Seven Sonatas or Trios For Two Violins or Two German Flutes And a Violoncello Composed & Published in the Year 1739. HWV 396-402 . Op. 5, Arnold's Edition No. 48-49 . Score

by George Frideric Handel

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First edition

Folio. Disbound. 1f. recto title, verso blank ,3-59 pp. Engraved throughout. W.H. London in manuscript to upper margin of title. First Edition of the score, previously published in parts only. Smith p. 247, no. 5. HWV 396-402 Vol. III, p.183. RISM H1514. Dr. Arnold's edition of the collected works of Handel was published in 180 numbers between 1787 and 1797. It was the earliest attempt at producing such an undertaking of any major

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