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Rameau (Jean-Philippe) and George Frideric Handel.
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Description
- Two early editions
1) Rameau. Les Festes de l'Hymen et de l'amour, ou Les Dieux d'Egypte, first edition, oblong 4to (24 x 31cms), engraved throughout, repairs to first 2 leaves, some foxing, contemporary calf, rebacked retaining part of spine, [RISM R 143; Hirsch, ii 769], Paris, for the composer, la veuve Boivin and Leclair [c.1748],
2) Handel. The Favourite Songs in the Opera call'd Siroe, folio (c.33 x 23cms), engraved throughout, printed on one side of each leaf only, [RISM H 332; Smith (Handel) no.3], lacking pages 13-16 (apparently issued without these 2 numbers), page 2 cropped at foot, modern cloth-backed boards, John Walsh & Joseph Hare, [c.1730]
2) Handel. The Favourite Songs in the Opera call'd Siroe, folio (c.33 x 23cms), engraved throughout, printed on one side of each leaf only, [RISM H 332; Smith (Handel) no.3], lacking pages 13-16 (apparently issued without these 2 numbers), page 2 cropped at foot, modern cloth-backed boards, John Walsh & Joseph Hare, [c.1730]