Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) Die Zauberflöte

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)Die Zauberflöte eine Grosse Oper in Zwey Aufzügen fürs Clavier oder Pianoforte. Leipzig: in Commission der Breitkopfischen Musikhandlung, [n.d. c.irca 1794].Oblong folio, two parts in one volume, piano-vocal score for the opera, music typeset, text in German, with engraved frontispiece bound before the second section (corner torn with loss of image); general title preceding the first part (no divisional title, integral blank preceding first section present), divisional title for second part present; issued in thirty-seven short parts, all separately paginated (some numbers skipped, lacking number 19: "Aria der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen") in the first part; only one part numbered 29 in the second section; general title and following leaf disbound, toned, crumpled along gutter edge, and chipped; bound in full contemporary sheepskin, both boards detached, quite worn, in need of resewing, 12 1/4 x 11 in.A variant of one of the earliest editions.