203 Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791). Die Zauberflöte. Le - Lot 203

203 Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791). Die Zauberflöte. Leipzig, In Commission der Breitkopfischen Musikhandlung [1794]. Large Italian-style in-4°, half ivory vellum. False title, title, frontispiece, "Ouverture" then numbering by tune, 34+2 entries, [183 pp., collation on request]. Canto e Cembalo" reduced score, a milestone in the history of opera publishing. Highly sought-after first edition lithographed and illustrated, complete with the rare typographic false title page and the sumptuous full-page engraving by Rösmasler, Pamina and Monostatos in the garden, under a full moon, all symbols are summoned [KV 620]. The Introduction ("Mozarts Zauberflöte No 1") is connected before the Overture, which can be heard, followed by the opera's thirty-three "pieces" (other copies are known to have been copies are known). The last leaves are reinforced with Japanese paper at the lower corners (the "tourne"), the copy is lightly scorched and the contemporary binding slightly rubbed (corners and spines restored).