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| Id |
26112 |
| Category |
antiquarian book |
| Author / Composer |
BEER, Michael (1800-1833) |
| Title |
Sämmtliche Werke von Michael Beer. Herausgegeben von Eduard von Schenk [(1788-1841)]. Mit dem Bildnisse des Dichters. |
| Place |
Leipzig |
| Publisher |
F.A. Brockhaus |
| Publication Date |
1835 |
| ISBN / Plate No. |
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| Series |
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| Size |
8vo. xliv, 954pp. |
| Description |
Quarter calf (rubbed, corners bumped and worn) with embossed decorative (foliate/floral) cloth (front separating from the board). Inscribed and signed by the composer Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864) on the recto of the frontispiece portrait: "à Madame la Comtesse de Westmorland, hommage de la plus sincère vénération & du plus respectueux dévouement, Giacomono Meyerbeer". Jane Fane (née Saunders (1783-1857), Countess of Westmorland, was the second wife of John Fane (1759–1841), 10th Earl of Westmorland; "she was a patron of the poet John Keats and his friend, the artist Joseph Severn, and later a supporter of Lord Byron, despite her friendship with Lady Caroline Lamb (who first met Byron at the countess's house)". |
| Reference |
WorldCat references just four copies of the publication. |
| Price |
£750.00 |
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