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Lot # 48
Estimate 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD
Group - Category Art - Posters
Lead Einladung zu Ludwig van Beethovens Leichenbegangn
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[Beethoven] Original invitation card to Beethoven's funeral. Einladung zu Ludwig van Beethoven's Leichenbegangnis, welches am 29. Marz um 3 Uhr Nachmittags statt finden wird. Vienna, printed by Anton Strauss, distributed in Tobias' Haslinger's music shop, 1827. Printed on heavy paper and hand cut. Single sheet black-bordered invitation to Beethoven's funeral, the text composed by Beethoven's life-long friend Stephan von Breuning. German reads: Man versammelt sich in der Wohnung des Verstorbenen im Schwarzspanier-Hause Nr. 200, / am Glacis vor dem Schottenthore. / Der Zug begibt sich von da nach der Dreyfaltigkeits=Kirche / bey den P. P. Minoriten in der Alsergasse. // Die musikalische Welt erlitt den unersetzlichen Verlust des berühmten Tondichters am 26. Marz 1827 Abends gegen 6 Uhr. / Beethoven starb an den Folgen der Wassersucht, im 56. Jahre seines Alters, / nach empfangenen heil. Sacramenten. English translation: The Meeting of Mourners will take place at the residence of the deceased, in the Schwarzspanier House, No. 200, at the Glacis before the Schotten Gate. The cortege will proceed from there to the Trinity Church of the Minorites in Alser Street. / The irretrievable loss to the musical world of the celebrated tone-master took place on the 26th March, 1827, at 6 p.m. Beethoven died in consequence of dropsy, in the 56th year of his age, after having received the Holy Sacrament. / The day of obsequies will be made known by L. van Beethoven's Worshippers and Friends."] Tobias Haslinger was the publisher of some of Beethoven's last works (Opp.136-138, including the Overture, Leonora no.1), and was one of the organizers of the notorious auction of the great composer's manuscripts after his death. Provenance: From the Noe von Archenegg family in Austria. This invitation card was passed down through the Noe von Archenegg, to Adolf Carl Noe (from his grandfather and father, respectively), the famous paleobiologist, to his daughter Mary Helen Von Noe and her husband Robert S. Mulliken and passed down though the family to its current owner, the consignor. On p74 in Mulliken's biography, "Life of A Scientist", Springer-Verlag, 1989, he describes finding this invitation card in his wife's family belongings in their house in Graz, Austria.
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Type Internet Absentee Bidding
Date(s) 7/31/2023 - 10/26/2023
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Please note: 27% Buyer's Premium. Credit card charges are subject to approval for high value invoices. Quinn’s Auction Galleries is pleased to present an auction of rare books, prints and autographs from the 16th-20th century. The sale features over 220 lots of with several Presidential autographs and signatures, early printings, illustrated books as well as volumes on American exploration. This auction features the first psychological sketch on childhood development, authored by Charles Darwin in 1877. Also for auction is a collection of early French Revolutionary pamphlets and publications regarding the plight of the French Catholic Church during 1791-1793, and the effects of the Civil Constitution on the Clergy. Additionally we are proud to offer several volumes on exploration including a complete set of the Pacific Railroad survey and a complete early run of Bureau of American Ethnology Annual Reports. Also in this auction we have a copy of the first major work on Cryptanalysis by Friedman and the White House copy of The Plan of Chicago. Open Preview: October 18th to October 25th from 11 AM-5 PM EST, Monday through Friday. There is no preview available on the weekend. We are not offering in house shipping for this auction, please contact us at shipping@quinnsauction.com for a list of third party shippers. Live Online Bidding, beginning at 12:00 PM EST the date of the sale, October 26th, available via Liveauctioneers.com & Invaluable.com. Absentee Bidding ONLY via HiBid, concluding at 11:40am the date of the sale.
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