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Copyist’s manuscript for String quartet, op. 132

Copyist’s manuscript for the String quartet, op. 132 In the hand of two copyists with autograph additions and corrections in approx. 150 places consisting mostly of dynamic markings and some accidentals, titles and some notes in the hand of Marie Leins, with two autograph inscriptions in the hand of nephew Karl [Vienna 1825]. Four manuscript parts (94 p.), 10 staves per page, a few pages with an eleventh stave drawn in by hand, black ink and pencil, quarto 32 x 25.5 cm., tied with modern ribbons but now all conjugate pairs of leaves disjoint (pair of stab holes through the inner blank corners, some staining and farying to the edges), the paper apprently from a single stock, royal sheets watermarked with fleur-de-lys armorial
Item Information
Material Type
Corrected copy
Record Number
Cc3
Works
Opus 132
Auction Information
Auction House
Christie's (London)
Lot Number
15
Bibliographical Reference
BJ auction index 1985-1995BN 8/1
Date of Sale
6/24/1992
Copyists
Joseph Linke, Karl Holz, Marie Leins, Karl van Beethoven
Pricing Information
Treasures Tracking
Manuscript
Estimate Price
220,000-250,000 GBP