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Lot 45
  • 45

Handel, George Frideric.

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Collection of Walsh and Hare editions of his operas arranged for the flute, including of
Otho [Ottone] [Smith no.16] [1723]; Siroe [Smith no.7] [1728]; Tamerlane [Tamerlano] [Smith no.12] [c.1725]; Alexander [Alessandro] [Smith no.16] [1726]; Flavius [Flavio] [Smith no.7] [1723]; Radamistus [Radamisto] [Smith no.6] [1722]; Richard the I:st [Riccardo Primo] [Smith no.6] [1728]; and Admetus [Admeto] [Smith no.10] [1727]



8 volumes, oblong 8vo, engraved music, engraved on one side only, modern half vellum



with: five Handel volumes from the series Solos for a German Flute...Sonatas or Chamber Aires (Vol.II Part III [Smith no.11, without 'N.o 396', original wrappers]; Solos for a German Flute...Part the 6th [Smith no.17, original wrappers]; Vol.IV [Part I] [Smith no.1]; Vol.IV [Part 2d.: in manuscript] [Smith no.3]; Vol.IV ['Part 5th.' in manuscript] [Smith no.10]; and Handel, Twelve Overtures In the Following Operas [parts] [Smith no.46], [no place:] R.M., 1727; Hasse, The Comic Tunes...Vol.III, London: Walsh, [1744] (16 in all)

Condition

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