Libretto based on Shakespeare's Othello.
Orchestral accompaniment arranged for piano.
Half t.p.: p. [1]; t.p.: p. [3]; publisher's emblem, copyright statement: p. [4]; "Personaggi": P. [5]; "Indice": p. [7].
Differs from Hopkinson 63 A in: lack of statement re. "prima rappresentazione"; spelling of "deposito" as "deposto" (in this copy); "C.ie" in place of "Cie"; "New-York" in place of "New York"; and listing of M. Bernard, not E. Mellier, as the publisher's agent in St. Petersburg.
First edition (precedes Hopkinson 63 A).
Inscription: All'insigne scrittore Giovanni Payne il quale seppe trasfondere nell'idioma di Schakespeare [sic] la mente del Boccaccio con profonda simpatia ed ammirazione. affe. Arrigo Boito": p. [1].
From the library of John Payne.
Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918, librettist.
Saladino, Michele, 1835-1912, arranger.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello.
Saladino, Michele, 1835-1912, arranger.
Payne, John, former owner.
Cary, Mary Flagler, former owner.