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English: Title page of an 1843 libretto of Giuseppe Verdi's I Lombardi alla prima crociata. Very early edition, possibly first edition, dating to the time of the opera's première.
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Harvard Library; scanned from an 1843 book:

Verdi, Giuseppe, I lombardi alla prima crociata : dramma lirico / di Temistocle Solera ; posto in musica dal sig. maestro Giuseppe Verdi ; da rappresentarsi nell'I. R. Teatro alla Scala il carnevale MDCCCXLIII. Milano : Per Gaspare Truffi, 1843.
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  • Uncredited/Anonymous. Nothing in the libretto credits him, as can be easily checked by checking the link above.
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Adam Cuerden   
 
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Image restorationist, composer, amateur photographer and artist, and Wikipedian
As Adam lives in Britain, which makes it incredibly easy to acquire copyright in his works, he grants, if needed, an irrevokable license to use this work however you see fit. He requests attribution where possible, and realises that "where possible" means that that request is not legally enforcable. Adam Cuerden (talk) 15:44, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
Date of birth 8 June 1979
Location of birth United States of America
See file page for creator info.
The main fix was that the page did not seem to be lying perfectly flat, so I straightened out the lines of text a bit.
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