Added t.p. (in color): Per l'anniversario della morte di Alessandro Manzoni XXII maggio MDCCCLXXIV. Messa da requiem. Quattro parti principali: soprano-mezzo soprano-tenore-basso. Coro.
Italian and Latin words printed as text on p. vi-xiii.
First ed., 1st issue.
Resembles Hopkinson 3 A, except that the pl. no. appears on all pages, not "occasionally in the music."
With composer's signed inscription, dated London, 24 May 1875, to A[lberto?] Randegger: front endpaper.
From the collection of The Edward MacDowell Memorial Association.
Saladino, Michele, 1835-1912, arranger.
Fava, Angelo, translator.
Borri, Claudio, translator.
Manzoni, Alessandro, 1785-1873.
Randegger, Alberto, 1832-1911, former owner.