Verdi,G. La forza del destino. Piano reduction with vocal parts. Milano, Ricordi, (around 1900). Cl.4°. Plain paperback with enclosed lithograph. Original cover. - Accompanied by: 5 Hldr. volumes in the same format with a total of 15 piano reductions, mostly of operas (Bellini, Boito, Donizetti, Gouonod, Massé, Ricci, Johann Strauss, Verdi); various publishers (mostly Ricordi), around 1900; with 2 portrait fronts. - Some signs of wear, another piano reduction torn out of one of the volumes.

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