CHOPIN, Frédéric 1810-1849

[Op. 25, nos. 1-6]. Douze Etudes pour le Piano dédiées à Madame la Comtesse d'Agoult ... Oeuvre 25. Liv. 1

Leipsic: Breitkopf & Härtel ... Paris: Brandus & Co ... Londres: Wessel & Co. [PNs 5832, 5833], [after 1855].

Folio. Disbound. 1f. (title), 3-31, [i] (blank) pp. Title lithographed, music engraved. Price: "1 Thlr. 15 Ngr." Publisher's and "Scharfenberg & Luis, New York" handstamps to foot of title.

Minor foxing and browning; slight loss to blank lower corner of final leaf; Scharfenberg handstamp slightly cropped.

Second German edition, second issue. Grabowski-Rink 25/1-6–2a-B&H. Chomiński-Turło p. 90. Hoboken 4, 276.

The firm of Scharfenberg & Luis was active from 1845-66. See Howe: "Music Publishers of New York before 1850," reprinted November 1917 from the Bulletin of the New York Public Library, September 1917, p. 1.

Item #23081

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