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Il dissoluto punito osia il Don Giovanni. Dramma giocoso in due atti. [Don Giovanni] by MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS

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Seller: The Manhattan Rare Book Company

Title: Il dissoluto punito osia il Don Giovanni. Dramma giocoso in due atti. [Don Giovanni]
Author: MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS
Seller: The Manhattan Rare Book Company (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1801. First edition. original wrappers. Very Good. THE ULTIMATE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION – IN BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL WRAPPERS WITH THE LEGENDARILY SCARCE LIBRETTO. A remarkable copy of the first edition of the full orchestral score — complete as issued with the German libretto — of Don Giovanni, Mozart’s greatest dramatic achievement and one of the most influential works in the history of Western music. Copies surviving in their original light blue wrappers are of the utmost rarity, and this example is extremely well-preserved. “THE OPERA OF OPERAS” (HOFFMAN). Commissioned following the triumph of Le nozze di Figaro in Prague (1786), Don Giovanni reunited Mozart with his brilliant librettist, Lorenzo da Ponte, who drew on the Spanish legend of Don Juan and its reinterpretations by Molière and others. Premiering in Prague on October 29, 1787, the opera was an immediate sensation, fusing tragedy and comedy in ways that astonished contemporary audiences. Mozart’s revised Vienna production of May 7, 1788, introduced new arias and tightened the finale, and it is this hybrid form—Prague with Vienna additions—that Breitkopf & Härtel immortalized in print. After Mozart’s death in 1791, his widow Constanze struggled to secure publication of his manuscripts. Negotiations with Johann André, a friend of Mozart, faltered, and Breitkopf & Härtel, denied access to the manuscript, compiled their own edition from secondary sources. The resulting score, issued as part of their Oeuvres complètes, represents the first public availability of the work and a decisive moment in its reception. THE CONTROVERSIAL LIBRETTO The accompanying German libretto, translated by Friedrich Rochlitz, has long been a subject of bibliographical debate. Some scholars have argued that it was added later to correct textual errors; others—most notably Haberkamp—have demonstrated that it was integral to the earliest issues, appearing in the publisher’s advertisements of December 1800 and noted on the verso of the title page. Surviving examples are exceedingly rare: none of the copies described by Haberkamp contained the libretto. –––––––––– Il dissoluto punito osia il Don Giovanni. Dramma giocoso in due atti. [With the German libretto:] Friedrich Rochlitz (trans.), Don Juan. Oper in zwei Akten. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, [1801]. Two volumes, oblong folio. Engraved vignette by F. Bolt after Kinninger on Italian title page in Vol. I depicting the Commendatore seizing Don Giovanni by the arm. Score in original light blue wrappers printed in black; libretto with matching light blue paper backstrip. Housed in a custom green morocco box. Wrappers bright with some foxing and very minor wear; occasional foxing to text (but generally very clean). References: Fuld p. 371; Haberkamp I, pp. 295–8; RISM M 4502; Ian Woodfield, The Vienna Don Giovanni (2010).

Original leaves from famous English books by [LEAF BOOK]

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Title: Original leaves from famous English books
Author: [LEAF BOOK]
Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description: London: The Folio Society, 1963. A Panorama of English Printing The Folio Society's Monumental Collection of Original Leaves from the Great English Presses [LEAF BOOK]. Original Leaves from Famous English Books. London: The Folio Society, [1963]. One of only 200 sets compiled and issued by The Folio Society. Large folio (22 x 15 3/4 inches; 560 x 400 mm.). Two introductory letterpress leaves, including a descriptive index to the contents, together with twelve original leaves from major monuments of English printing, each mounted within gray card mats. Housed in the original green cloth clamshell case, spine with gilt-lettered red morocco label. Some light rubbing and minor marks to case. A few leaves with occasional foxing, light toning, or offsetting from original mounting adhesive. Overall a fine, clean, and highly attractive set. The leaves comprise a sweeping survey of nearly four centuries of English typography and fine printing: Pynson's Froissart (1523) Foxe's Book of Martyrs (1575) The King James Bible (1611) Shakespeare, Second Folio (1632) - As You Like It Clarendon's History (Oxford, 1701-1704) Samuel Johnson's Dictionary (1755) Baskerville's Virgil (1757) Foulis Press Pope (1785) Bulmer's History of the River Thames (1794-1796) Chiswick Press Book of Common Prayer (1844) Kelmscott Press, The Well at the World's End (1896) Doves Press Milton (1902-1905) An unusually sophisticated and visually impressive "leaf book," issued at a monumental format and bringing together examples from many of the defining moments in the history of English printing. Particularly desirable are: the Shakespeare Second Folio leaf, the leaf from the 1611 King James Bible, the Kelmscott Press specimen designed under the influence of William Morris, and the austere typographic beauty of the Doves Press Milton. The inclusion of examples from: Richard Pynson, Baskerville, the Foulis Press, Bulmer, Kelmscott, and Doves creates a remarkably coherent historical progression from early Tudor printing through the private press revival of the late nineteenth century. Unlike many twentieth-century leaf books assembled largely from commonplace material, this Folio Society production was conceived as a serious bibliographical and typographic survey, and remains among the most elegant and ambitious examples of the genre.

THE THIRD VIOLET by Crane, Stephen

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Seller: Sumner & Stillman

Title: THE THIRD VIOLET
Author: Crane, Stephen
Seller: Sumner & Stillman (United States)
Description: 1897. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1897. Original tan cloth decorated in red, black and gilt. First Edition of Crane's sixth book, a romance about young impoverished artists. It was not long after he finished writing this, and before it was published, that Crane was shipwrecked near Jacksonville, as he was headed off to cover the war in Cuba (Crane had to spend three days in an "open boat"). THE THIRD VIOLET was something of a success, but artistically it seemed a distinct blot on Crane's reputation... [One reviewer observed,] "We hope that THE THIRD VIOLET, which is a hopelessly scentless one, will be the last of its kind, and that instead of violets Mr. Crane will give us war -- war -- war." [Stallman] This was to be the last of Crane's four Appleton books to appear in this tan binding. This is a near-fine copy, its only blemish being a small spot of wear at the head of the spine. Williams & Starrett 13; Blanck 4078.

Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul by Abbott, Karen

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Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA

Title: Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul
Author: Abbott, Karen
Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9781400065301
Condition: Very good
Description: NY: Random House, 2007. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. xxiv, 339pp+ index. Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket.

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