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First edition, 8vo, xiv, 249 pp., 2 folding tables, inscribed copy, contemporary half calf, marbled sides and edges, joints cracked, spine rubbed, a very good clean copy.

First edition, 2 parts and supplement in 1 vol; folio (45 x 32.5 cm); hand-coloured double-page map by G. Guerra and 59 engraved hand-coloured plates after Pietro Fabris, the plates edged in black with grey washed margins including two engraved titles; contemporary red morocco, richly gilt, covers with gilt dentelles. NB. lacks first leaf of text in vol. I, else an excellent example.

Third Dutch edition, large paper copy, 2 volumes in 2 parts in 4 volumes, folio (59 x 37 cm); Dutch text; 4 letterpress titles printed in red and black, 4 engraved titles in 3rd state, 4 engraved portraits (one of which double-page), engraved plate of coat-of-arms, double-page genealogical table, 136 engraved maps, plans, bird's-eye views, or plates, together with the additional single-page plate of the monument to Charles Emmanuel II on the Voie Sarde, engraved head- and tailpieces and initials (occasional very light and insignificant browning, a few plates with some scattered light spotting confined to extreme margins). Contemporary Dutch panelled mottled calf, richly gilt, spine with raised bands forming 9 compartments, morocco labels in second and third, gilt edges.

First edition; 2 vols, oblong folio (330 x 260mm, 13 x 10 1/8 in); orchestral score with libretto in Italian and German, vol. I with additional engraved vignette title by Bolt after Kinninger (foxed) of the supper scene between Commendatore and Don Giovanni, printed title with attractive ink presentation to upper corner margin, dated 1877) and 2 following pp. of text, engraved musical score 6-292pp, vol. II with printed title and engraved musical score 294-590pp, with separate printed divisional title 'Anhang von spaeter eingelegten Stuecken', some sporadic light foxing and minor staining, mostly to final leaf of vol. I, some leaves trimmed at upper edge with loss to pagination in vol.2 but in the main clean and bright; modern diced calf, upper covers lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers and edges, most attractive.

4to (285 x 230 mm); engraved vignette title with portrait of John Gay, Table of the Songs, Dramatis Personne 1777, Introduction, the playscript, and music score with libretto, toned, a few random spots or marks, otherwise very good; later full polished calf, scuffed, marked and bumped but very sound.

First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, lxxxviii, 231; viii, 334, [ii] pp., 2 engraved portrait frontispieces, folding black and white map, original blind-stamped brown cloth gilt, adverts to endpapers, publisher's slip; a fine set.

Second edition, 2 volumes, royal 8vo, xv, 472; xi, 512 pp., 12 lithographed plates, 102 wood engravings, coloured map, original blind-stamped decorative cloth gilt, a fine set.

Royal 8vo., second edition, engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title, map, 25 engraved plates, 23 woodcuts, scattered light foxing, publisher's gilt-decorated purple cloth, spine slightly dulled but overall a fine copy.

First UK edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, some minor spotting, 19th century half calf with marbled boards, spines gilt, a fine set.

First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, c, 530, [ii]; xiv, 555, [iii] pp., 16 pages ads date January 1860 end volume ii., 3 folding maps, numerous wood-engraved plates and illustrations in the text, original brown cloth gilt, a very good set.