Giovanna de Guzman = I vespri siciliani : dramma in cinque atti / posto in musica dal Giuseppe Verdi ; riduzione per canto con accomp. di pianoforte di Luigi ed Aless. Truzzi e H. Potier ; [versione italiana di E.C.].

Original French libretto by A. Scribe and C. Duveyrier. Cf. Annals of opera / Alfred Loewenberg.
Each of the 35 numbers has its own caption title, price, separate pagination, pl. no., and imprint.
The caption titles vary considerably, and may be divided into elaborate and simple versions: the simple versions, some of which are the same, appear on Nos. 9, 11, 12, 14, 22-25, 31, and 35. The eight different elaborate versions appear on Nos. 1; 2, 3, 10, 13, and 15; 4-6, 16, and 26-28; 7 and 32-34; 8, 29, and 30; 17; 18-20; and 21; some of them contain the phrase "versione italiana di E. C." [i.e. E. Caimi].
First t.p.: p. [1] (1st group); dedication to P. Mitrovich: p. [3] (1st group); Second t.p.: p. [1] (2nd group); "Indice": p. [3] (2nd group); "Personaggi" and "Attori": p. [4] (2nd group).
Engraved.
Similar to Hopkinson 56 B (a), but with a reset t.p.
First complete Italian edition of the second version.