BELLINI (Vincenzo): La Sonnambula, melodramma di Felice Romani, musica di Vincenzo Bellini, Representate nel' Teatro Carcano di Milano li 6 Marzo 1831 i ridete con accompt di Pianoforte. Napoli, B. Girard, stada Toledo, N°177 (s.d.) (circa 1852?). One volume. 36,6 by 26 (Italian format). 156 pages (numbering sometimes double, folio 103-104 missing without missing in the score. A second copy of the title page inserted between act 1 and act 2). Half blue midnight calf of the period, smooth spine very richly decorated with irons, handwritten title on a label glued on the 1st plate. Some rubbing on the spine, foxing in the score. Engraved music of this opera which was a great success throughout the 19th century.

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