Sothebys: Music, Continental Manuscripts and Printed Books, Science and Medicine including The Autograph Manuscript of Kafka's 'The Trial', FRANZ,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- November 17, 1988 - November 17, 1988
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 402 | FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY | PROGRAMME FOR A CONCERT at the Birmingham Musical Festival | Berlin | 1829 |
GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 880.00 |
| 403 | MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY (FELIX) | AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT of four bars | 1837 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,320.00 | |
| 404 | FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY | AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF THE SONG "Da lieg ich unter den Baumen" | 1844 |
GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | 4,400.00 | |
| 405 | FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (" . . . Haec hactenus Ihr Felix MB") | 1832 |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | 880.00 | |
| 406 | CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI | IL PRIMO LIBRO DE MADRIGALI | Rome, Mutii | 1597 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 3,080.00 |
| 407 | JEAN-BAPTISTE MORIN | CANTATES FRAcOISES | Paris | 1712 |
GBP 450.00 - 550.00 | 440.00 |
| 408 | JEAN-BAPTISTE MORIN | MOTETS A Une Et Deux Voix Melez De Symphonies . . . Livre Premier . . . [Livre Second] | Paris | 1704 and 1709 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 660.00 |
| 409 | Music | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 410 | MUSICIANS | GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 1,210.00 | |||
| 411 | NEWMAN*[NEWMAN (ERNEST) | FINE COLLECTION OF AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED etc. | GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 1,100.00 | ||
| 412 | JACQUES OFFENBACH | FINE AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL MANUSCRIPT containing sketches and ideas for an operatic or orchestral work | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 413 | ORGAN | [c.1650] |
GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | 5,500.00 | ||
| 414 | NICOLO PAGANINI | AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED ("Nicolo Paganini"): "Un Pacco per L'armonica famiglia del maestro Sigr. Cianchettini . . .") | Paganini | 5 August 1831 |
GBP 400.00 - 450.00 | 880.00 |
| 415 | GIOVANNI PAISIELLO | AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF THE "ORATIO PRO REGE" | [1806-1807] |
USD 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 | Not Sold | |
| 416 | GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI da PALESTRINA | IOANNIS PETRI Loysii Praenestini in basilica S | Rome | 1572 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 3,080.00 |
| 417 | GIUSEPPE PAOLUCCI | ARTE PRATICA DI CONTRAPUNTO Dimostrata con Esempj Di Varij Autori E Con Osservatione | Venice | 1765-1772 |
USD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 418 | JOHN PARRY | A COLLECTION OF WELSH | 1761 |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 275.00 | |
| 419 | PIANOFORTE | GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 396.00 | |||
| 420 | JOHN PLAYFORD | THE MUSICAL COMPANION | London | 1673 |
USD 400.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold |
| 421 | JOHN PLAYFORD | SELECT MUSICALL AYRES AND DIALOGUES | London | 1653 |
USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 422 | AMILCARE PONCHIELLI | AUTOGRAPH DRAFT SCENARIO FOR AN OPERA TO BE ENTITLED 'MISURA PER MISURA' based on Shakespeare's play Measure for Measure | USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 423 | FRANCIS POULENC | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Francis Poulenc") | Paris | 1920 |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 440.00 |
| 424 | GIACOMO PUCCINI | COLLECTION OF EARLY AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPTS of marches | [c.1875] |
GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | 11,000.00 | |
| 425 | GIACOMO PUCCINI | PORTRAIT OF THE COMPOSER by Hermann Moekerk | Brussels | 1921 |
GBP 450.00 - 500.00 | 770.00 |
| 426 | HENRY PURCELL | TE DEUM ET JUBILATE FOR VOICES AND INSTRUMENTS | London | 1757 |
GBP 400.00 - 450.00 | 385.00 |
| 427 | HENRY PURCELL | THE CATCH CLUB OR MERRY COMPANIONS being a choice Collection of the most Diverting Catches for Three and Four Voices Compos'd by the late Mr. Henry Purcell Dr. Blow & C | London | [c.1740] |
USD 350.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold |
| 428 | HENRY PURCELL | ORPHEUS BRITANNICUS | London | 1706-1712 |
GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 550.00 |
| 429 | MAURICE RAVEL | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Maurice Ravel") | GBP 350.00 - 400.00 | 352.00 | ||
| 430 | MAURICE RAVEL | TWO AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED ("Maurice Ravel") | 1906 and 1908 |
GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 825.00 | |
| 431 | MAURICE RAVEL | EARLY AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Maurice Ravel") | Paris | 1902 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 432 | MAURICE RAVEL | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Maurice Ravel") | Paris | 8 May 1909 |
USD 600.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 433 | MAURICE RAVEL | FINE COLLECTION OF CONCERT PROGRAMMES for Patterson and Son's Subscription Orchestral Concerts | Edinburgh | 1891-1916 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 770.00 |
| 434 | HENRY BRINLEY RICHARDS | COLLECTION OF AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPTS OF MUSIC BY RICHARDS | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | 440.00 | ||
| 435 | NIKOLAY RiMSKY-KoRSAKOv | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED WITH INITIALS ("N.R-K") | St Petersburg | 7 February 1903 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 2,640.00 |
| 436 | GIOACHINO ROSSINI | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("G.Rossini") | GBP 400.00 - 450.00 | 550.00 | ||
| 437 | GIOACHINO ROSSINI | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("G.Rossini") | Bologna | 25 January 1848 |
GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 605.00 |
| 438 | GIOACHINO ROSSINI | COLLECTION OF AUTOGRAPH LETTERS etc. | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 550.00 | ||
| 439 | GIOACHINO ROSSINI | FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("G.Rossini") | "da Casa" [Bologna] | 31 December 1853 |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | 385.00 |
| 440 | SACRED MUSIC | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | 2,420.00 | |||
| 441 | ERIK SATIE | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("ERIKSATIE") | 8 Sept[ember] 1920 |
USD 800.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 442 | ARNOLD SCHOENBERG | FINE ALBUM CONTAINING AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL QUOTATIONS SIGNED BY SCHOENBERG | 1930s |
GBP 700.00 - 900.00 | 1,100.00 | |
| 443 | FRANZ SCHUBERT | DER SCHAFER UND DER REITER | Vienna, Cappi and Diabelli | [1822] |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,650.00 |
| 444 | ROBERT FINE SCHUMANN | LONG AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Robert Schumann") | Dresden | 11 November 1848 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 2,860.00 |
| 445 | ROBERT SCHUMANN | FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("RobertSchumann") | Dresden | 10 November 1845 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 2,310.00 |
| 446 | DMITRI SHOSTAKOVITCH | FINE PHOTOGRAPH OFTHE COMPOSER | 28 May 1958 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 447 | JEAN SIBELIUS | AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL QUOTATION of three bars from The Swan of Tuonela | GBP 400.00 - 450.00 | 880.00 | ||
| 448 | JEAN SIBELIUS | FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Jean Sibelius") | Jarvenpaa | 5 May 1905 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 660.00 |
| 449 | JEAN SIBELIUS | FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Jean Sibelius") | Jarvenpaa | 30 June 1905 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 880.00 |
| 450 | JEAN SIBELIUS | FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Jean Sibelius") | Jarvenpaa | 3 October 1905 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 660.00 |
| 451 | JEAN SIBELIUS | FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Jean Sibelius") | Jarvenpaa | 12 July 1905 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 660.00 |
| 452 | JEAN FINE SIBELIUS | LONG AND IMPORTANT AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Jean Sibelius") | Jarvenpaa | 26 June 1906 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,100.00 |
| 453 | JEAN SIBELIUS | FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Jean Sibelius") | [c.1905] |
GBP 700.00 - 900.00 | 825.00 | |
| 454 | JEAN SIBELIUS | FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Jean Sibelius") | Jarvenpaa | 24 September 1906 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 455 | JEAN SIBELIUS | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Jean Sibelius") | Jarvenpaa | 17 February 1909 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 456 | JEAN SIBELIUS | FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TWICE ("Jean Sibelius" and "J.S.") | Jarvenpaa | 5 July 1906 |
USD 700.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 457 | JEAN SIBELIUS | FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED twice ("Jean Sibelius" and "J.S.") | Jarvenpaa | 21 December 1906 |
USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 458 | JEAN FINE SIBELIUS | LONG AND IMPORTANT AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Jean Sibelius") | Jarvenpaa | 29 April 1908 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,100.00 |
| 459 | JEAN SIBELIUS | FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Jean Sibelius") | Jarvenpaa | 6 December 1907 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 660.00 |
| 460 | ALEXANDER SKRYABIN | LARGE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE COMPOSER | GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 1,045.00 | ||
| 461 | JOHANN II STRAUSS | FINE AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL QUOTATION of four bars from the waltz G'schichten aus dem Wienerwald ("Tales from the Vienna Woods") | USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 462 | JOHANN II STRAUSS | FINE CARTE-DE-VISITE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE COMPOSER | USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 463 | IGOR STRAVINSKY | TWO AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED ("Strawinsky" and "IStrawinsky") | no place and Hollywood | 1 December 1938 and 15 June 1947 |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | 715.00 |
| 464 | IGOR STRAVINSKY | FINE LARGE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE COMPOSER | 1951 |
GBP 450.00 - 650.00 | 440.00 | |
| 465 | IGOR STRAVINSKY | FINE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE COMPOSER | 1932 |
GBP 450.00 - 500.00 | 660.00 | |
| 466 | IGOR STRAVINSKY | LONG AND IMPORTANT AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("IStrawinsky") | Morges | 28 October 1917 |
GBP 2,200.00 - 2,500.00 | 2,420.00 |
| 467 | IGOR STRAVINSKY | FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("IGOR STRAWINSKY") | Biarritz | 14 August 1922 |
USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 468 | IGOR STRAVINSKY | MANUSCRIPT OF THE VIOLIN PART OF THE "SUITE" FROM "L'HISTOIRE DU SOLDAT" | [c.1919] |
USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 469 | IGOR STRAVINSKY | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("IStrav.") | Paris | 14 November 1928 |
USD 400.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold |
| 470 | IGOR STRAVINSKY | FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("IgorStrawinsky") | Sancellemoz | 17 June 1939 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 550.00 |
| 471 | IGOR STRAVINSKY AND C.F. RAMUZ | THREE ITEMS RELATING TO STRAVINSKY | London | 1922 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 880.00 |
| 472 | JEAN-BAPTISTE STUCK | CANTATES FRANcOISES A Voix Seule Avec Symphonies . . . Livre Premier . . . Livre Second . . . Troisieme . . . IV . . . | Paris | 1719 and 1711-1714 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 770.00 |
| 473 | KAROL SZYMANOWSKY | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Karol Szymanowski") | Zakopane | 5 September l932 |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | 385.00 |
| 474 | WILLIAM TANS'UR | A COMPLEAT MELODY | London | 1734 |
USD 400.00 - 420.00 | Not Sold |
| 475 | GIUSEPPE TARTINI | EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY MANUSCRIPT OF A CONCERTO in F major for four violins | GBP 400.00 - 420.00 | 275.00 | ||
| 476 | RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS | "THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS" | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,100.00 | ||
| 477 | RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS FINE | LONG AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("R. Vaughan Williams") | Dorking | 13 November 1938 |
GBP 400.00 - 450.00 | 385.00 |
| 478 | RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS FINE | IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF TWENTY-TWO MOSTLY AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED ("R. Vaughan Williams") | 1920 to 1940 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,045.00 | |
| 479 | GIUSEPPE VERDI | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("GVerdi") | Paris | 7 September 1873 |
GBP 550.00 - 600.00 | 825.00 |
| 480 | GIUSEPPE VERDI | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("G.Verdi") | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | 462.00 | ||
| 481 | GIUSEPPE VERDI | AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL QUOTATION of two bars in C major | London | June 1862 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 2,530.00 |
| 482 | VIOLINISTS | GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 1,155.00 | |||
| 483 | RICHARD WAGNER | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Richard Wagner") | Zurich | 20 Sept[ember] 1853 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,650.00 |
| 484 | RICHARD WAGNER | FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Richard Wagner") | Luzern | 16 January 1869 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,815.00 |
| 485 | RICHARD WAGNER | AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF THE "WEDDING MARCH" AND LOVE DUET FROM "LOHENGRIN" | Dresden | 1846 |
GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | 33,000.00 |
| 486 | RICHARD WAGNER | FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Richard Wagner") | Paris | c.1861 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,430.00 |
| 487 | Sir WILLIAM WALTON | FOUR GOOD AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED ("William Walton") | 1922 |
GBP 400.00 - 450.00 | 715.00 | |
| 488 | CARL MARIA von WEBER | FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("CMWeber") | London | 20 May 1826 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,045.00 |
| 489 | GIACHES de WERT | IL PRIMO LIBRO DE MADRIGALI A cinque Voci | Venice | 1564 |
GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | 2,420.00 |
| 490 | Reverend CHARLES WESLEY | FINE, IMPORTANT AND APPARENTLY UNPUBLISHED COLLECTION OF TWENTY-ONE AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED ("C.Wesley" and "C.W.") | London | 1780-1824 |
GBP 4,000.00 - 4,500.00 | 8,800.00 |
| 491 | HUGO WOLF | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Hugo Wolf) | 26 August 1895 |
USD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 492 | HUGO WOLF | ITALIENISCHES LIEDERBUCH | Heckel | 1896 |
GBP 600.00 - 700.00 | 550.00 |
| 493 | GIUSEPPE VERDI | MANUSCRIPT OF THE LIBRETTO OF "IL TROVATORE" | 1852 |
GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | 96,800.00 |
