[Rarebooks] FS: Berio's rare (1819?) libretto for Rossini's opera based on Shakespeare's Othello

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM) Berio, Francesco Maria, Marchese di Salza. OTELLO, o sia L'Affricano di Venezia: Drama Tragico per Musica da Rappresentarsi Nell'imp. e r. Teatro in Via della Pergola la Quadragesima del 1819... Florence: Nella Stamperia Fantosini. No date (1819?). 12mo. (2),34pp. Orig. paste paper wrappers, a bit chipped.    $350.00 (trade discount allowed)
This is the libretto by Francesco Maria Berio di Salsa used by Rossini in his 3 act Opera "Otello",  without the music. Although based on Shakespeare's play, it deviates significantly. This rare printing is recorded in OCLC only at Folger and Harvard.

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