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Auction archive: Lot number 10

Beethoven, Ludwig van.

Estimate
£20,000 - £25,000
ca. US$29,501 - US$36,876
Price realised:
£22,500
ca. US$33,188
Auction archive: Lot number 10

Beethoven, Ludwig van.

Estimate
£20,000 - £25,000
ca. US$29,501 - US$36,876
Price realised:
£22,500
ca. US$33,188
Beschreibung:

Beethoven, Ludwig van. IMPORTANT CONTEMPORARY SCRIBAL COPY OF THE STRING QUARTET IN E FLAT, OP.127, THE PRINTER'S COPY USED FOR THE FIRST EDITION OF THE SCORE, WITH EXTENSIVE EDITORIAL CORRECTIONS the Stichvorlage in four fascicles, one for each movement, written by a single scribe in brown ink on two four-stave systems per page, with manuscript title ("Quartett für II Violinen, Bratsche und Violoncello verfasst und Seine Durchlaucht dem Fürsten Nicolaus v. Galitzin gewidmet von Ludwig von Beethoven..."), some alterations in ink in another hand or hands, extensively marked up by and for the printer in pencil and red crayon, 29, 23, 36 and 29 pages, plus blanks, oblong 4to (c.23 x 31cm), 10-stave paper, each movement with separate older red crayon foliation and modern pencil pagination, plate number 2426 in manuscript on the title, ink-marking consistent with use by the printer, small tear to right-hand margin of title

Auction archive: Lot number 10
Auction:
Datum:
9 Jun 2010
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
Beschreibung:

Beethoven, Ludwig van. IMPORTANT CONTEMPORARY SCRIBAL COPY OF THE STRING QUARTET IN E FLAT, OP.127, THE PRINTER'S COPY USED FOR THE FIRST EDITION OF THE SCORE, WITH EXTENSIVE EDITORIAL CORRECTIONS the Stichvorlage in four fascicles, one for each movement, written by a single scribe in brown ink on two four-stave systems per page, with manuscript title ("Quartett für II Violinen, Bratsche und Violoncello verfasst und Seine Durchlaucht dem Fürsten Nicolaus v. Galitzin gewidmet von Ludwig von Beethoven..."), some alterations in ink in another hand or hands, extensively marked up by and for the printer in pencil and red crayon, 29, 23, 36 and 29 pages, plus blanks, oblong 4to (c.23 x 31cm), 10-stave paper, each movement with separate older red crayon foliation and modern pencil pagination, plate number 2426 in manuscript on the title, ink-marking consistent with use by the printer, small tear to right-hand margin of title

Auction archive: Lot number 10
Auction:
Datum:
9 Jun 2010
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
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