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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | Lecouvreur (Adrienne, French tragic actress, 1692-1730; the heroine of Francesco Cilia's Optra) | Autograph letter signed ("votr[e p]auvre pettite le couvreur") | 29 March 1710 |
USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 202 | Legrenzi (Giovanni) | Autograph letter signed ("Giovanni Legrenzi") | 14 October 1676 |
USD 6,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 203 | Leoncavallo (Ruggiero) | Autograph letter signed ("RLeoncavallo") | (Switzerland) | 10 August 1904 |
GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 632.00 |
| 204 | Librettos | GBP 500.00 - 550.00 | 529.00 | |||
| 205 | Lipatti (Dinu) | Autograph letter signed ("Dinu Lipatti") | Brussels | 7 November 1946 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,265.00 |
| 206 | Liszt (Franz) | Good collection of early editions of music by Liszt | USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 207 | Liszt (Franz) | Fine early autograph musical quotation signed ("F. Liszt 4 Mai 1841") | [Paris] | 1841 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 2,070.00 |
| 208 | Liszt (Franz) | GrAnde Fantaisie sur des moties de Robert le Diable de Meyerbeer | Paris | [1841] |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,150.00 |
| 209 | Liszt (Franz) | Autograph letter signed ("FLiszt") | [1845] |
USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 210 | Liszt (Franz) | Good collection of first and early editions of music for piano duet | Leipzig and Mainz | [mostly 1850s] |
GBP 500.00 - 550.00 | 460.00 |
| 211 | Liszt (Franz) | Autograph letter signed ("F Liszt") | Rome | 1880s |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 212 | Liszt (Franz) | Album d'un Voyager | Vienna | [1842] |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 213 | Liszt (Franz) | Autograph letter signed with initials ("FL") | Weimar | 24 May 1871 |
USD 700.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold |
| 214 | Liszt (Franz) | Autograph letter signed ("FLiszt") | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 215 | Liszt (Franz) | Autograph musical quotation of the "Consolation, No. 1" | [c. 1850] |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 216 | Liszt (Franz) | Remarkable autograph working manuscript of the "Schiller-Marsch" | [1860] |
GBP 6,000.00 - 10,000.00 | 6,900.00 | |
| 217 | Mahler (Gustav) | Letter signed ("Mahler") | Vienna | 26 May 1900 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,035.00 |
| 218 | Mahler (Gustav) | Fine autograph musical quotation signed ("Gustav Mahler") | May 1908 |
USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 219 | Mahler (Gustav) | Autograph sketches for the Second Symphony ("Resurrection") | USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 220 | Malibran (Maria) | Remarkable autograph letter | [Paris] | [c. 1830-1831] |
USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 221 | Martini (Giambattista, Padre) | Contemporary manuscript of Martini's "Sonate XII per II | Bologna | after 1742 |
USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 222 | Martini (Giambattista, Padre) | Fine autograph letter signed ("Giamb[attist]a Martini Min. Con[ventua]le.") | Bologna | 24 July 1781 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 2,530.00 |
| 223 | Martini (Giambattista, Padre) | Esemplare o sia Saggio fondamentale pratico di contrappunto sopra il canto fermo | GBP 500.00 - 550.00 | 529.00 | ||
| 224 | Mascagni (Pietro) | Autograph manuscript of the song "Messaggio d'amore" | Leghorn | 1884 |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 225 | Mascagni (Pietro) | Autograph musical quotation signed ("PMascagni") | USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 226 | Massenet (Jules) | Autograph musical quotation from Act I of Le Roi de Lahore ("O crudel, io non son rea...") | 1916-1917 |
GBP 650.00 - 850.00 | 690.00 | |
| 227 | Massenet (Jules) | Autograph musical quotation signed ("Massenet") | GBP 900.00 - 1,100.00 | 920.00 | ||
| 228 | Massenet (Jules) | Autograph manuscript of "Poeme d'un soir | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 229 | Medtner (Nicolas) | Autograph musical quotation signed ("Nicolas Medtner") | GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 690.00 | ||
| 230 | Mendelssohn Bartholdy (Felix) | Fine autograph Letter signed ("Felix") | Cologne | 15 June 1846 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 1,380.00 |
| 231 | Mendelssohn Bartholdy (Felix) | Fine autograph letter signed ("Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy") | [London] | 7 May 1833 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,265.00 |
| 232 | Mendelssohn Bartholdy (Felix) | Printed visiting-card ("Mr. F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy") | London | 1830s or 1840s] |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 977.00 |
| 233 | Meyerbeer (Giacomo) | Autograph manuscript of part of "Robert le diable" | Paris | c.1831 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 575.00 |
| 234 | Meyerbeer (Giacomo) | Fine large autograph musical | GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 805.00 | ||
| 235 | Meyerbeer (Giacomo) | Autograph letter signed ("G Meyerbeer") | GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 402.00 | ||
| 236 | Meyerbeer (Giacomo) | Autograph musical quotation of the March from "Le Prophete" | 1 September 1861 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 977.00 | |
| 237 | Mozart (Wolfcang) | Remarkable autograph letter signed ("W. A. Mzt") | Vienna | before 26 September 1781 |
GBP 18,000.00 - 20,000.00 | 19,550.00 |
| 238 | Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus) | Six Sonates Pour le Clavecin | Vienna | [1781] |
GBP 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | 5,520.00 |
| 239 | Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus) Don Juan | Ein Singspiel in zwey Aufzugen | [probably c.1792] |
USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 240 | Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus) | Oeuvres complettes | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 575.00 | ||
| 241 | Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus) | Sonate Pour le Forte-Piano | Vienna | [1788] |
GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 2,990.00 |
| 242 | Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus) | Missa pro defungtis Requiem | Leipzig | [c.1800] |
USD 700.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold |
| 243 | Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus) | It. dissoluto punito osia II Don Giovanni | Leipzig | 1801 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 862.00 |
| 244 | Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus) | Grand quintetto per due Violini | Vienna | [1799] |
USD 600.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 245 | Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus) | Zwei Deutsche Arien zum Singen beym Clavier in Musick gesetzt von Herrn Kapellmeister W.A. Mozart | Vienna | [1790] |
GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 460.00 |
| 246 | Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus) | Concerto pour deux Clavecins | Offenbach | [1800] |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 3,105.00 |
| 247 | Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus) | Trois [Six] Quatuors pour deux Violons | Offenbach | [1800] |
GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | 2,990.00 |
| 248 | Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus) | Scelta d'arie | Offenbach | [1798] |
USD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 249 | Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus) | Die Maurerfreude | [1792] |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 250 | Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus) | Grand Quintetto per due Violini due Viole e Violoncello | Vienna | c.1800 |
GBP 500.00 - 550.00 | 713.00 |
| 251 | Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus) | Trio per II | Vienna | 1797 |
USD 700.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 252 | Music | GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 414.00 | |||
| 253 | Handel (George Frideric) | Music collection | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,955.00 | ||
| 254 | Musicians | New York | 1905-1963 |
USD 450.00 - 550.00 | Not Sold | |
| 255 | Onslow (George) | Autograph manuscript of a work for piano | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 747.00 | ||
| 256 | Offenbach (Jacques) | Important early autograph working | [1843] |
GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | 10,350.00 | |
| 257 | Offenbach (Jacques) | Autograph musical quotation signed ("Jacques Offenbach") | Paris | 19 July [18]65 |
GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 414.00 |
| 258 | Meyerbeer (Giacomo) | Opera | USD 600.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 259 | Opera | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 260 | Opera | Vienna | 1927-1933 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 862.00 | |
| 261 | Oratorio | [c. 1710-1720] |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 262 | Paganini (Nicolo) | Autograph letter signed ("Nicolo Paganini") | Paris | 2 October 1837 |
GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,150.00 |
| 263 | Paganini (Nicolo) | Autograph manuscript signed ("NicoloPaganini") | Paris | 8 January 1834 |
GBP 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | 5,750.00 |
| 264 | Pavlova (Anna) | Anna Pavlova's passport | GBP 700.00 - 900.00 | 862.00 | ||
| 265 | [Pepusch (Johann Christoph)] | A Treatise on Harmony | [c.1738] |
GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 805.00 | |
| 266 | Pergolesi (Giovanni Battista) | Eighteenth-century manuscript of Pergolesi's "Stabat mater" | GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 805.00 | ||
| 267 | Piano | GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 506.00 | |||
| 268 | Piccinni (Niccolo) | Fine autograph letter signed ("Piccinni") | [Paris] | 13 February 1784 |
USD 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 269 | Pleyel (Ignaz) | Collection of early editions of music for strings and keyboard | GBP 800.00 - 900.00 | 1,150.00 | ||
| 270 | Ponchielli (Amilcare) | Good long autograph letter signed ("APonchielli") | Milan | 27 [?November] 1879 |
USD 600.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 271 | Ponchielli (Amilcare) | Autograph sketch-leaf for the opera | Milan | c.1880 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 272 | Poulton (Diana, English lutenist and musicologist, 1903-1991) | The music library of Diana Poulton | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 3,335.00 | ||
| 273 | Prokofiev (Sergei) | Typed letter signed ("SergeProkofieff') | Paris | 17 June 1932 |
GBP 700.00 - 900.00 | 575.00 |
| 274 | Prokofiev (Sergei) | Autograph postcard signed ("S.P.") | Paris | 10 June 1935 |
USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 275 | Prokofiev (Sergei) | Important working manuscript of the Second Violin Concerto | [1935] |
USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 276 | Prokofiev (Sergei) | Autograph letter signed ("Serge Prokofieff') | Moscow | 10 April 1936 |
GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | 2,530.00 |
| 277 | Prokofiev (Sergei) | Autograph musical quotation signed ("Serge Prokofiev") | 1938 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,150.00 | |
| 278 | Puccini (Giacomo) | Autograph musical quotation signed of the motif "Mi chiamano Mimi" from La Boheme | 1921 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,035.00 | |
| 279 | Puccini (Giacomo) | Autograph letter signed ("G. Puccini") | Milan | 27 February 1921 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 280 | Puccini (Giacomo) | Autograph letter signed ("Puccini") | London | 8 October 1905 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 575.00 |
| 281 | Puccini (Giacomo) | Autograph letter signed ("Puccini") | 3 August 1921 |
GBP 600.00 - 700.00 | 575.00 | |
| 282 | Puccini (Giacomo) | La Boheme (Scene da La Vie de Boheme di Henry Murger) | Milan | 1896 |
GBP 800.00 - 900.00 | 1,495.00 |
| 283 | Puccini (Giacomo) | Autograph letter signed ("GiacomoPuccini") | Milan | 4 May 1924 |
USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 284 | Puccini (Giacomo) | Cabinet-style photograph signed and inscribed on the image ("Al carissimo Bonfiglietti ricordo di GPuccini Roma 17 [1]900") | Rome | 17 January 1900 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 285 | Puccini (Giacomo) | Signed photograph of the composer | 31 May 1896 |
USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 286 | Puccini (Giacomo) Edgar | dramma lirico in tre atti di Ferdinando Fontana | Milan | [c.1892] |
USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 287 | Puccini (Giacomo) | Autograph letter signed ("G. Puccini") | Viareggio | 28 June 1923 |
GBP 700.00 - 900.00 | 690.00 |
| 288 | Puccini (Giacomo) | Autograph manuscript of "Canto d'anime" | April 1904 |
GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | 3,565.00 | |
| 289 | Quantz (Johann Joachim) | Essai d'une Methode pour apprendre A jouer de ia flute traversiere | Berlin | 1752 |
GBP 400.00 - 450.00 | 414.00 |
| 290 | Ravel (Maurice) | Autograph letter SIGNED ("Maurice Ravel") | 27 August 1913 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,495.00 | |
| 291 | Ravel (Maurice) | Fine autograph musical quotation signed and inscribed | Paris | October 1925 |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 292 | Reger (Max) | Good long autograph letter signed ("MaxReger") | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 977.00 | ||
| 293 | Reggio (Pietro) | [Songs] | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,840.00 | ||
| 294 | Rimsky-Korsakov (Nikolay)---Glinka (Mikhail) Knyaz Kholmsky ["Prince Kholmsky"] | Nouvelle Edition revue et corrigee par N. Rimsky-Korsakow et A. Glazounow | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 632.00 | ||
| 295 | Rimsky-Korsakov (Nikolay) | Autograph letter signed ("N. Rimsky-Korsakov") | (St Petersburg) | 19 August 1905 |
USD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 296 | Rimsky-Korsakov (Nikolay) | Cinq concerts historiques russes | USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 297 | Rimsky-Korsakov (Nikolay) | Proof of the. prologue ok "The Golden Cockerel" | Moscow | 1 December 1907 |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 298 | Rossini (Gioachino) | Autograph manuscript signed and inscribed ("A Madame Cecile Halpert (nee Rosen) G. Rossini Paris 8 Fevrier 1862") | 1862 |
GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | 3,220.00 | |
| 299 | Rossini (Gioachino) | Good autograph letter signed ("G. Rossini") | Turin | 5 November 1833 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 300 | Rossini (Gioachino) | Autograph musical quotation of a waltz theme in C major | GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 483.00 |
![<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.")
