Lot 209
  • 209

Beethoven, Ludwig van.

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • One first edition and one early edition
  • paper
1) Bundeslied. In allen guten Stunden erhöht &. &. von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe für zwey Solo und drey Chorstimmen in musik gesetzt von Ludwig van Beethoven. 122tes Werck [vocal score], Mainz: in der Grhzl: Hessischen Hof-musikhandlung von B. Schott Söhne, [1825], first edition of the vocal score of "Bundeslied", Op.122, 11 pages, oblong 4to (24 x 22.5cm), lithographed title and engraved music, plate number 2280, disbound, some light browning, including to title, some very slight damp-staining to upper margin of first two leaves, tiny hole to outer margin of final leaf [Hoboken 494 and Kinsky, p.359];



2) 33 Veränderungen über einen Walzer für das Piano-Forte componirt...von Ludwig van Beethoven 120tes Werk, Vienna: bey A. Diabelli et Comp., and Leipzig: bey H.A. Probst, early edition of the "Diabelli" Variations, Op.120, 43 pages, oblong 4to (22.3 x 32.3cm), plate number C. et D. N.o 1380, with pre-title on upper wrapper ("Vaterländischer Künstlerverein Veränderungen für das Piano Forte...N.o 1380-81 Wien, bey A. Diabelli et Comp.Graben N.o 1133. Leipzig bey H.A.Probst"), upper cover of wrapper repaired, splitting at spine, a few tiny tears to upper wrapper, a few bifolia splitting along hinge, some light, scattered spotting, a few small indentations to upper cover of wrapper [Hoboken 485 and Kinsky, p.350]

Condition

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