Sothebys: Music, Continental Printed Books and Manuscripts including Science and Medicine comprising autograph letters, manuscripts and printed books, 4708,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- December 01, 1994 - December 01, 1994
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albeniz (Isaac) | Autograph manuscript of part of "Iberia", signed ("I. Albeniz") | USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 2 | Albert (Eugen d') | Good collection of twelve autograph letters and postcards signed ("Eugen d'Albert") | Vienna | 1902-1907 |
USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 3 | Albert (Eugen d') | Fine collection of about sixty autograph and typed letters signed ("E. D'Albert") | USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 4 | Bach (Carl Philipp Emanuel) | Fine autograph letter signed ("Bach") | Hamburg | 15 October 1772 |
GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | 7,475.00 |
| 5 | Bach (Johann Christian) | Good collection of manuscripts of keyboard works by J.C. Bach | GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 690.00 | ||
| 6 | Bach (Johann Christian) | Six Overtures in Eight Parts Composed by John Christian Bach Opera III | [1765] |
GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 1,380.00 | |
| 7 | Bach (Johann Sebastian) | Eighteenth-century scribal manuscript of the "Goldberg Variations" | GBP 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | 4,370.00 | ||
| 8 | [Bach (Johann Sebastian)]---Forkel (Johann Nikolaus) | Ueber Johann Sebastian Bachs Leben | Berlin | 1856 |
GBP 400.00 - 450.00 | 402.00 |
| 9 | Bach (Johann Sebastian) | Johann Sebastian Bachs vierstimmige Choralgesange gesammelt von Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach | Berlin and Leipzig | 1765 and 1769 |
GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 1,955.00 |
| 10 | Ballet | Leningrad | 1948-1949 |
GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 460.00 | |
| 11 | Bassani (Giovanni Battista) | La moralita armonica | Bologna | 1683 |
USD 500.00 - 550.00 | Not Sold |
| 12 | Bax (Arnold) | Fine collection of musical sketches and fragments | USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 13 | Beattie (James) | Essays: on Poetry and Music | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 14 | Beethoven (Ludwig van) | Trois Trios Pour ee Piano-Forte Violon | Vienna | [1795] |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 7,475.00 |
| 15 | Beethoven (Ludwig van) | Grande Sonate pour le Pianoforte | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 16 | Beethoven (Ludwig van) | Abschiedsgesang An Wiensburger | Vienna | 1796 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 920.00 |
| 17 | Beethoven (Ludwig van) | Quintetto pour 2 violons | Leipzig | [December 1802] |
GBP 450.00 - 550.00 | 747.00 |
| 18 | Beethoven (Ludwig van) | Serenade pour le Fortepiano et Flute (ou Violon) Oeuvre 41 | Leipzig | [1803] |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 690.00 |
| 19 | Beethoven (Ludwig van) | Sonata quasi una fantasia | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 20 | Beethoven (Ludwig van) | Ouverture composee pour La tragedie Coriolan | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 21 | Beethoven (Ludwig van) | An die ferne Geliebte Ein Liederkreis von | Vienna | [1816] |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 805.00 |
| 22 | Beethoven (Ludwig van) | Sonate fur Piano-Forte und Violin | Vienna | [1816] |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 690.00 |
| 23 | Beethoven (Ludwig van) | 4ME Grande Simphonie en si majeur | [1826] |
GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 747.00 | |
| 24 | Beethoven (Ludwig van) | Adagio | Vienna | [1824] |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 747.00 |
| 25 | Beethoven (Ludwig van) | Ouverture en Ut a grand orchestre ["Die Weihe des Hauses"] | [December 1825] |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 632.00 | |
| 26 | Beethoven (Ludwig van) | Fine and important autograph letter signed ("Beethoven") | Vienna | February 1808 |
GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | 16,100.00 |
| 27 | Beethoven (Ludwig van) | Sinfonie mit Schluss-Chor uber Schillers Ode "An die Freude" | Mainz and Paris | [1826] |
GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 2,300.00 |
| 28 | Beethoven (Ludwig van) | Quatuor pour deux Violons | Mainz | [1826] |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 29 | Beethoven (Ludwig van) | Troisieme Quatuor pour 2 Violons | Vienna | [1827] |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 1,380.00 |
| 30 | Beethoven (Ludwig van) | Grand Quatuor En Ut dieze mineur pour deux Violons Alto et Violoncelle...Oeuvre 131 | Mainz | [1827] |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 31 | Bekthoven (Ludwig van) | Grande Fugue tantot libre | Vienna | [1827] |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 32 | Beethoven (Ludwig van) | Fidelio Drame lyrique en deux actes | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 33 | Beethoven (Ludwig van) | Lock of Beethoven's hair | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 4,140.00 | ||
| 34 | Beethoven (Nikolaus Johann van, 1776-1848, younger brother of the composer) | Autograph letter signed ("v. Beethoven [paraph]") | Vienna | 21 June 1842 |
GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 529.00 |
| 35 | Bellini (Vincenzo) | Autograph letter signed ("Bellini") | 7 October [1834] |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 920.00 | |
| 36 | Bellini (Vincenzo) | Autograph manuscript of the bassoon part of the "Tantum Ergo" in G major | Naples | c. 1820-1823 |
USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 37 | Bellini (Vincenzo) | Fine autograph letter signed ("Bellini") | Paris | 31 July [1834] |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 38 | Bemetzrieder (Anton) | Lecons de glavecin | GBP 500.00 - 550.00 | 529.00 | ||
| 39 | Berg (Alban) | Autograph sketch-leaf for the concert aria "Der Wein" | [c.1929] |
GBP 1,600.00 - 2,000.00 | 1,610.00 | |
| 40 | Berlioz (Hector) | Unpublished autograph Leiter signed ("Hector Berlioz") | 18 December [1835] |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 41 | Berlioz (Hector) | Autograph letter signed ("H. Berlioz") | Paris | 1863 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,150.00 |
| 42 | Berlioz (Hector) | Fine and important autograph letter signed ("H. Berlioz") | [Paris] | 28 October 1859 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,380.00 |
| 43 | Berlioz (Hector) | Fine autograph letter signed ("H. Berlioz") | [Paris] | 30 June 1865 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,150.00 |
| 44 | Berlioz (Hector) | Fine autograph letter signed ("H. Berlioz") | Paris | 30 January 1866 |
USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 45 | Berlioz (Hector) | Autograph manuscript memorandum of his financial accounts | USD 800.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 46 | Berlioz (Hector) | Autograph letter signed ("H. Berlioz") | [Paris] | 22 June 1867 |
USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 47 | Berlioz (Hector) | Autograph letter signed ("H. Berlioz") | GBP 500.00 - 550.00 | 517.00 | ||
| 48 | Berlioz (Hector) | Memoires | GBP 800.00 - 900.00 | 977.00 | ||
| 49 | Bethizy (Jean Laurent de) | Exposition de la theorie et de la pratique de la musique | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 690.00 | ||
| 50 | Bible | 1580 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,840.00 | ||
| 51 | Birtwistle (Sir Harrison) | Collection of annotated scores | c.1967-1978 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 598.00 | |
| 52 | Bizet (Georges) | Carmen | Paris | [1875] |
GBP 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | 4,600.00 |
| 53 | Bizet (Georges) | Carmen opera-comique en quatre actes tire de la nouvelle de Prosper Merimee par Henry Meilhac et Ludovic Halevy | 1875 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 1,150.00 | |
| 54 | Boccherini (Luigi) | Collection des quintetti | Paris | GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 862.00 | |
| 55 | [Bosendorfer (Ludwig)] | Collection of autograph letters and letters signed | Vienna, Gmunden, St Petersburg and elsewhere | 1877-1901 |
GBP 700.00 - 900.00 | 747.00 |
| 56 | Brahms (Johannes) | Two printed visiting cards | 11 November 1895 |
USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 57 | Brahms (Johannes) | Autograph letter signed with initials ("J. Br.") | Vienna | GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 575.00 | |
| 58 | Brahms (Johannes) | Autograph letter signed with initials ("J. Br.") | Vienna | 29 December 1889 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 59 | Brahms (Johannes) | Fine autograph letter signed with initials ("J. Br") | 1895 |
USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 60 | Brahms (Johannes) | Autograph musical quotation signed ('Johannes Brahms Wien Marz [18]73") | Vienna | March 1873 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 2,990.00 |
| 61 | Brahms (Johannes) | Autograph letter signed with initials ("J. Br.") | Vienna | 16 November 1889 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 575.00 |
| 62 | Brahms (Johannes) | Autograph letter signed ("J. Brahms") | [probably c. 1890] |
GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,150.00 | |
| 63 | Brahms (Johannes) | Autograph letter signed with initials ("J. Br.") | Vienna | 19 November 1886 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 943.00 |
| 64 | Brahms (Johannes) | Carte-de-visite photograph | Vienna | December 1886 |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 65 | Brahms (Johannes) | Autograph letter signed ("Johs Brahms") | July 1891 |
GBP 800.00 - 900.00 | 977.00 | |
| 66 | Brahms (Johannes) | Printed visiting card ("Johannes Brahms") with five-line autograph message on verso | GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 460.00 | ||
| 67 | Brahms (Johannes) | Autograph letter signed with initials ("J. Br.") | Vienna | 3 May 1894 |
GBP 450.00 - 500.00 | 437.00 |
| 68 | Brahms (Johannes) | Autograph letter signed with initials ("J. Br.") | Vienna | 31 October 1892 |
GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 460.00 |
| 69 | Brahms (Johannes) | Autograph letter signed with initials ("J. Br.") | Vienna | 14 March 1895 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 747.00 |
| 70 | Britten (Benjamin) | Autograph musical quotation signed | 21-22 April 1934 |
GBP 250.00 - 300.00 | 345.00 | |
| 71 | Britten (Benjamin) | Four autograph postcards signed ("Benjamin Britten") | London | 1936-1936 |
GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 747.00 |
| 72 | Britten (Benjamin) | Autograph presentation inscription to Eric Crozier | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | 414.00 | ||
| 73 | Britten (Benjamin) | Important series of forty-five autograph letters and cards signed ("Ben") | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | 6,325.00 | ||
| 74 | Britten (Benjamin) | Presentation copy of the vocal score of "Peter Grimes" | 1945 |
GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 747.00 | |
| 75 | [Britten (Benjamin)] | Series of eighteen autograph letters by John and Myfanwy Piper | May or June 1946 to December 1949 |
GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 460.00 | |
| 76 | Britten (Benjamin) | Fine collection relating to the libretto of 'Billy Budd' by Eric Crozier and E.M. Forster | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 1,955.00 | ||
| 77 | Britten (Benjamin) | Autograph manuscript of a duet in honour of St Nicholas | Dublin | 8 December 1947 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 2,300.00 |
| 78 | Britten (Benjamin) | Fine collection of inscribed scores and other association items | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 805.00 | ||
| 79 | Britten (Benjamin) | Fine collection of manuscripts relating to the first Aldeburgh Festival | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 977.00 | ||
| 80 | Bruch (Max) | Autograph musical quotation signed ("Max Bruch") | Berlin | 18 March 1914 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 460.00 |
| 81 | Bruch (Max) | Two autograph letters and one printed letter signed ("Max Bruch") | Liverpool and Berlin | 1881, 1895 and 1913 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 632.00 |
| 82 | Burney (Charles) | The present state of music in France and Italy | GBP 800.00 - 900.00 | 805.00 | ||
| 83 | Caccini (Orazio, Italian composer, maestro di capella at Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome) | Autograph receipt signed and inscribed | Rome | 5 July 1575 |
USD 600.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 84 | Caruso (Enrico) | Postcard photograph signed and inscribed | London | 1905 |
USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 85 | Caruso (Enrico) | Postcard photograph signed | N[ew] Y[ork] | 1907 |
USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 86 | Caruso (Enrico) | Postcard photograph signed and inscribed | June 1908 |
USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 87 | Caruso (Enrico) | Fine photograph signed ("Enrico Caruso") | May 1913 |
GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 483.00 | |
| 88 | Caruso (Enrico) | Autograph self-caricature | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 575.00 | ||
| 89 | Caruso (Enrico) | Postcard photograph signed and inscribed | Frankfurt | 1907 |
USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 90 | Caruso (Enrico) | Autograph self-caricature signed | Buenos Aires | 1915 |
GBP 600.00 - 700.00 | 747.00 |
| 91 | Caruso (Enrico) | Postcard photograph of the singer boldly signed and inscribed | EnricoCaruso | NewYork |
USD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 92 | Caruso (Enrico) | Fine autograph caricature signed | London | 1913 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 805.00 |
| 93 | Caruso (Enrico) | Fine autograph self-caricature: signed and inscribed | London | 1906 |
GBP 700.00 - 900.00 | 690.00 |
| 94 | Caruso (Enrico) | Fine caricature signed | USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 95 | Caruso (Enrico) | Autograph caricature of a man with a dark beard | USD 500.00 - 550.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 96 | Chaliapin (Fyodor Ivanovich) | Autograph card inscribed | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 97 | Chaliapin (Fyodor Ivanovich) | Bronze bust of Chaliapin | 1907 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 2,875.00 | |
| 98 | Chamber music | GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 747.00 | |||
| 99 | Chopin (Fryderyk) | Printed document signed twice ("Fred. Chopin") | Paris | March 1840 |
GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | 6,670.00 |
| 100 | Chopin (Fryderyk) | Printed document signed twice ("F. Chopin") | London | 14 January 1842 |
GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | 4,600.00 |
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a74d9ff-42dd-46a1-8bb2-b636c4cec796.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.")
![<b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/8caddaea-4c1f-47a7-9455-62f53af36e3f.jpg "<b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.")
