadelphia: The Societe Universelle Lyrique, 1899. Italian composer Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi came to dominate the Italian opera scene after the era of Gioachino Rossini, Gaetano Donizetti, and Vincenzo Bellini, whose works significantly influenced him. His operas remain extremely popular, especially the three peaks of his 'middle period': Rigoletto, Il trovatore and La traviata.