23rd Nov, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus).
Les Misteres d'Isis Opera en Quatre Actes ... Arrange eh Mis en Scene par Lachnith.
Paris: Sieber, no date [c.1801], folio, vocal score, [4], 365 engraved pages, plate number 1666 throughout, title page signed by Sieber lower right with two faint stamps, annotation to several pages, corner folds, bookplate of the 7th Earl of Harewood, letter in mounted envelope identifies the work as the 'first print ... of the 'Magic Flute' music ... published and performed in Paris in 1801 ..' half vellum binding (rubbed and edgeworn).
Sold for £1,300
Estimated at £500 - £800
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 23rd Nov, 2022
Highlights include a collection of Opera scores and books from the Library of the late 7th Earl of Harewood, and two first edition Harry Potter books. Also included are early antiquarian books, modern first editions, illustrations, manuscripts, maps, early photographs, autographed letters and historic documents.
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