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Librería José Porrúa Turanzas 2020 Boston Virtual Book Fair

THE FIRST PERFORMANCE AT THE TEATRO ALLA SCALA IN MILAN WITH LATES AFTER SANQUIRICO
14. PACINI, Giovanni. Il Talismano ossia La Terza Crociata in Palestina Melodramma sto-
rico Posto in Musica per l’I.R. Teatro alla Scala. Dedicato a Sua Eccellenza la Sig. Con-
a
tessa Giulia Samoyloff nata Contessa di Pahlen. Milano & Firenze, Gio. Ricordi, c.1830.
Obong folio (232 x 325)mm. (1) ff. title-page, (1) ff. index, 266 pp., all engraved with
musical notations and pentagrams, 5 engraved plates on lithography hand-colored at
the time representing the scenes for the work afer drawings by Sanquirico. Bound in full
navy blue morocco, gilt on covers, spine gilt. 10.000 € / US$ $11,500

First edition, of great rarity, extra illustrated with plates after Sanquirico. Il Talismano,
with libretto by Gaetano Barniere on a text by Walter Scott, was the first performance
at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, staged on June 10, 1829. The book, with all pages en-
graved, is extra illustrated with 5 magnificent engraved plates in lithograph, hand-col-
ored at the time, invented and drawn by Alessandro Sanquirico representing scenes for
the work of Il Talismano. The plates included in this volume correspond to Sanquirico’s
designs for this opera, they are numbered 165 to 169. A copy of exceptional rarity and
beauty, bound in a beautiful contemporary navy blue morocco binding.

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