Text based on Shakespeare's Merry wives of Windsor and King Henry IV.
Orchestral accompaniment arranged for piano.
Pl. no. 69000 appears on p. 63.
First complete ed.
Collation: half t.p.: p. [1]; t.p.: p. [3]; publisher's device and statement of rights: p. [4]; "Personaggi": p. [5]; "Indice": p. [7]; divisional t.p., Act 1, Scene 1: p. [9]; music (with further divisional title pages): p. 1-474 (2nd group).
Does not correspond in all respects to either Hopkinson 64 A or 64 A (a): the "Prima rappresentazione" line is not present on the t.p.; the names of the singers are listed under "Personaggi"; and the music is not engraved.
Blind stamp apparently dated "1/1893": p. [1].
Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918, librettist.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Merry wives of Windsor.
Carignani, Carlo, arranger.