Il S. Alessio : dramma musicale : dall'eminentissimo, et reverendissimo signore card. Barberino, fatto rappresentare al serenissimo prencipe Alessandro Carlo di PoloniaLandi, Stefano, 1586 or 1587-1639MDCXXXIV [1634]itaBEIN Italian Festivals +49: Extra illustrated copy with additional set of engravings (without the proscenium arches). No. 3 of 3 titles bound together.MUS : Gift of the Friends of Music and The Library Associates, 1953.Opera performed at thePalazzo della Cancelleria during the Carnival in Rome, 1634, honoring the visit of Prince Alexander Charles of Poland.Music by Stefano Landi, libretto by Giulio Rospigliosi. Cf. Grove music online.T.p. with engraved coat of arms of Cardinal Barberino.Engraved plates representing opera decors; each signed "J.B. [i.e. J.L. Bernini]; J. Collignon, sculp."Set design is often falsely attributed to Gian Lorenzo Bernini; Pietro da Cortona contributed to the set design. Cf. Art Bulletin 46:4 (Dec. 1964) p. 569, fn 3.Cf. RISM L534.