BEETHOVEN Ludwig van (1770-1827). Messa a quattro Voci coll' accompagnamento dell' Orchestra...Drey Hymnen für vier Singstimmen mit Begleitung des Orchesters... 86s Werk (Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel, [1812]); one oblong volume in-fol. (26.5 x 35 cm) of 107-[1] pages, original cover on blue-gray paper (top cover printed Messe von L. v. Beethoven, with price ms), in antique hardback (small marginal tears repaired on pp. 71-74, marginal ink stain from p. 59, a few tiny holes, marginal split on p. 106; ownership stamps; worn hardback and worn spine).
Rare first edition of the Mass in C, the first of Beethoven's two Masses.
Engraved edition, each plate bearing the quotation no. 1667. [Hoboken 374].
Dedicated to Prince von Kinsky, it is divided into three parts titled "Erster [Zweyter, Dritter] Hymnus" (pp. 3, 39, 71).
Original state of pp. 92-93 (beginning of the Agnus Dei); "Anmerkung" for p. 71 on verso of p. 107.
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