3330: 1 vol. Verdi Giuseppe. Falstaff. Commedia Start Price USD 1,500.00 Current Price USD 1,700.00 Time Left - Bid Count 6 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, October 19, 2008 End Time Sunday, October 19, 2008 Location Philadelphia, PA See more about '3330: 1 vol. Verdi Giuseppe. Falstaff. Commedia' Description Current Lot 1 vol. Verdi, Giuseppe. Falstaff. Commedia Lirica in Tre Atti di Arrigo Boito... Edizione da Bibliofili. Riduzione per Canto e Pianoforte di Carlo Cariganani. Milan: G. Ricordi, 1893. #30/100. First complete edition, de-luxe issue, piano-vocal score. Plate no. 9600. 4to, orig. gilt-lettered & decorated brown calf, untrimmed edges; joints & edges rubbed, spine ends & bottom corner of front cover occasionally heavily rubbed, some staining to end papers. With portrait & additional gilt illuminated chromolighographic title page. Generally internally clean, a few leaves darkened. This copy printed for Ada & Giuseppe Banfi. Verdi's final opera after Shakespeare's character from the Henry IV plays & the Merry Wives of Windor. "One of the glories of Falstaff is its melodic abundance. In 'arias' a few seconds long, Verdi captured the essence of what other composers might take pages to express" (New Grove, 19: 658). Hopkinson G4A (b) Place a Bid!