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Lot 55
  • 55

Handel, George Frideric.

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description

  • Collection of first and early editions
1) [Tamerlano] Tamerlane an Opera, London, Cluer [1724] [Smith no.1], without frontispiece and privilege, modern half calf, title affixed to first page of music
2) [Ormisda] The Favourite Songs in the Opera call'd Ormisda, London: Walsh and Hare [1730] [Smith no.1, apparently an unrecorded issue with leaf 4 foliated and additional number at the end, 'Timido Pellegrin'], modern half morocco, most leaves silked and laid down, leaf 10 misbound
3) [Flavio] The Favourite Aires in the Opera of Flavius, London: Meares, [c.1723] [Smith no.6], modern binding,
4) [Ottone] Otho an Opera as it was Perform'd at the Kings Theatre, London: Walsh, [Smith no.12, apparently an unrecorded issue without the top centre pagination 124-134 in overture], modern half morocco
 
 

Condition

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