L12402

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Lot 136
  • 136

Wagner, Richard, and Johann Sebastian Bach.

Estimate
2,000 - 2,500 GBP
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Description

  • Two limited edition facsimiles of the autograph manuscripts of The Mastersingers and the B-minor Mass
  • paper
Wagner. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Munich: Drei Masken-Verlag, 1922, no. LVIII of 500 copies, 462 pages, c.35 x 26.5cms, vellum boards gilt, library de-accession stamp, covers slightly warped, splitting to joints--Bach, [Hohe Messe in H-moll], Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1924, no.390 of 550 copies, 188 pages, 40.5 x 27cms, quarter vellum, spine gilt, library de-accession stamp

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
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