1726 - 1923 (SHEET)MUSIC (including AUTOGRAPHS and MANUSCRIPTS)
75 1846 Martini J P E 
- First and final few leaves loose. Title-p. creased, duststained and sl. dam.; backwr. duststained. Without frontwr.
= Orig. publisher's address illegible (pasted over w. two tickets, i.a. of Imbault). Cf. RISM B VI, 2., p.553. Rare.
Panseron, A. Méthode de vocalisation pour Soprano et Tenor, en deux Parties. Part 1 only. Paris/ Brussels, the author/ fils de B. Schott, n.d. (±1850), 9th ed., no plate-no., (2),109p., entirely lithographed, contemp. giltlettered hmor., sm. folio. - BOUND WITH: Carulli, G. and Lemoine, H. Solfège pour voix de Soprano, avec accompagnement de Piano. Paris, H. Lemoine, n.d. (±1840), 3rd ed., plate-no. 3834.HL, 2 parts in 1 vol. (w. continuous pagination), (2),191p., entirely lithographed.
75 1847 Mascagni P 
75 1847 Mascagni P 
- Sm. ticket of "Studentsvo Karolinu" on title-p. Frontcover sl. foxed in outer margin. Otherwise fine.
= SIGNED AND DATED "Prag, 3. XI.927" on title-p. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXI.
75 1848 Massimino F 
- Occas. sl. foxed. Lacks first free endpaper. Backstrip dam.; paper over cover worn.
= The first part only, which is complete in itself. The second part was published in 1820 and is titled: "Solfèges à 2 voix principales et une basse, avec accompagnement de pianoforte". RISM M 1625.
75 1849 Mazzinghi J 
- Fl1 part receding waterstain in lower outer corner; Fl2 vaguely dampstained in lower outer corner. Otherwise fine.
= Vester M 240.
Monzani, Th. Three Grand Duetts Notturni Concertanti for Two Flutes or Flute & Pianoforte. Opus 25. London, Monzani and Hill, n.d. (±1810?), 2 vols., no plate-no., (2),11,(1); 19,(1)p., 2 ident. engr. title-p., engr. scores, sm. folio.
- Owner's entry stamped on both title-p. = Vester M 420.
Nicholson's (Of Liverpool) Selection of Beauties For the Flute. London, J. Fentum, n.d. (1st half 19th cent.), no plate-no., p.(167)-336, engr. title-p. and engr. scores throughout, contemp. giltlettered hcalf, sm. folio.
- Foot of spine dam.; binding otherwise worn.
= This vol. comprises "Nicholson's Beauties Book 13. Vol: 2 - Book 24. Vol:2".
AND 8 others incl. 2 similar (but partly disbound and w. loose cover(s)) collections of airs and songs for one (or two) flutes, all w. engr. scores, one collection containing i.a. L.C. NIELSON, Twelve English, Irish & Scotish Airs Arranged for two German Flutes (London, Preston, (before 1848), no plate-no., Fl1 part only, folio) and W. CLAGGET, Twenty Four Duets For two German Flutes or Violins. Book 1 and 2 (Dublin, E. Lee, n.d. (late 18th cent.), 2 vols. (48 duetts in total), no plate-no. (Fl1 part only), folio) and NEW SERIES OF ALEXANDER'S SELECTION OF BEAUTIES, FOR THE FLUTE (London, J. Alexander, n.d. (first half 19th cent.). Fl2 part only).
75 1850 Menuhin Y 
= SIGNED on htitle.
Furtwängler, E. Über Wilhelm Furtwängler. Wiesbaden, F.A. Brockhaus, 1979, 168p., plates, orig. cl. w. dustwr.
= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION "Für Armando und Toni" on first blank.
Olof, T. Mijn leven met Tsjaikovski. Naarden, Strengholt, 1995, 144p., orig. wr.
= SIGNED on htitle.
AND 5 others in 6 vols., i.a. R. WAGNER, Mein Leben (Munich, 1969, 2 vols., orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr. Both vols. w. owner's entry of ARMANDO on first free enspaper) and J. BERTRAM, Mythos, Symbol, Idee in Richard Wagners Musikdramen (Hamburg, 1957, orig. cl. w. dustwr. With owner's entry of ARMANDO on first free endpaper).
75 1851 Merci L 
- Sl. dogeared; title-p. and preface trifle stained in outer margin; title-p. chipped in lower blank margin.
= Rare probably 1st edition. Luigi Merci (or Luis Mercy or Louis Mercy) (±1695-±1750), English composer of whom only a few works survive. He was a defender of the recorder and worked on improving the recorder with the recorder maker Thomas Stanesby. Cf. Vester p.312, listing Merci's Opus 1 and 2 as works written for the recorder. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXI.
75 1852 Möller M and M 
- Textlvs. sl. foxed in blank margins and yellowed; 3 plates w. sm. waterstain in upper blank corner, not affecting image. Backcover w. a few sm. waterstains.
75 1853 Mozart L 
- Title-p. duststained and w. 2 closed tears in inner margin; occas. trifle foxed.
= The first French edition. "On trouvera à la fin de cette Méthode XII Petits Duo et un Caprice faciles et a la portée des Commançants" (title-p.). Leopold Mozart first published his Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule (...) in Augsburg, 1756. RISM B VI,2 p.601.
75 1854 Mozart W A 
- Occas. sl. foxed; annot. in ballpoint on title-p. of all vols.; Violin II and Alto I parts mouldy in upper blank margin. Spine-ends, joints and corners (sl.) worn/ rubbed.
= Contains KV 387, 157, 458, 428, 464, 465, 575, 589, 590, 499, 593, 614, 406, 478, 515, ?, 581, 516 and 563. SEE ILUSTRATION PLATE LXII.
75 1855 Mozart W A 
75 1855 Mozart W A 
- Occas. trifle foxed. Covers trifle duststained. = One of 50 Roman numb. copies. Drugulindruck.
75 1856 Mozart W A 
- Without the second flute part; sl. fingersoiled in lower outer corner; a few annots. in the score in pencil. Covers loose(ning).
= Vester M 539. Rare.
BOUND WITH 2 others, both duos for 2 flutes, both only the first flute part, by W. GABRIELSKY (Oeuvre 67) (Leipsic, Breitkopf & Härtel, ±1823, plate-no.4047. Waterstained) and T. BERBIGUIER (Bonn/ Cologne, Simrock, ±1816, plate-no.1275. Sl. foxed). Kreith, C. VI divertimenti a flauto solo. Braunschweig, "nel Magazino di musica nella strada chiamata die Höhe", n.d. (±1795), plate-no. 58, 5,(1)p., engr. title-p. and score, 4to.
- Sl. waterstained in blank upper left corner throughout; final leaf brown stain in inner margin.
= Neither in RISM, nor in Vester.
Dressler, R. Grand Trio Concertant pour Trois Flutes. Opus 64. Bonn, N. Simrock, n.d. (±1818), 3 vols., plate-no. 1457, 10; 9,(1); 9,(1)p., engr. title-p. and scores, in parts as issued, sm. folio. - AND 2 others, i.a. MAANEDLIG-JOURNAL FOR FLOITE SOLO. JOURNAL FOR JULY MAANED 1825. Ed. G.D. Milde (Copenhagen, 1825, engr. scores, later hcl., folio. Strengthened at inner margin; contains 4 pieces by J.W. GABRIELSKY, F. KÜHLAU, P. JENSEN and C.N. WEISS).
75 1857 Mozart W A 
- Occas. sl. foxed; blank margin occas. sl. dam. (not affecting scores) all vols. owner's stamp of "C. Michel" on title-p. One vol. top of spine dam.; one vol. top of upper joint sl. dam. and splitting.
= Title-p. warranted by the publisher. Each vol. contains an engr. "Catalogue thématique des Quatuors de Mozart en collection a Paris chez Sieber père (...)". In 1799 when the son of Sieber sr left the firm to start his own publishing firm, his father changed the name of his firm to "Sieber père". The plates that he used for this edition remained unchanged from earlier editions that his firm had printed in the 1790s except for the addition of continuing page number, which show that this is an early 19th cent. collected edition of the string quartets and a few other Mozart works arranged for a quartet. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXII.
75 1858 Mozart W A 
- Title-p. sl. soiled and foxed; Vl1 part spine strengthened w. paper and newly stitched and vaguely waterstained in inner margin.
= RISM M 6010; Köchel 593 (p.757ff). Issued in Peters' edition of the Collection complète des Quintettes. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXII.
Idem. Quintetto Pour Deux Violons, 2 Alto et Violoncelle. KV 516. Leipsic, C.F. Peters, n.d. (before 1803), 5 vols., plate no. 220, engr. title-p. and scores, loose as issued, folio.
- Title-p. foxed; partly very vaguely waterstained; newly stitched.
= RISM M 5994; Köchel 516 (p. 654ff). Issued in Peters' edition of the Collection complète des Quintettes.
75 1859 Mozart W A 
75 1859 Mozart W A 
- Six leaves browned; occas. sl. foxed; partly waterstained in lower half (partly vaguely); title-p. sl. creased along inner margin. Binding worn along extremities and paper over covers worn.
= Consists of airs from "Il Don Giovanni" (3 parts), "La Clemenza di Tito" (2 parts) and "Il Flauto Magico" (3 parts). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXII.
BOUND WITH 8 others in 9 parts, i.a. W.A. MOZART, Nine Favorite Pieces. Selected & Arranged for two Flutes, From the Opera L'Enlevement du Serail (London, Monzani & Hill, n.d., engr. score. Flauto secondo part only) and G. ROSSINI, Monzani & Hill's Selection of Dramatic Airs from Rossini's Vocal Operas, arranged for two flutes (ibid., idem, n.d., engr. score. Flauto secondo part only). - AND 3 odd volumes (piano part only) of MOZART'S CELEBRATED OVERTURE TO ZAUBERFLOTE/ LE NOZZE DI FIGARO/ IL DON GIOVANNI. Adapt. by J.F. Burrowes (London, Clementi, (before 1830), engr. title-p. and scores, large 4to. Contents of Zauberflote part loose(ning)).
75 1860 Mozart W A 
- Both vols. water- and mold-stained and foxed throughout; final sonata of the cembalo part wormholed in lower margin (increasing towards the end, sl. affecting a few notes). Covers worn along extremities.
= RISM M 6470; Köchel 376, 296, 377-380. Rare complete set.
75 1861 Mozart W A 
- Without the flute part. Set 1 and 2 wrappers partly loose and frayed along spine; set 2 backwr. absent.
Idem. Eight Pieces Selected from the Celebrated Opera of Le Nozze di Figaro (...) Adapted for the Piano Forte or Harp, with an Accompaniment for the Flute by F. Fiorillo. Ibid., idem, n.d. (±1820), 2 parts in 1 vol. (Forte piano/ flute), no plate-no, 7,(1); 23,(1)p., engr. title-p. and scores, folio.
= With indication "Set 1" engr. on title-p., but complete (8 pieces present).
Idem. Twenty two Pieces (In three Books) Selected from (...) Le Nozze di Figaro for the Piano Forte and Harp with an Accompaniment for the Flute by F. Fiorillo. Ibid., idem, n.d. (±1820), no plate-no., 23p. (incl. title-p.), engr. title-p. and score, folio.
- The piano forte part only.
AND 1 other similar: Thirty two pieces in three Books Selected from (...) Il Flauto Magico (...) Adapted for the Piano Forte or Harp with an Accompaniment for the Flute by F. Fiorillo (ibid., idem, ±1820, 1 vol. (of 3), no plate-no., engr. title-p. and score,, folio. Piano forte part only).
75 1862 Mozart W A 
- Title-p. soiled and (dust)stained; contents duststained.
= RISM 5015; Vester M 557 (dating ±1796). The rare first ed. of this adaptation. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIII.
AND 1 other by the same: Duo für Flöte & Piano/ Grand Duo pour Pianoforte et Clarinette (ou Flûte ou Oboe). Adapt. of Mozart's Clarinet Quintet in A major KV 581 by H. Soussmann (Leipsic/ New York, J. Schuberth, n.d., plate-no. 2494 (Flute) and 2262 (Piano), lithogr. scores, orig. wr. (flute), folio. Two separate eds. of the same adaptation).
75 1863 Music boxes 'Mandoline' cylinder musical box 
75 1863 Music boxes 'Mandoline' cylinder musical box 
- Decoration on lid dam.; 1 brass hinge broken. Nevertheless in fine working order.
75/1864 The Musical Miscellany Being a Collection of Choice Songs Set to the Violin and Flute By the most Eminent Masters 
75/1864 The Musical Miscellany Being a Collection of Choice Songs Set to the Violin and Flute By the most Eminent Masters 
- Final leaf of vol.1 (p.175) added from another copy; occas. (sl.) foxed; one stanza crossed out in vol.3 (p.48); extensive contemp. owner's entry on verso of frontisp. of first vol. monogrammed "J.G.[?]". Bindings partly restored: backstrip of 5 vols. renewed; vol. 6 rebound with use of former leather over covers; leather of 5 vols. dried and brittle and hinges strengthened.
= Rare set of over 450 comic, serious and bawdy songs, i.a. songs by G.F. Händel, H. Purcell, J.C. Pepusch, Th. Ravenscroft, Mr Galliard and Mr. Leveridge. The words are i.a. by John Gay, Alexander Pope and Shakespeare. RISM Recueils p.247. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIII.
75 1865 Nicholson C 
75 1865 Nicholson C 
- First plate loosening; both plates waterstained in top margin and sl. foxed; old owner's entries on (sl. foxed) title-p.
= Very rare first edition of the flute method by perhaps the most important and influential British flautist of the 19th century.
Idem. No. [1-10] of C. Nicholson's Preceptive Lessons, For the Flute. London, the Author and Clementi, n.d. (1821), (4),89p., ills., entirely engraved ("by Skarratt"), orig. clothbacked publ. boards, folio.
- Partly dampstained; a few leaves stained; occas. sl. frayed. Frontcover loose and dampstained; lacks backstrip.