Einzig rechtmässige mit der Handschrift des Componisten gleichlautende Original-Ausgabe.
First ed.; with the original German text; engraved.
Collation: frontispiece (portrait of the composer, with a facsimile of an autograph musical quotation from the opera, signed): p. [2]; t.p.: p. [3]; table of contents: p. 1 (2nd group); "Anmerkung" by F.W. Jähns (dated 1849): p. [2] (2nd group); music: p. 3-262.
Inscription: Presented to Library of 'Manuscript Society' by Mrs. Eugene Thayer, April 1899.
From the library of Eugene Thayer, with his name and the date "Mar. 1865" on p. [1] of cover.
Kind, Friedrich, 1768-1843, librettist.
Thayer, Eugene, 1838-1889, former owner.