Rossini, Gioachino
£220
Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 2 May 2012 at 12:00 BST
Description
Volume of 15 first and early editions of the overtures, etc. [piano scores], together with five pieces by Simone Mayr and others. Milan: Ricordi, [c.1813-1822]. Oblong 4to, 21 items in one, including the overtures [Sinfonie] to L'italiana in Algeri (1814) , Aureliano in Palmira, La pietra della paragone (c.1813), Il turco in Italia (1815), La gazza ladra (c.1817), Bianca e Falliero (1820) , Mosè in Egitto, (1820), Edoardo e Cristina, and Maometto II (1821), together with further numbers from Tancredi (1815), La gazza ladra, Mosè in Egitto and Maometto II (1821); and pieces by Simone Mayr (1822), Gaetano Gioia, Carlo Soliva and others, mainly engraved, separate titles, some decorative, contemporary half roan, ownership inscriptions of H.D.Crosbie, Franc. Bächofen (1822), and John Walsh (1834 ), first leaf torn in two, some loss to final page and occasional loss to outer leaves elsewhere, 2 leaves cropped by the binder, binding worn but sound
Footnote
Note: Rare.