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1800-1850
GUSN-17334
Title page reads: "THE MESSIAH/ AN ORATORIO./ Composed by Mr. Handel,/ for the Voice, Organ and Violin; with the Chorusses in score./ from the London Edition./ Published under the patronage and inspection of the Handel and Hadyn Society./ Boston./ Printed by James Loring, No. 2, Cornhill". Oval label on inside says "Nathan C. Martin". Bound in brown leather, newpaper (based) cover.
sheet music
books
cardboard
leather
paper (fiber product)
Composition, Musical
Book, Music
Book, Music
Loring, James (Printer)
Handel and Haydn Society (Boston, Mass.) (Publisher)
Boston, MA, USA
11 7/8 x 9 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
1957.22
Massachusetts (United States)
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