‎HANDEL - W.T. BEST - Mr. E.J. BELLERBY ( dedicatee ) - POTTER & Sons York ( binders ) :‎
‎A collection of the Choruses of Handel selected from all his Oratorios & Anthems arranged from the score for the organ by W.T. Best . Organist of St. Georges Hall Liverpool.‎

‎" London, Robert Cocks & C°, New Burlington Street, s.d. (before 1870), oblong in-folio, 25 x 34,5 cm, (4)nn pp + 360 pp. of lithographed music. Binding ; Bound in full black morocco, extensive gilt dedication text on the frontcover within a triple gilt fillet and another fillet with floral corner ornaments. The text; '' To Mr. E.J. Bellerby / The first organist of / Dalton Holme Church / from / The Rector , Churchwardens ,/ & other wellwishers / in the parish./ Easter , 1879. /''. All edges gilt, marbled paste downs within a black morocco frame with straight and floral fillets. Marbled fly leaves. Binding signed on the first paste down ; ''Bound by Potter & Sons York''. Finely preserved gift binding."‎

Reference : 32586

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