HANDEL, George Frideric.
Messiah An Oratorio in Score.
London: Randall & Abell , c.1767.
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“Ev’ry valley shall be exalted, and ev’ry mountain and hill made low: the crooked straight and the rough places plain": Rare First Edition, Third Issue of Handel's Messiah An Oratorio in Score
Rare first edition, third issue of this classic work. Quarto, bound in full diced morocco, raised bands, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, 3 leaves, 188 and 35 pages, printed subscribers' list and index, engraved music. In very good condition, worming to margins, damp-staining to lower outer corner of a few leaves, small paper loss to lower outer corner of pages 93-94. First editions are rare.
Messiah An Oratorio in Score.
$15,000.00
Out of Stock
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