essai sur la musique ancienne et moderne. paris: eugène onfroy, 1780 — La Borde, Jean-Benjamin de

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Estimate: £1,500–£2,000 hammer ≈ $2,259–$3,012
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Sale: Sotheby's — Music and Continental Books and Manuscripts, London · 7 December 2015
Dimensions: 255 x 190mm
Record ID: TB-2026-4430497
Record: first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Jean-benjamin De La Borde, essai sur la musique ancienne et moderne. paris: eugène onfroy, 1780. Sotheby's, 7 Dec 2015, lot 54. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4430497.

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Jean-benjamin De La Borde, essai sur la musique ancienne et moderne. paris: eugène onfroy, 1780. Sotheby's, 7 Dec 2015, lot 54. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4430497.

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From the same sale Music and Continental Books and Manuscripts · Dec 2015

Lot	Artist	Estimate
three portraits of Strauss by Max Liebermann, Ferdinand Schmutzer and…	Richard Strauss	£1,200–£1,500
grosse passionsmusik nach dem evangelium matthaei [vocal score of the…	Johann Sebastian Bach	£1,500–£2,000
important document signed ("pyotr"), in russian, being a treaty with …	Peter The Great, Tsar Of Russia	£7,000–£10,000
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autograph musical quotation from the "blue danube" waltz, boldly sign…	Johann Strauss	£2,000–£2,500
collection of seven portrait medallions of strauss, together with oth…	—	£400–£500

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