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London: Printed for I. Walsh, in Catharine Street, in the Strand, 1743. Folio. Modern mid-tan half calf with marbled boards, raised bands on spine in gilt-ruled compartments with dark red morocco title label gilt. 1f. (title), 1f. (table of contents and publisher's catalogue "Musick Just Publish'd ... Compos'd by Mr. Handel"), 89, [i] (blank) pp. Engraved throughout. With pictorial bookplate of William C. Smith, noted Handel scholar and author (with Charles Humphries) of the definitive Handel: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Early Editions," to front pastedown. Binding very slightly worn. Minor foxing to title; occasional small stains and soiling to edges; discrete paper repairs to margins and lower right corners of pp. 1-16, 75-78, and 87-89; small inkstain and contemporary manuscript annotation "65/100" to p. 28; very small tears to lower margin of pp. 57, 61, and 87, not affecting music;. First Edition of the complete work in full score; the only such edition published in Handel's lifetime.… Read More