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Lot 181 · Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts

essai d'une methode pour apprendre à jouer de la flute traversiere, avec plusieurs remarques pour servir au bon gout dans la musique, berlin: c.f. voss, 1752

Johann Joachim Quantz

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Estimate
£2,000–£3,000 hammer ≈ $3,139–$4,709
Result
Performance
Sale
Sotheby's — Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts, London · 20 November 2014
Dimensions
22.8 x 18.6cm
Record ID
TB-2026-4308965
Record
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Johann Joachim Quantz, essai d'une methode pour apprendre à jouer de la flute traversiere, avec plusieurs remarques pour servir au bon gout dans la musique, berlin: c.f. voss, 1752. Sotheby's, 20 Nov 2014, lot 181. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4308965.

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Johann Joachim Quantz, essai d'une methode pour apprendre à jouer de la flute traversiere, avec plusieurs remarques pour servir au bon gout dans la musique, berlin: c.f. voss, 1752. Sotheby's, 20 Nov 2014, lot 181. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4308965.

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