Dante. Opera in 4 Acts

Blau, Edouard; Benjamin Godard (music). Dante. Opera in 4 Acts. New Orleans: M. Variol, No Date c. 1890. First edition. Quarto. Unpaginated. Original illustrated pink wrappers with black lettering on cover. Masterpieces of French Opera. Libretto by Edouard Blau. Dante is one of eight opera’s composed by this French violinist and composer. It was staged first on May 13, 1890 at the Opéra-Comique in Paris. Libretto an score are densely framed throughout by various business ads from New Orleans and surroundings. Wrappers rubbed with light soiling and wear along edges, creased in lower right corner, some chips, particularly at head an tail of spine. Wrappers in overall fair, interior in good condition. g. Softcover. (35995) $75