The opera
Subtitle: comprising the romantic legends, stories and plots of famous operas; and biographies of the composers
By: with an introduction by Guiseppe Verdi ; ed. by Albert Ellery Bergh
Contributors: Bates, Alfred, ed; Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901; Athenian Society (London, England)
Edition: Renaissance ed.
Publisher: The Athenian Society
Published: 1909
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Operas; Stories, plots; Opera
Notes: Title within ornamental border; title-page (v.1) and frontispieces hand tinted.

Each vol. has a 2nd title-page: The opera. Ed. in chief, Alfred Bates ... managing ed., Albert Ellery Bergh. London Historical Publishing Company.

"Of the Renaissance Edition, bound in 3/4 Morocco, there are but seven hundred and fifty sets made for the world, of which this is no. 46."

Bibliography: v.4, p. 359-362.