Lot 175
  • 175

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description

  • Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
  • Tre Quartetti per due Violini Viola e Basso...Opera N.o [manuscript:] 18 [parts], Vienna: Artaria, no date [1790s]
  • paper and ink
first edition, fifth issue, of the "Prussian" String Quartets, K. 575, 589 and 590, 20 (violin I), 19 (violin II), 17 (viola), 17 (violoncello) pages, folio (36 x 25cm), engraved throughout, publisher's numbers 361 and 59 to title, plate numbers 360 and 361, manuscript title to violin II, viola and violoncello parts, ownership inscriptions to title, repairs to hinge of outer leaves of violin I part, some light staining to outer leaves of violin I part, a few other small tears to title repaired, a few small stains to other parts, [Haberkamp, pp.324-327]

Condition

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