With red chalk markings and cuts made with paste-overs and pinning. Some of the paste-overs are green (French?) paper. The oboe part contains some red chalk illustrations.
'Poliuto', opera seria in 3 acts, libretto by Salvatore Cammarano after Pierre Corneille. Composed for performance at Naples, 1838, but not passed by the censor. Rewritten as 'Les Martyrs', opera in 4 acts with libretto in French by Eugene Scribe, and first performed at the Paris Opéra on 10 Apri...
'Roberto Devereux', opera in 3 acts, libretto by Salvatore Cammarano after F. Ancelot. Viola part only. With markings in pencil and red chalk, some dated '1842' and '1845', and cuts made with paste-overs and pinning. Text in Italian. Players' names 'Alsept & Calkin' added to front cover. Firs...
'Torquato Tasso', opera in 3 acts, libretto by Jacopo Ferretti. Chorus parts. First performed at the Teatro Valle, Rome, on 9 September 1833. First performed in London at Her Majesty's Theatre on 3 March 1840.
Tenor 1, 4 copies, and Tenor 2, 3 copies. On paper with blind stamp of Charnez, Paris. Text in Italian. Names added to front covers, often with later dates, 'Wm Ashton', 'J Price 1840', 'Mr House 1840', 'George F Nye 1840', 'Wm Grice 1842', 'Mr Seymour 1847'.
Bass, 8 copies. On paper with blind stamp of Charnez, Paris. Text in Italian. Names added to front covers, often with later dates, 'F Howson 1840', 'Kuczynski 1840', 'M D McCarthy 1840', 'A T Mattacks 1842', 'J G Atherstone 1845', 'F Henssler 1847'.