[Op. 15]. Kinderscenen. Leichte Stücke für das Pianoforte... Op. 15. Pr. 25 Ngr... Eingetragen in das Vereinsarchiv. Entd. Sta. Hall.
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [PN 6016], [ca. 1863-1871].
Folio. Unbound. 1f. (title), 3-20, [i] (publisher's catalogue "Publications nouvelles pour le piano de Breitkopf & Härtel à Leipzig") pp. Title lithographed, music lithographically transferred and printed within decorative green border.
Moderately worn, soiled, foxed and browned; some offsetting; outer bifolium detached; stains to final two leaves; publisher's oval handstamp to lower right corner of title.
Later (third or fourth?) edition.
The present lithographically transferred edition is based on the presumed second edition of ca. 1842, which was engraved. The decorative green borders are different from those of the presumed second edition. Hofmann p. 41 (with pricing in Marks, i.e., after 1872). McCorkle p. 69 ("There are various copies with a price of 25 Ngr., variant titles [with and without "Entd. Sta. Hall"], blue/green frame, re-engraved or not re-engraved"). Not in Hoboken.
The catalogue on the final page lists works published up to ca. 1863.
Item #24058
Price: $90.00 other currencies