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HAYDN, Franz Joseph (1732-1809)
Die Schoepfung, Ein Oratorium ... The Creation An Oratorio. Vienna: The Author, 1800.
First edition of the full score of one of Haydn’s masterpieces, the oratorio depicting and celebrating the creation of the world as described in the Book of Genesis. RISM H-2521.

Folio (360 x 242mm). Full score, engraved title with Haydn's monogram stamp, 303 pages, engraved throughout (lacking subscribers' list, variable light spotting throughout, some variable plate tone). Modern green straight-grained half morocco.
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