At head of title: Istituto italiano Antonio Vivaldi della Fondazione Giorgi Cini Venezia. Dipartimento di storia e critica delle arti "Giuseppe Mazzariol" dell Universita di Venezia.
Includes introductory essay "Hommage to a French king : two serenatas by Vivaldi (Venice, 1725 and ca. 1726)" by Michael Talbot and Paul Everett, with summary and Italian librettos for both works.
Librettist for the 1st work unknown, libretto for the 2nd by Domenico Lalli.
Reproduces holograph of 1st work (Foà 27, fol. 62-94) and copyist's ms. of 2nd with autograph additions and substitutions (Foà 27, fol. 146-253), Biblioteca nazionale, Turin.