Der Freischütz Romantische Oper in drei Aufzügen Gedichtet von Fr. Kind ... Partitur. Einzig rechtmäßige mit der Handschrift des Componisten neu-revidirte Original-Ausgabe. Eigenthum der Verlagshandlung... S. 3512. Pr. 12 Thlr. [Full score]

Berlin: in der Schlesingerschen Buch u. Musikhandlung [PN S. 3512], 1849. Folio. Half contemporary black cloth with matching textured paper boards, spine in decorative compartments gilt with titling gilt, decorative endpapers. 1f. (recto title, verso table of contents), 3-262 pp. Engraved throughout.

With names of characters in contemporary manuscript following listing of each selection in the table of contents.

Handstamp of Judith Bauer in Vienna to blank upper outer corner of first page of music.

Binding worn, rubbed, and bumped; lacking front free endpaper. Occasional foxing, slightly heavier to first few leaves; some minor stains; small paper defect to pp. 244 and 245, just touching notation in three instances. OCLC 497840338

First Edition, later issue. WeV C.7. Jähns 277. Hoboken 15, 349 (issue with text "gleichlautende Original-Ausgabe" to title). Hirsch II, 966. Fuld p. 237.

"With Der Freischütz [Weber] produced a work that competed successfully with popular French and Italian operas not only in Germany but in other countries as well. The impact of Der Freischütz on opera of the 1820s, 30s, and 40s is evident, as it inspired a spate of gothic works like the vampire operas of Marschner and Lindpaintner, and even as late a work as Der fliegende Holländer owes much to it; outside Germany, its success as Robin des Bois prepared the way for Meyerbeer's Robert le diable." Paul Corneilson et al. in Grove Music Online.