[FACSIMILES] W. A MOZART: PORTFOLIO OF A GENIUS

West Stockbridge: Thornwillow Press, 1991. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding. A gathering of facsimile manuscripts and other materials, consisting of 24 loose signatures (including a single signature of Introduction) with music scores, manuscripts, a playbill, etc. :I: Mozart's first compositions; II: A portrait of Leopold Mozart and his children; III: God is our refuge, K.20; IV: Leopold Mozart's petition to Joseph II; V: Mozart's earliest dated letter; VI: The Order of the Golden Spur; VII: A leaf from the Serenade in D major, K.185; VIII: Four preludes for Nannerl Mozart; IX: A letter to Maria Thekla Mozart; X: "Account of a very remarkable young musician"; XI: Mozart's piano arrangement of the overture to Die Entfu hrung aus dem Serail; XII: A concert ticket; XIII: A letter from Leopold Mozart to his daughter; XIV: Playbill for the premiere of Le nozze di Figaro; XV: Mozart's arrangement of Non so piu`; XVI: Sketches for the Prague symphony; XVII: Mozart's last surviving letter to his father; XVIII: Decree appointing Mozart Imperial & Royal Chamber-Musician; XIX: Adagio in B minor, K.540; XX: A letter to Michael Puchberg; XXI: Sketches for Die Zauberflo te and the Requiem; XXII: Mozart's last letter to his wife; & XXIII: Die ihr des unermesslichen Weltalls Scho pfer ehrt, K.619. ~~All are housed in a clamshell box of green cloth, lined in ivory silk. The box has a couple of very trivial scuff marks. ~~This is #32 of 500 numbered copies, signed by musicologist Neal Zaslaw. ~~A sumptuous production, issued to mark the 200th anniversary of Mozart's death. Still in the publisher's shipping box. Fine binding.