First edition of thirteen chamber duets, most composed in Italy before Handel moved to London, "never before printed." Folio (c. 37.5 x 27 cm.) Engraved throughout. Title (vb); printed list of subscribers (2); Index (vb); (1); music 2 - 91 pp. Contemporary half calf, gilt-lettered spine. Lacking the engraved frontispiece portrait of Handel by Houbraken, else fine throughout.
Contents: "A miravi io son intento," "Amor, gioje mi porge," "Caro autor di mia doglia," "Che vai pensando, folle pensier," "Conservate, raddoppiate," "Langue, geme, sospira," "Quando in calma ride," "Se tu non lasci amore," "Sono liete, fortunate," "Tacete, ohimè, tacete," "Tanti strali al sen mi scocchi," "Troppo cruda, troppo fiera" and "Va, speme infida." Smith no. 2 (p. 179); RISM H 1046; HWV 178, 180, 182a, 184, 185, 188, 191, 193, 194, 196, 197, 198 and 199; not in Hoboken.
First edition of thirteen chamber duets, most composed in Italy before Handel moved to London, "never before printed." Folio (c. 37.5 x 27 cm.) Engraved throughout. Title (vb); printed list of subscribers (2); Index (vb); (1); music 2 - 91 pp. Contemporary half calf, gilt-lettered spine. Lacking the engraved frontispiece portrait of Handel by Houbraken, else fine throughout.
Contents: "A miravi io son intento," "Amor, gioje mi porge," "Caro autor di mia doglia," "Che vai pensando, folle pensier," "Conservate, raddoppiate," "Langue, geme, sospira," "Quando in calma ride," "Se tu non lasci amore," "Sono liete, fortunate," "Tacete, ohimè, tacete," "Tanti strali al sen mi scocchi," "Troppo cruda, troppo fiera" and "Va, speme infida." Smith no. 2 (p. 179); RISM H 1046; HWV 178, 180, 182a, 184, 185, 188, 191, 193, 194, 196, 197, 198 and 199; not in Hoboken.