Italian First Edition

This edition is debatable since it was published outside of the Tri-Countries of England, France, and Germany, which were known to publish Chopin’s works. However, it does bear the inscription of it being a First-Edition. Published in Milan, Italy, under the Plate Number: 13614

It’s possible that these are reproductions of the First Italian Editions.

Title Page Reads: Fantaisie-Impromptu // Pour // Piano // 1.re Livraison // des œuvres posthumes // de // F. CHOPIN // Propr de L’Editeur // 13614=Fr.3.50 // MILAN F. LUCCA // Venise, Benzon. | Naples, Girard. | __Turin, Blancla.

Copy 1 has been colored in via crayon.

There are two identified copies.1

Copy 12
Copy 23
Copyright Information
  • Italian Edition | Copy 1 – Public Domain with attribution: “Chicago University Library”
  • Italian Edition | Copy 2 – Public Domain CC0 by the Chopin Institute. “Attribution Appreciated”
  1. One digital copy is held by the Chopin Institute in Warsaw, Poland. One digital copy is held by the The University of Chicago Library, Special Collections, Chopin | Early Editions. ↩︎
  2. Most likely to have been published before copy 2; Copy 2 presents more publishers on the cover. ↩︎
  3. This document is in the public domain, however, it is good scholarly practice to site the source. ↩︎
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