L11406

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Lot 123
  • 123

French opera.

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Collection of first and early editions of works by Meyerbeer, Berlioz, Lecocq and others [vocal scores]
  • paper
Meyerbeer, Giacomo. Robert le diable, Paris: Schlesinger, [1831], first edition, 407 pages, folio, lithographed title vignette, engraved table and music, contemporary red quarter morocco--Die Hugenotten (Les Huguenots), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, [1836], first German edition, 2 volumes, folio, 466 pages, engraved music, plate no.5720, words in German and French, contemporary calf spine gilt, covers elaborately lettered with gilt beads--L'Africaine, Paris: Benoit ainé, [1860s], quarter morocco gilt--Berlioz, Hector. La Damnation de Faust, Paris: Richault, [1854], first edition (variant A), 390 pages, 8vo, portrait by Charpentier after Prinzhofer, engraved music, modern half morocco, [Hopkinson 54D (a); Holoman, p.295]--ibid., another edition, Richault, [c.1882]; together with operas by Lecocq (La fille de Madame Angot, Brandus, first edition, olive morocco with green and red onlays, gilt-gauffred, half morocco chemise & slipcase), Reyer (Sigurd), Bizet (Carmen), Saint-Saëns (Samson et Dalila), and Verdi (Aida, Paris: Leduc); 11 volumes, all quarter morocco or calf



 

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