Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. (1756–1791). [KV 527] Il Dissoluto Punito o sia Il Don Giovanni. Dramma giocoso. La Musica del Signore Wolffgango Mozard. Messa per il Piano Forte del Carlo Zulehner. [Vocal Score]. Mainz: Schott. [1791]. First Edition, First Issue. Oblong 4to. (21.5 x 30 cm). Title [verso blank]; [1]; Personen [2]; 3 - 207 pp. Engraved title and music. [PN] 138. Text in Italian and German. The first issue, with the composer's name spelled "Mozard", in advance of the publication of the subscriber's list and index of arias. Modern half goatskin binding. Occasional markings in period ink or pencil, many pages with archival mending to the paper mostly in the margins, the final page supplied in facsimile. A very good copy. Fuld p. 371; Haberkamp, p. 292; RISM M4504; Hirsch, iv 134.


An extremely rare copy of the earliest issue of Mozart's greatest opera, regarded by many as the finest opera ever composed. Only six copies are known to Haberkamp and the full score of the work was not published until 1801.


In two acts with an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, Don Giovanni is based on the legends of Don Juan, a fictional libertine and seducer. It was first performed by the Prague Italian opera at the Teatro di Praga (now called the Estates Theatre) on October 29, 1787.