Handel, George Frederic. (1685-1759)

Samson. An Oratorio. The Words taken from Milton.

London: I. Walsh. [1749]. First edition, fifth issue. Upright folio. Title; Table of songs; 2 - 91 pp. Engraved. A very fine copy, bound in three-quarter brown leather with marbled boards. Title-torn but well repaired and fully rebacked, early ink pagination at upper right corners throughout, else fine. With the bookplate of Gilbert Samuel Inglefield, former Lord Mayor of London. HWV 57; Smith no. 5, p. 136.

A rare lifetime impression of one of Handel's most popular oratorios. First performed in London on February 18, 1743, it contains the aria "Let the bright Seraphim." (3220)
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