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Ah! perfido, Opus 65, early manuscript score

Early manuscript full score of “Ah! perfido,” Opus 65. 51 p., oblong quarto (ca. 236 x 310 mm), 12 staves, contemporary blue card wrappers, manuscript label with date probably in the hand of the scribe, notations in brown ink on twelve staves per page, text in Italian and German, with deletions in red crayon, corrections and alterations in brown ink, including six bars written in another hand on a separate leaf and stitched into the score, and with smaller pastedowns, including to the soprano part, no note [probably 1808].

Item Information
Material Type
Copyists' ms.
Record Number
Cm11
Works
Opus 65
Auction Information
Auction House
Sotheby's (London)
Lot Number
17
Bibliographical Reference

Notes auction index 1996-2005

Date of Sale
12/6/2002
Sold to
Institution outside U.S.
Pricing Information
Treasures Tracking
Manuscript
Estimate Price
1000-1500 GBP
Sale Price
1,673 GBP
Sale Price in U.S Currency
$2627.00