Henry Pursell

Lot 142: PURCELL, HENRY.

Name: PURCELL, HENRY.
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: xi369607m4

Est: £800 GBP - £1,000 GBPSold:

Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomMay 21, 2004

Item Overview

Description

First edition librettos for works by Purcell, Handel, Hasse and others

Artist or Maker

Henry Pursell

Condition Report

The Fairy Queen: an Opera. Represented at the Queen's-Theatre by their Majesties Servants, first edition of the libretto, 4to, preface and "The Names of Persons", original stitching, Jacob Tonson, 1692, creases and tears to margins, small stains to title

together with librettos of Handel's Otho, (lacking before B1, [1723]); J.A. Hasse's Solimano, (1758), Arnold's The Prodigal Son (1778) and others by Thornton and Whalley

Literature

Wing S 2681; Sonneck p.469

Auction Details

Music and Manuscript Music

Sotheby's

May 21, 2004, 12:00 AM EST

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK

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