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Lot 168: SCHUBERT, FRANZ.

Est: £2,500 GBP - £3,000 GBPSold:
Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomNovember 30, 2011

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THREE FIRST AND EARLY EDITIONS OF THE LIEDER TO WORDS BY GOETHE, OPP. 1, 2, & 3
1) Gretchen am Spinnrade aus Göthe's "Faust"...2υtes Werk [D.118], Vienna: in Comission bey Cappi und Diabelli, [1821?], first edition, second issue, with publisher's number ("N.υo 767") on title and control numbering on final side written by or for Schubert ("Sch[paraph] 407."), 11 pages, oblong 4to (23.5 x 33.5cm), including "1821" watermark, engraved throughout, no plate number on the music, disbound, outer bifolium splitting at hinge, some light spotting and browning, control marking slightly cropped [cf Hoboken no.10, not in Deutsch]

2) Schäfers Klagelied. Heidenröslein. Jägers Abendlied. Meeres Stille von Goethe. Für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Piano-Forte in Musik gesetzt...von Franz Schubert 3tes Werk [D.121, 257, 368, 216], Vienna: in Comission bey Cappi und Diabelli, [1821], first edition, with part of the original Control Mark on the last side, 11 pages, oblong 4to (24 x 32.7cm), engraved throughout, ties, light browning and spotting to outer leaves, small crease to leading edge of title, Schubert's Control Mark cropped, outer bifolium splitting along hinge, a few small ink blots on pp.7/8 [Hoboken 16; Deutsch 3a]

3) Erlkönig. Ballade von Goethe. In Musik gesetzt für eine Singstimme mit Piano-Forte-Begleitung...von Franz Schubert. 1υtes Werk, Vienna: bei Ant. Diabelli und Comp., [1826-1827], 11 pages, oblong 4to (26.5 x 33.5cm), engraved throughout, title vignette, plate number D. et C. N.υo 766, some light scattered spotting, edges frayed, a few small stains, light browning to upper wrapper and dust-staining to lower wrapper [Hoboken 6 and Deutsch 1c]

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Music and Continental Books and Manuscripts

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Sotheby's
November 30, 2011, 12:00 PM GMT

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