Peri, Jacopo. (1561 - 1633) L'Euridice - FIRST EDITION of the 2nd Opera in HistoryFirst edition of the libretto. [4ff.], 16ff., 4to. Quarter calf, cloth boards. Some light foxing and water stains, title a little browned, but generally a very good copy. Bookplate on inner board identifying this volume as from the collection of Baron Horace De Landau (1824 1903). Exceptionally rare. This historically important opera is the first where the music survives, and is one of the earliest operatic libretti to have been published, see below.