Music and Antiquarian Books and Manuscripts

Music and Antiquarian Books and Manuscripts

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L. v. Beethoven. Collection of early editions of his piano works, c.1801-1833

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Beethoven, Ludwig van


Collection of early editions of his piano works


Trois Sonates pour Le Piano-Forte...Oeuvre 2 [Op.2] [cf. Hoboken, ii 19], Bonn: N. Simrock, [after 1810], 51 pages, oblong folio, engraved throughout, plate number 75, disbound, gatherings strengthened at hinge


Trois Sonates pour le clavecin ou piano forte...Oeuvre X [Op.10] [BWV, i, p.53], Bonn: N. Simrock, [1801], 43 pages, oblong 4to, engraved throughout, plate number 150, disbound, browning, repairs to spine


Tre Sonate per il Forte Piano con un Violino...Opera 12 [parts] [BWV, i, p.64], Bonn: N. Simrock, [1801/1802?], 1 leaf, 45 and 17 pages, oblong 4to, engraved throughout, plate number 133, priced at Fr. 7.50 in manuscript, nineteenth-century marbled boards 


Ire Symphonie pour le Pianoforte à quatre mains arrangé par Charles Zulehner [Op.21] [BWV, i, p.132], Leipzig: Kühnel, [1813], 31 pages, engraved throughout, plate number 1033, bookseller's label over imprint ("à Amsterdam, chez H. C. Steup..."), contemporary half calf, small excision to upper inner corner of title leaf, slightly affecting music on verso, binding very worn, text block detached


Grande Sonate pour le Piano Forte...Oeuvre XXII [Op.22], Leipzig: au Bureau de Musique, [c.1806], Titelauflage, 23 pages, oblong 4to, engraved throughout, plate number 88, ownership inscription to title ("Henriette Rust"), modern quarter leather binding, extensive expert repairs, including to title, trimmed to plate


Trois Sonates pour le Clavecin où Pianoforte [...'ou Piano-Forte': nos. 2 and 3]...Oeuvre 29. N.o 1 [...2...3: numbers in manuscript] [Op.31] [BWV, i, p.188], Vienna: Cappi, [after 1806], 3 volumes in one, 27, 23, 22 pages, oblong 4to, engraved throughout, plate numbers 1027, 1028, 1115, manuscript label to upper cover ("688 / Trois Sonates de Beethoven."), contemporary boards


Sinfonia Eroica aggiustata per il Pianoforte...Op.55 [BWV, i, p.304], Leipzig: C.F. Peters (Bureau de Musique), [from 1814], Titelauflage, 1 leaf, 45 pages, oblong 4to, engraved throughout, plate number 520, disbound, spotting and browning to margins


Grande Sonate Pour Le Piano-Forte [Op.53] [Hoboken, ii 257], Zürich: J.G. Nägeli, [1805], 1 leaf, 29 pages, oblong 4to, engraved throughout, uncut, ties, browning to edges


Grande Symphonie...arrangée à 4 mains pour le Piano Forte...par W. Watts...Op:60. N.o I [BWV, i, p.339], Bonn and Cologne: N. Simrock, [1817], 51 pages, oblong 4to, plate number 1398, stamp of "Bibliotheca Landsbergiana" to title and p.3, disbound, browning


Sonate pour le Piano-Forte...Oeuvre 78 [Op.78] [cf. BWV, i, p.492], Vienna: Artaria, [1810/1811], 1 leaf, FIRST VIENNA EDITION, variant issue, 11 pages, oblong 4to, engraved throughout, plate number 2126, priced at "50 x. C.M.", signature to title ("...Sechter"[?]), ties, spine reinforced with old blue paper, browning to title, small tear to upper outer corner of title


Septième Grande Sinfonie en La majeur (A dur)...Op.92 arrangée pour le pianoforté à quatre mains par Charles Czerny [BWV, i, p.598], Leipzig: Probst/Vienna: Haslinger, [from 1828], 57 pages, oblong 4to, plate number 358, stamp of "Bibliotheca Landsbergiana" to title, disbound, some damp-staining


Grosse Sonate für das Hammer-Klavier...Op:106 [Hoboken 438], Vienna: Artaria, [1832/1833], Titelauflage, 1 leaf, 6, 59 pages, 4to, 6-page catalogue of works, plate number 2588, some manuscript annotations to title, disbound, outer leaves affixed to preceding leaves, spotting


Sonate für das Pianoforte...111tes Werk [Op.111] [Hoboken, ii 463], Vienna: Cappi, [1823], 1 leaf, 23 pages, 1 (blank) leaf, oblong 4to, engraved throughout, plate number 2505, nineteenth-century marbled boards, covers worn


12 Nouvelles Bagatelles faciles agréables pour le Piano Forte...Oeuv: 112 [recte: Op.119] [BWV, i, p.766], Vienna: Diabelli, [1826?], 13 pages, 4to, engraved throughout, plate number 2224, various manuscript annotations to title ("...F.K. 14.6.81..."), ownership stamp of Alfred Cortot to title ("CA"), ties, dust-staining to outer pages, some gatherings strengthened at hinge


Trente-trois variations sur une valse pour le piano-forte...Oeuv.120 [Op.120] [BWV, ii, pp.707ff.], Paris: A. Farrenc, [before November 1829], 41 pages, folio, engraved throughout, plate number 264, some later pencil annotations, ownership signature to title ("Erich Hertzmann"), uncut, ties, light browning to outer pages


together with later editions by Haslinger of the piano sonatas WoO47, Opp.10, 13, 14, 22, 26, 27, 28, 31, 29, 53, 54, 57, 78, 81a, 90, 101, 109, 110 and 111, 30 works in 3 volumes, manuscript index of the sonatas with incipits bound in to first volume, nineteenth-century cloth gilt

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