Beschreibung:

Handel (George Frideric). Six Overtures fitted to the Harpsichord or Spinnet, viz. Ariadne, Orlando, Sosarmes, Aetius, Porus, Esther, Compos'd by Mr. Handel. Being all proper Pieces for ye Improvement of the Hand on the Harpsichord or Spinnet, Fifth Collection, London: J Walsh, No. 519, [1734], engraved title and 24pp, engraved throughout, bound together with five further collections of Handel's Overtures printed by Walsh: Sixth Collection (Justin, Arminius, Atalanta, Alcina, Ariodante, Pastor Fido), No. 618, [1737], engraved title and 29pp, engraved throughout, Seventh Collection lacking engraved title and 25pp, engraved throughout, [Seventh Collection] (Xerxes, Pharamond, Alexander Severus, Alexander's Feast, Athalia, Berenice), [No. 650], [1739], Eighth Collection (Samson, The Sacred Oratorio [Messiah], Saul, Deidamia, Hymen, Pernasso in Festa), [1743], engraved title and 29pp, engraved throughout, Ninth Collection (Belshazzar, Occasional Oratorio, Joseph, Hercules, Semele, Saul), engraved title and 27pp, engraved throughout, Tenth Collection (Solomon, Susanna, Alexander Balus, Joshua, Judas Macchabeus, Solomon), egraved title and 26pp, engraved throughout, some light spotting to final few leaves, 19th-century black half calf over marbled boards, gilt title to spine 'Handel's Six Overture', rubbed and scuffed to spine and outer edges, 4to (Quantity: 1) RISM H 1303; RISM H 1304; RISM H 1305; RISM H 1306; RISM H 1307; RISM H 1308.