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MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS (1756-1791). LE NOZZE DE FIGARO. DIE HOCHZEIT DES FIGARO. EINE COMISCHE OPER IN 4. AUFZüGEN. IN MUSICK GESETZT VON W.A.MOZART. INS DEUTSCHE üBERSETZT VOM BARON V.KNIGGE. UND FüRS CLAVIER EINGERICHTET VON C.G.NEEFE BEI NICOLAUS SIMROCK. BONN: N. SIMROCK, NO.28, [1796].
THE TITLE PAGE WITH A LATER STAMP HAMBOURG CHèS GüNTHER & BöHME, THE PUBLISHER'S PRICE OVERSTAMPED G&B AND REPLACED BY F14 IN BLACK INK. THE COVER INSCRIBED IN A LATER HAND LE NOZZE DE FIGARO.
OBLONG FOLIO IN QUIRES OF SIX LEAVES, 213 X 300MM. ENGRAVED THROUGHOUT. 228 PAGES INCLUDING TITLE. (MINOR WEAR, PP. 162-4 DISFIGURED BY LATER INK MARKINGS, THE CORNER OF PP.163-4 TORN AFFECTING THE ENGRAVING). CONTEMPORARY ROAN-BACKED BOARDS. PROVENANCE: ALPHONS DIEPENBROCK (PENCIL INSCRIPTION ON INSIDE OF THE BACK COVER).
FIRST EDITION. This printing may precede the first issue of the first edition. It lacks the character list on the verso of the title and the explanation of the translation printed in the first issue, but it does include the publisher's catalogue on the last unnumbered leaf.
BUC, II, 703.
THE TITLE PAGE WITH A LATER STAMP HAMBOURG CHèS GüNTHER & BöHME, THE PUBLISHER'S PRICE OVERSTAMPED G&B AND REPLACED BY F14 IN BLACK INK. THE COVER INSCRIBED IN A LATER HAND LE NOZZE DE FIGARO.
OBLONG FOLIO IN QUIRES OF SIX LEAVES, 213 X 300MM. ENGRAVED THROUGHOUT. 228 PAGES INCLUDING TITLE. (MINOR WEAR, PP. 162-4 DISFIGURED BY LATER INK MARKINGS, THE CORNER OF PP.163-4 TORN AFFECTING THE ENGRAVING). CONTEMPORARY ROAN-BACKED BOARDS. PROVENANCE: ALPHONS DIEPENBROCK (PENCIL INSCRIPTION ON INSIDE OF THE BACK COVER).
FIRST EDITION. This printing may precede the first issue of the first edition. It lacks the character list on the verso of the title and the explanation of the translation printed in the first issue, but it does include the publisher's catalogue on the last unnumbered leaf.
BUC, II, 703.