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Lot 5
  • 5

Bach, Johann Sebastian.

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description

  • L'Art de la fugue, Zurich: H.G. Nägeli ("Jean George Naigueli") [c.1802]
early edition of the Art of Fugue, [2] and 183 pages, oblong 4to (c.24.5 x 34cms), engraved throughout , in open score and piano reduction, publisher's stamp to title, contemporary bookseller's boards, bookseller's labels to cover and title ("A Paris, chez Seiber), worn but sound, a good unsophisticated copy with clear impressions and good margins

Literature

Kinsky, Die Originalausgaben der Werke Johann Sebastian Bachs (1937), p.80; cf. Hoboken 146 (with a German title).

Condition

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