fine autograph manuscript of six numbers from the opera "sapho", for the revision in four acts (1884) — Gounod, Charles

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Estimate: £8,000–£10,000 hammer ≈ $12,048–$15,061
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Sale: Sotheby's — Music and Continental Books and Manuscripts, London · 7 December 2015
Record ID: TB-2026-4430812
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Charles Gounod, fine autograph manuscript of six numbers from the opera "sapho", for the revision in four acts (1884). Sotheby's, 7 Dec 2015, lot 212. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4430812.

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Charles Gounod, fine autograph manuscript of six numbers from the opera "sapho", for the revision in four acts (1884). Sotheby's, 7 Dec 2015, lot 212. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4430812.

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