Rossini, Gioachino La gazza ladra [a mixed edition]

Milan: Ricordi (Naples, Girard and others), c.1817-1822, with Meyerbeer, Mozart, etc, 1820. Comprising a largely complete score of 16 separate numbers arranged for piano solo, including: 1) Gran Sinfonia (first edition, plate no.333); 2) Introduzione, (no.269, Girard?); 3) Cavatina (no.355/554); 5) Cavatina (no.743); 4) Cavatina (no.270); 6) Coro (271); and others, 16 items in one, oblong 4to, title-pages for the Ricordi editions; [together with] 2- and 4-hand arrangements of overtures by Meyerbeer (Emma von Resburgo); Spontini (La vestale); Cherubini; Paer; Handel; Winter; Mozart; and Mercadante (4 numbers from Elisa e Claudio); ballet music by Gallenberg, Carafa, Gioja and Carlini. Naples: Girard; and Viennese waltzes and Ländler. Vienna: Artaria. 4 volumes, oblong 4to, engraved music, contemporary vellum- or calf-backed boards, red and green morocco gilt labels of Arthur Hill, 3rd Marquess of Downshire (1788-1845) and his daughters “The Ladies Hill”