F. Schubert. Collection of first and early editions, C19th

Franz Schubert

Collection of first and early editions

Gesänge des Harfners aus Wilhelm Meister...12^tes Werk [D.478, 480, 479], Vienna: Diabelli, [before 1828], 11 pages, oblong folio, engraved throughout, plate number 1161, manuscript pagination to upper outer corners ("41"-"51"), small circular handstamp to last blank page ("M"), disbound, spine strengthened, some paper-clip rust stains to outer pagesAuf dem Wasser zu singen...72.^tes Werk [D.774], Vienna: Diabelli, [1827], 7 pages, oblong folio, plate number 2487, engraved throughout, disbound, some damp-staining

Fantasie, Andante, Menuetto und Allegretto für das Piano-Forte allein...78.^tes Werk [D.894], Vienna: Tobias Haslinger, [1827], FIRST EDITION, 29 pages, oblong folio, plate number T.H.5010, series title ("Musée Musical des Clavicinistes..."), book-seller's stamp to titles, disbound, without blank last leaf, gatherings detached, spotting, rodent damage to inner margins and corners

Grand Trio pour Pianoforté, Violon et Violoncelle...Op.100 [D.929], Leipzig: Fr. Kistner, [c.1844], 43, 13 and 13 pages, folio, engraved throughout, plate number 414, book seller's label to title ("Ed. Wagner Musikalien-Handlung & Leih-Anstalt Wiesbaden"), late C19th or early C20th wrappers to each part, some slight damp-staining to upper outer corners of string parts

Fantaisie pour le Piano-Forte à quatre mains...Oeuvre 103 [D.940], Vienna: Diabelli, [1829], FIRST EDITION, 27 pages, oblong folio, engraved throughout, plate number 3158, disbound, some spotting, including to title, spine strengthened with translucent tape

Grand Rondeau pour le Piano-Forte à quatre mains...Oeuv. 107 [D.951], Vienna: Artaria, [c.1828], Titelauflage, 25 pages, oblong folio, plate number 2969, priced at 1 gulden 20 kreutzer, unbound, some light spotting, light dust-staining to outer pages

Franz Schubert's Allerletzte Composition. Drei Sonaten für das Piano-Forte...N.^o ['2' in manuscript] [D.959], Vienna: Diabelli...Paris: S. Richault...London: R. Cocks [1838], FIRST EDITION, 35 pages, folio, engraved throughout, plate number D. & C. N.^o3848, ties, a few small stains, some edges frayed

Sonate pour le Piano-Forte...Oeuvre 120 [D.664], Leipzig: Leuckart, [c.1876], 18 pages, oblong folio, plate number 2933, modern brown-paper backstrip, small tears to lower margin

together with a volume of six later (Richault) editions of the piano sonatas D.850, 664, 812, 784, 575 and 537, nineteenth-century cloth-backed boards

A good collection of editions, including the first printing of the sublime F-minor Fantasy for piano four hands, written by Schubert in the early months of 1828, the year of his death.

LITERATURE

Hoboken, xiii 67 (D.478), 302 (D.774), 314 (D.894), 400 (D.929), 409 (D.940)