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4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description
- Music collection of Caroline, Duchesse de Berry, comprising forty-five volumes of early editions, in contemporary French bindings, Paris: Maurice Schlesinger, Boieldieu, Carli, Janet & Cotelle etc. 1820s
- paper
together with her manuscript catalogue of this collection ("Catalogue de Musique Appartenant A Son Altesse Royale Madame Duchesse de Berry"), c.170 pages, folio, plus blanks, 1820s
including vocal scores, mainly operas, by Mozart (9 volumes: Le Nozze di Figaro, La clemenza di Tito, Il flauto magico, Don Giovanni, Idomeneo, Il Seraglio, Requiem, L'impresario, Schlesinger, texts in Italian, German and Latin, Rossini (6, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Elisabetta, La gazza ladra, I'italiana in Algeri, Otello, mainly Boieldieu, texts in Italian), Spontini (Fernand Cortez [full score], Paris: Erard, 594 pages, coloured frontispiece, full red morocco gilt), Leopold Aimon (Les jeux floraux [full score], the author, 1818, dedicated to the Duc de Berry, full red morocco gilt), Felix Blangini (Marie-Thérèse à Pressbourg, the author, dedicated to the Duchesse de Berry, fine violet morocco gilt, arms of the Duchesse), and operas by Cimarosa, Martini, Paër (4), Boieldieu (4), and Isouard, together with arias and romances by Mozart, Blangini and others,
46 volumes, folio, including the catalogue, mainly contemporary quarter red roan, crowned monograms to covers, a few volumes straight-grained morocco elaborately gilt, arms of Caroline Duchesse de Berry on covers, numbered C1-45 on spines, some wear and fading to spines
including vocal scores, mainly operas, by Mozart (9 volumes: Le Nozze di Figaro, La clemenza di Tito, Il flauto magico, Don Giovanni, Idomeneo, Il Seraglio, Requiem, L'impresario, Schlesinger, texts in Italian, German and Latin, Rossini (6, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Elisabetta, La gazza ladra, I'italiana in Algeri, Otello, mainly Boieldieu, texts in Italian), Spontini (Fernand Cortez [full score], Paris: Erard, 594 pages, coloured frontispiece, full red morocco gilt), Leopold Aimon (Les jeux floraux [full score], the author, 1818, dedicated to the Duc de Berry, full red morocco gilt), Felix Blangini (Marie-Thérèse à Pressbourg, the author, dedicated to the Duchesse de Berry, fine violet morocco gilt, arms of the Duchesse), and operas by Cimarosa, Martini, Paër (4), Boieldieu (4), and Isouard, together with arias and romances by Mozart, Blangini and others,
46 volumes, folio, including the catalogue, mainly contemporary quarter red roan, crowned monograms to covers, a few volumes straight-grained morocco elaborately gilt, arms of Caroline Duchesse de Berry on covers, numbered C1-45 on spines, some wear and fading to spines
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
This is a remarkable and substantial opera collection of some 45 numbered volumes, collected by the Duchesse in the 1820s, together with her original manuscript catalogue, listing the contents of all the volumes, including all the operas and the separate romances and arias. The survival of such an ensemble, particularly one of very distinguished provenance, is most unusual.