Lot 248 · Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts
contemporary scribal manuscript of acis and galatea, the original version in english, an early copy deriving from handel's lost conducting score of 1718
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- Estimate
- £30,000–£40,000 hammer ≈ $45,884–$61,179
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts, London · 28 May 2015
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4363689
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Handel, George Frederic. 1685-1759., contemporary scribal manuscript of acis and galatea, the original version in english, an early copy deriving from handel's lost conducting score of 1718. Sotheby's, 28 May 2015, lot 248. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4363689.
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Handel, George Frederic. 1685-1759., contemporary scribal manuscript of acis and galatea, the original version in english, an early copy deriving from handel's lost conducting score of 1718. Sotheby's, 28 May 2015, lot 248. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4363689.
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