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3. Il pastor fido. In Lorenzo da Ponte, Libretti viennesi, a cura di Lorenzo della Chà.
2 vols. Parma, Fondazione Pietro Bembo / Ugo Guanda editore, (La Tipografia
Varese (VA), 1999). Pp. XCVII, (1)-877; [4], (879)-1849, [15].
Taylorian: BIO.7252.A.3(1-2).
ISBN 8882460606. A volume in the series Biblioteca di scrittori italiani diretta da
Dante Isella e Giovanni Pozzi. The finito di stampare is dated April 1999. Da
Ponte‟s libretto for Antonio Salieri‟s 4-act opera of February 1789 (see 1789/1)
occupies pp. (817)-877 of volume 1, while the 3-act version produced for the opera‟s
revival in the following October and November (see 1789/2) occupies pp. (1505)-
1556 of volume 2. The editor‟s „Notizie storiche‟ on Il pastor fido occupy pp. (1738)-
1749. Along the way he manages to introduce one of those red herrings which turn
up from time to time, saying that the play was translated into French by one
Théophilipe Viau [sic]…
2000
1. [Compendio: English]. The compendium of tragicomic poetry (1599) [extracts]. In
Theatre/theory/theatre: the major critical texts from Aristotle and Zeami to Soyinka
and Havel, edited with introductions by Daniel Gerould. New York – London,
Applause, (2000). Pp. 492.
BLDSC: m00/24662.
ISBN 1557833095. An abbreviated version of the extracts translated and published
by Allan H. Gilbert in the 1962 reprint of his anthology Literary criticism: Plato to
Dryden (see 1962/1), together with Gerould‟s brief introduction, occupy pp. (130)-
134.
2008
1. Il compendio della poesia tragicomica [De la poésie tragi-comique]. Texte
présenté, traduit et annoté par Laurence Giavarini. Paris, Honoré Champion éditeur,
2008. Pp. 416, [15].
Taylorian: PQ4626.A6.P37 2008.
ISBN 2745317776. Textes de la Renaissance, 140. First critical edition of a text first
published in 1601 (see 1601/1). The introduction (pp. (7)-170) is followed by the text
accompanied by a parallel French translation (pp. (173)-335) and by notes and other
critical material. The transcriptions of titlepages (p. 180) are more than a little
suspect.