3258: 1 vol. (Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus.) Die Start Price USD 7,500.00 Current Price USD 19,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 10 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, October 19, 2008 End Time Sunday, October 19, 2008 Location Philadelphia, PA See more about '3258: 1 vol. (Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus.) Die' Description Current Lot 1 vol. (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus.) Die Zauberflote Eine Grosse Opera in Zwey Aufzugen von Emmanuel Schikaneder, Die Musik ist von Hern N. Wolfgang Amade Mozart, Kapellmeister,... Vienna: Ignaz Alberti, 1791. First edition. 12mo, orig. wrappers: gutters & spine repaired, minor edge wear. Small tear slightly affecting margin of title & frontis. With 2 engraved plates. Scattered internal spotting & occasional staining. In custom black morocco clamshell box. First edition of the libretto of the Magic Flute, complete with the two copper plate engravings, one of the librettist Schikaneder as Papageno (between pp. 4 & 5), & The Temple of Isis and Osiris (as frontispiece). This libretto was advertised on the playbill for the first performance as on sale at the box office for 30kr. This is the only copy of the libretto to have been offered or sold at auction. [Hirch IV, 1385 - citing a rebound copy]; [Warburton, The Librettos of Mozart Operas, vol. 4 (1992) - citing copies in the Austrian and Bavarian State Libraries, both lacking the engraved plates]. Place a Bid!