Description
TP engraved, p. [ii, 1] blank, p. 2–13 engraved, p. [14] blank., Heading, p. 2: F. CHOPIN Op: 9. | Trois Nocturnes. «, Plate number p. 2-13: M. S. 1287., TP: faded, publisher’s signature stamp., Pencil annotations in musical text: corrections and additions relating musical notation (keys signature, fingering), also dynamics and articulation, p:. 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13., Recto pages, at the top (right corner): numbers 58-65 added in pencil., Title page: publisher’s signature stamp., Recto pages in the bottom (right corner): page numbers 59-73, added in pencil (sequentially throughout the collection)., Title page: at the top: pencil annotation of Fryderyk Chopin, dedication for Zofia Rosengardt-Zaleska "Pannie Rozengardt | za to że bardzo wielkie dziecko | FCh"; [below] date: "2 Janvier | 1844." written by hand in ink; publisher’s signature stamp., Wrapper (faded pink): p. [1] same as TP, at the top: inscription by hand in ink "annoté par Chopin", at the bottom: pencil inscription: illegible; p. [2-4] blank., Pages 6-7 : annotations by Chopin in pencil, relating fingering, p.6 and variant of the final cadence for Nocturne No 2, p.7., TP: publishers' names: faded; publisher’s signature stamp., This source is in the collection, comprising four bound volumes containing a representative selection of the first editions of Chopin's works published by various publishers., Nocturnes op. 9 as shelfmark 6602/n in volume III; together with shelmarks: 6599/n, 6600/n, 6601/n, 6603/n, 6604/n, 6605/n, 6606/n, 6607/n, 6608/n, 6609/n, 6610/n, 6611/n, 6612/n., Hard cover, colorful pattern. The back and corners of the cover are reinforced with beige material. Brown decorative sticker in center of the cover with title: FREDERIC | CHOPIN. | VOL. III., same inscription is on the back of the cover; embossed, gold letters., Gift of Virginia Irvine-Fortesque, Great Britain, 2012 51005280, Purchase in 2017 51004048
