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NY: G. Ricordi & Co.. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1909. Pamphlet. This 109 year old pamphlet is in good collectible condition with light edge wear. A one inch tear to the head of the spine. Light age toning. Previous owner has hand numbered the pages. 6 by 9 Inches. See Photos; Falstaff is an operatic commedia lirica in three acts with music by Giuseppe Verdi, adapted by Arrigo Boito from Shakespeare's plays The Merry Wives of Windsor and scenes from Henry IV. It was Verdi's last opera, written in the composer's ninth decade, and only the second of his 26 operas to be a comedy. It was also the third of Verdi's operas to be based on a Shakespearean play. - wiki Writen in Italian and English. Translated by W. Beatty Kingston. .whbx 3