Memoirs of Lorenzo Da Ponte, Mozart's librettist
1929, First Edition. London : George Routledge & Sons. Very good cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Edges faintly foxed; contemporary reader inscription (1946) to front free endpaper. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #460413
Series; Broadway diaries, memoirs & letters. Physical description; 387 pages, 8 leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm. Notes; Translated, with an introduction and notes, by L. A. Sheppard (Leslie Alfred Sheppard, 1890-1985). Half title: Lorenzo Da Ponte Memoirs. Includes bibliographical footnotes and index. Subjects; Da Ponte, Lorenzo 1749-1838. Librettists Italy Biography. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus 1756-1791. Opera 18th century.
Price: €35.00