MAINWWARINGS BIOGRAPHY OF HANDEL 1760.

MAINWWARINGS BIOGRAPHY OF HANDEL 1760. (Mainwaring, John). Memoirs of the Life of the Late George Frederic Handel. To which is added, a catalogue of his works, and observations upon them. London, R. and J. Dodsley, 1760. 8:o (about 200 x 130 mm). (4), 208 pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait T. Chambers (some marginal foxing and staining). Later (late 19th century) worn black paper binding, blank spine. Some foxing. First free endpaper with annotation. First edition. The first biography of Händel, including a catalogue of his works: an important early source for the composer's life and oeuvre.

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