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Pre aux Clercs was Herald's last opera, first performed in Paris in December 1832
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A Mandoline Overture box
No.2663, playing five overtures (Freischutz, in two revolutions, William Tell, Pre aux Clercs, Somnambula and La Dame Blanche), in thuya-wood case with tune sheet, ebony and box banding and tulip wood crossbanding to the interior and plinth moulding --26½in. (67cm.) wide, the cylinder 15 x 3 1/8in. (38 x 7.8cm.) diam., circa 1880
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No.2663, playing five overtures (Freischutz, in two revolutions, William Tell, Pre aux Clercs, Somnambula and La Dame Blanche), in thuya-wood case with tune sheet, ebony and box banding and tulip wood crossbanding to the interior and plinth moulding --26½in. (67cm.) wide, the cylinder 15 x 3 1/8in. (38 x 7.8cm.) diam., circa 1880
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