STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CCII. Arthur Rimbaud: Une Saison en Enfer (Brussels, 1873). Printed. Dedicated on verso of title-page to Stefan Zweig from O. Van den Daele, Mons, 8 Oct. 1908. See also Zweig 181 and Chris Michaelides 'Stefan Zweig's copy of Rimbaud, Une Saison en Enfer (1873) in Th...
George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron: 'Note to the lines where Capel Lofft is mentioned'
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Autograph fair copy. The prose note explains the allusion to Capel Lofft in Byron's 'Hints from Horace' (published 1811), lines 693-696: 'Hark to those notes, narcotically soft! / The cobber-laureats sing to Capel Lofft! /Till, lo! that modern Midas, as he hears, / Adds an ell-growth to his egre...
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CLXXXIII. Madame Manon-Jeanne Roland de la Platière: 'Rêveries Philosophiques', 'Pensées Détachées' and 'Lettres à Madame P.'; 18th cent. French. ff. ii+32. Binding of red morocco, gold-tooled by Rivière and Son. 244 x 196mm. Rivière and Son; bookbinders: Bindings...
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CXCIX. Oscar Wilde: poem 'In the Gold Room'; [1881]. Draft. First published among 'Flowers of Gold' in Wilde's Poems (1881). See The Poems of Oscar Wilde (1908), p. 159. f. 1. 259 x 206mm. Poetry ENGLISH: Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde, author: Poem 'In the...
George Frideric Handel: Oratorio ‘Joseph and his Brethren’ (words James Miller, after the book of Genesis), 1743: recitative ‘With Songs of ardent gratitude, and Praise’
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Autograph score. Written in ink on systems of two staves: vocal line in the alto clef and figured bass. Headed ‘Joseph’ in the upper margin, the music followed by ‘Segue il Coro Alleluja we will rejoice’, and with ‘Fine dell oratio. [sic] Joseph’ in the lower margin. Joseph and his Brethren wa...
George Frideric Handel: ‘Floridante’, opera in three acts (libretto Paolo Antonio Rolli): final chorus ‘Quando pena la costanza’ from Act III
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Autograph full score. Written in ink on systems of nine staves. No tempo direction. Headed ‘Coro’ (f. 1r) and with ‘Fine dell’ Opera à Londres ce 28 de Novembre 1721’ at the end (f. 4r). Part of Handel’s composition score of the opera. The discovery of this hitherto missing conclusion to the c...
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CLXVIII. John Locke; Latin epitaph on Descartes; n.d. Fair copy. Accompanied by an engraving of Descartes by J. B. Grateloup after F. Hals. ff. 4. 271 x 212mm. overall. Epitaph (f. 4) 94 x 75mm; engraving (f. 2 pasted down) 103 x 72mm. includes: f. 2 Jean Baptis...
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CXCVI. 'Voyage d'un Français en France'; [1880]. Draft fragment. French. See P. Verlaine, Oeuvres en Prose Complètes, ed. J. Borel (Paris, 1972), pp. 993-1046. Presentation inscription of Ernest Delahaye to Zweig (f. 1). f. 1. 220 x 175mm. Paul Verlaine, poet: 'V...
Joseph Haydn: Piano trio in E flat minor (Hob. XV:31)
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Autograph score. Written in ink on systems of four staves. In two movements, as follows: ff. 1v-5r. ‘Andante’; instrumental lines marked ‘Violino’, ‘Cembalo o p:f:’ and ‘Violoncello’ (f. 1v). Headed ‘In Nomine Domini’ and ‘di me giuseppe Haydn m[anu] p[ro]pria / 795 [line over]’ on f. 1v. ff...
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CXCV. Collection of poems 'Fêtes Galantes'; circa 1869. Fair copies and drafts, including two printed proofs. French. See P. Verlaine, Oeuvres Poétiques Complètes, ed. Y. G. Le Dantec (Paris, 1962), pp. 107-121. ff. 31. Binding of red morocco, gold-tooled by E. A....