Beethoven, Ludwig van.

1) Troisième Quatuor...Oeuvre 130, Artaria, [1827],  first edition, folio (c.34 x 26cms), engraved throughout, plate no.871, bookseller's label to title, early emendations to the text throughout in red ink (the alterations, sometimes incorrect, also marked in pencil in the margins), [Hoboken 516; Kinsky, p.395], some foxing and staining, spine of the first violin part reinforced



2) Grand Fugue tantôt libre, tantôt recherchée...Oeuvre 133, Artaria, [1827], first edition, folio (32 x 25.5cms), engraved throughout, plate no.877, [Hoboken 524; Kinsky p.405], stamp to the start of each part ("16" in a wreath)



2 items, modern green folder, black gilt label to spine

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
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The Grosse Fuge Op.133 was originally designed as the last movement of this six-movement quartet in B flat, Op.130.