Lot 403
Verdi, Giuseppe
Auction: 4 February 2009 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Les Vêpres siciliennes, Gd Opéra en 5 actes, [vocal score]. Paris, Léon Escudier, 1855. First edition, large 4to (c.33.5 x 25.5cms), 415 pages, elaborate lithographed title, engraved music, plate no. L.E. 1500 ('Ballet': L.E. 1501), priced at 30f., London bookseller's label, early blue boards, blue-gilt label to spine, occasional light browning, rather rubbed but a good copy
Footnote
Note: Hopkinson 56A (a); Chusid, p.170. This is a large and imposing score of Verdi's first grande opéra composed for Paris. It appeared a few weeks after the premiere at the Opéra on 13 June 1855, and may have been prepared during the rehearsals. Some separate numbers were advertised in June 1855 (perhaps reflected in the plate numbers and dual paginations), but no copies are traced by Hopkinson.