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Lot 41
  • 41

Handel, George Frideric.

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description

  • The Favourite Songs in the Opera call'd Ptolomy [Tolomeo], [score] London: Walsh and Hare, [1728]
first edition, 23 pages, folio (c.39 x 24cm), engraved throughout on one side only, index and advertisement, original blue wrappers with manuscript title ("Ptolomy") to upper cover, light damp-staining to margins, wormhole

Literature

Smith no.1

Condition

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Catalogue Note

A fine copy, with large uncut margins, in original blue wrappers.