23rd Nov, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Haydn [Franz Joseph].
La Creation du Monde, Oratorio en Trois Parties Traduit de l'Allemand Mis En Vers Francais par Joseph A. Segur. Musique d'Haydn Arrangee pour le Piano ... par D. Steibelt.
Paris: Erard, Lyon: Garnier, no date, quarto, vocal score, engraved frontis (replacement fore-edge margin), [2], 176 engraved pages (no plate number), gilt presentation initials to front endpaper, all edges gilt, gilt-tooled full morocco binding;
idem, Die Jahreszeiten von Joseph Haydn, Klavierauszug.
Leipzig, Breitkopf & Hartel, no date [1801], oblong folio, [2], 176 pages, worn with several tears, vocal score, letter from Ludwig Doblinger (1949) certifying the score as a 1800 first edition, large unidentified signature on title page and page 1 (worthy of further research), worn original covers with leather spine, housed in solander box with bookplate of the 7th Earl of Harewood. (2)
Sold for £150
Estimated at £200 - £400
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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