first edition Hardcover
1827 · Mainz und Paris / Antwerpen
by Beethoven, Ludwig van; Friedrich Schiller
Mainz und Paris / Antwerpen: bey B. Schotts Söhnen / bey A. Schott, 1827. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Folio (345 by 271 mm). [2], 226, [2: blank] pp. Lithographic title wrappers; engraved title bearing the royal arms of Friedrich William III; engraved musical scores. Wrappers professionally inserted on stubs and bound in. Expertly re-bound to style in speckled calf over sprinkled boards. Mild embrowning at edges, some fore-edges with darker stains, else a very good copy, with clear impressions and notably wide margins.
First edition (second issue), lacking the subscriber's list, but proudly sporting twelve metronome markings between (truncated)
First edition (second issue), lacking the subscriber's list, but proudly sporting twelve metronome markings between (truncated)