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Lot 46
  • 46

Handel, George Frideric.

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description

  • Collection of miscellaneous first and early editions, including
1) Anthems with Simphonies for Various Instruments, Composed chiefly for the Chapel of His Grace The Late James Duke of Chandos [score] [Smith no.1], London: Birchall & Beardmore, [1783], first edition of the Chandos anthem 'As pants the heart', 37 pages, folio, modern half calf, small tear to last leaf, repaired, slightly affecting the engraved surface 



2) VI Sonates à deux Violons deux haubois ou deux Flutes traversieres & Basse Continue...Second Ouvrage...N.o 408 [parts] [Smith no.3], London: Walsh, [c.1733-1734]. violin I and violoncello and cembalo volumes signed and inscribed by Vincent Novello, 25, 19, 22 and 22 pages, folio, nineteenth-century blue boards (violin I, violoncello and cembalo volumes), modern blue boards (violin II volume)



together with Two Celebrated Italian Trios [Smith no.3] and early editions of Esther [Smith no.6], Solomon [Smith no.3] (5)   

Condition

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