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Description:
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759) Israel in Egypt, an Oratorio, in Score, as it was Originally Composed. [London]: for William Randall, [1770]. Folio, engraved frontispiece portrait (paper repair to blank margin),engraved title (silked, mounted, loss of text to bottom right corner with pen facsimile restoring lost text),engraved music throughout, save three pages of subscribers (letterpress),printed on heavy paper, deckled edges, 281 pages, 15 1/4 x 10 in.
Estimate $300-500
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Keywords
William Randall, George Frideric, London, Egypt, IsraelJohn Dorfman
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