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Chopin, Frédéric COLLECTION OF SIX FIRST EDITIONS AND FIFTEEN EARLY EDITIONS, IN A VOLUME BOUND FOR GEORGIANA, LADY BLOOMFIELD, INCLUDING 1) 4 Mazurkas op.24, 9 leaves, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel, [1835], [24–1-B&H ], label of A. Gabler of St Petersburg--2) Quatre Mazurkas op.33, 9 leaves (verso of title and p.1 blank), engraved title & music, Paris: Maurice Schlesinger, [c.1838], priced at 7f.50c., plate M.S.2714 throughout, bookseller's stamp to title ("Brandus"), [cf. 33–1-Sm], some foxing--3) Trois Mazourkas op.50, Vienna: Mechetti, [1842], engraved title and music, [50–1-ME]--4) Deux Nocturnes op.55; Breitkopf & Härtel, [1844], [55–1-B&H], overall browning--5) Deux Nocturnes op.62, Breitkopf & Härtel, [1846], [62–1-B&H]--6) Trois Mazourkas op.63, [1847], [63–1-B&H], lacks final blank; together with a collection of early Russian and German editions etc., [1841 or later]: Trois nouvelles etudes, Berlin: Schlesinger; 24 Préludes, Milan, F. Lucca; Scherzo, op.31, Breitkopf & Härtel; Trois Nocturnes op.15, Breitkopf & Härtel; Deux Nocturnes op.37, Mendrisio: Pozzi; Deux Nocturnes op.27, Breitkopf & Härtel; Collection de compositions favorites [Impromptu in A flat op.29], St Petersburg: V. Flerov, plate 181; Deux Polonaises op.26, Breitkopf & Härtel; Deux Polonaises op.40, Breitkopf & Härtel; Trois Valses brillantes op.34, Breitkopf & Härtel; Trois Valses op.64, St Petersburg: C. R. Klever, Revue musicale Collection, [Mazurkas op.6 no.1 & op.7, no.1], St Petersburg, A. Gabler; Quatre Mazourkas op.41, Breitkopf & Härtel; Cinq Mazurkas, op.7 livre II, Leipzig: Kistner. 21 items in one volume, 4to (c.32 x 24.5cm), engraved music, a few titles annotated in pencil ("St Pétersbourg 1850" etc.), contemporary calf-backed boards, gilt-stamped on cover ("Lady Bloomfield"), very worn, spine defective and & upper cover loose