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Lives of Composer Moscheles & Luthier Guarneri
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$60
Timed Auction
Railroad Crossing Discovery Auction: Closing May 29th, 2024
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Description
Comprising Charlotte Moscheles, with A. D. Coleridge, THE LIFE OF MOSCHELES, WITH SELECTIONS FROM HIS DIARIES AND CORRESPONDENCE (London: Hurst & Blackett, 1873) A close friend of Beethoven and Mendelssohn, a celebrated composer and teacher of music, 2 vol., 12mo, half calf and cloth, with bookplates of author Algernon S. Rose and blindstamp of cellist Gregor Piatigorsky; and Horace Petherick, JOSEPH GUARNERIUS, HIS WORK AND HIS MASTER, Special Edition (London: Hewett, 1906) 12mo, half calf and cloth, blindstamp of Piatigorsky.
Condition
The first with faded spines and some binding wear. The second with rubbed leather and some fading; a bookplate roughly removed