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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
- Collection of early printed literature concerning Mozart
- paper and ink
including: [Winckler, T.F.,] Notice biographique sur Jean-Chrysostome-Wolfgang-Théophile Mozart, Paris: J.J. Fuchs, 1801, 48 pages, 8vo, nineteenth-century quarter cloth; Hoffbauer, Joseph. Mozart. Ein dramatisches Gedicht, Grätz: In Commission in der Franz Ferstl'schen Buchhandlung, 1823, 59 pages, 8vo, original printed wrappers, some damp-staining; Einundzwanzigstes Neujahrstück der allgemeinen Musik-Gesellschaft in Zürich 1833. Biographie von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Zweite Abtheilung, Zürich: Orell, Füssli und Compagnie, [1833], 12 pages, 4to, frontispiece and one page of lithographed music [K. Anh. C 8.48], original printed wrappers; Biographische Skizze von Wolfgang Amadäus Mozart. Nach richtigen Quellen bearbeitet, Salzburg: J. Oberer, 1837, vi, 54 pages, 12mo, lithographed frontispiece portrait, original printed wrappers, light staining to wrappers and splitting to joints; Stieglitz, Heinrich. Mozarts Gedächtnissfeier. Gedicht von Heinrich Stieglitz. Munich, Georg Franz, 1837, 23 pages, 8vo, original printed wrappers and modern card wrappers, wrappers on guards; together with: an engraved portrait of Mozart by Clemens Kohl, 13.2 x 8.8cm, Vienna, 1793, edges trimmed; a medal of Mozart by Anton Scharff, commemorating the unveiling of the Tilgner Mozart monument in Vienna in 1896, bronze, 5.5cm in diameter, Vienna, 1896; and lithographed portraits of Mozart and his wife Constanze on pages taken from Nissen's biography of the composer (1828), and an engraved portrait of Beaumarchais by Hopwood (14)
Condition
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"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
A good collection of uncommon late eighteenth-century and nineteenth-century Mozartiana.