Le nozze di Figaro. Die Hochzeit des Figaro. Eine comische Oper in 4 Aufzügen.

Obl. 4to: 228 pp. (title missing, occ. foxing and toning, sl. wavy paper, occ. markings in pencil).

Three-quarter leather, paper covers, gilt-orn. spine (sl. worn).

Rare first edition of this famous opera which premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna on 1 May 1786. The opera's libretto is based on a stage comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais. It tells how the servants Figaro and Susanna succeed in getting married, foiling the efforts of their philandering employer Count Almaviva to seduce Susanna and teaching him a lesson in fidelity. PN 28.
Ref. RISM 4343.