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76 2875 Moreau le Jeune J M Le voyage de mantes ou les vacances 76 2875 Moreau le Jeune J M Le voyage de mantes ou les vacances
76/2875 [Moreau le Jeune, J.-M.]. Le voyage de mantes, ou les vacances. Amst., n.publ., 1753, (2),185p., engr. title and 4 plates by J.M. MOREAU LE JEUNE, contemp. calf w. gilt spine and mor. letterpiece, sm. 8vo.

- Sm. annot. on title. Sl. worn along extremities.

€ (60-80) 60
76 2876 Morocco Pidou de St Olon F 76 2876 Morocco Pidou de St Olon F
76 2876 Morocco Pidou de St Olon F 76 2876 Morocco Pidou de St Olon F
76/2876 [Morocco]. Pidou de St. Olon, F. Beschryving van het Keyserryk van Marokko, Behelsende De aart en eygenschap, mitsgaders de situatie van het voorschreve Land. (...) Vermeerdert met een Reys-beschryving, door den Kapiteyn Roland Frejus, bevorens uyt last van den voornoemden Koning van Vrankryk, aan Mouley Archy, Koning van Tasiles, Broeder en Voorzaat van den tegenwoordigen Koning van Marokko, in Mauritanien gedaan. The Hague, Meyndert Uytwerf, 1698, 2 parts in 1 vol., (22),350,(14)p., engr. frontisp. portrait, 1 fold. map, 1 fold. plan, 9 plates (1x fold.), contemp. vellum, sm. 8vo.

- One plate lacks outer lower corner (sl. affecting image); fold. plate sl. dam. in lower margin; occas. trifle stained/ sl. fingersoiled. Foot of spine and outer lower corner of backcover sl. dam.; top of spine sl. bumped.

= Very rare Dutch translation of St. Olon's Relation de l'empire de Maroc (first publ. Paris, 1694 as Etat present de l'Empire de Maroc). Gay 1264 and 1275; Playfair 308 (on the French ed. of 1694): "The author was sent by Louis XIV. to effect an exchange of slaves, and to conclude a treaty of peace and alliance against the Algerines. He disembarked in the bay of Tetuan and met the Sultan at Mekenes, but he had to leave the country without effecting his object. He was even imprisoned for some time at Tetuan by the Kaid of that place." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXV.

€ (400-600) 400
76 2877 Moubach A 76 2877 Moubach A
76/2877 (Moubach, A.). Naauwkeurige Beschryving der Uitwendinge Godtsdienst-Plichten, Kerk-Zeden en Gewoontens van alle Volkeren der Waerelt (...). Vyfde deel. Waar in de Godsdienst-Plichten en Gewoontens der Grieken en Protestanten verhandelt worden. Amst. etc., H. Uytwerf etc., 1736, (8),368p., 19 (double-p.) engr. plates, contemp. blindst. vellum, folio.

- Pastedowns loosening; final blanks waterst. Upper joint split; portions of backstrip loose(ning).

= Graesse II, p.104.

€ (150-250)
76 2878 Music Bethizy M de 76 2878 Music Bethizy M de
76/2878 [Music]. Bethizy, M. de. Exposition de la théorie et de la pratique de la musique, suivant les nouvelles découvertes. Paris, F.G. Deschamps, 1764, 2nd rev. and enl. ed., XVI,331,(5)p., 60 engr. plates of musical scores, contemp. gilt hcalf w. black mor. letterpiece.

- New endpapers; sl. yellowed; occas. sl. foxed. Spine sl. rubbed; corners showing.

€ (60-80)
76 2879 Music Blanchini Veronensis F 76 2879 Music Blanchini Veronensis F
76/2879 [Music]. Blanchini Veronensis, F. De tribus generibus instrumentorum musicae veterum organicae dissertatio. Rome, F. Amideus, 1742, XI,(1),58p., engr. title-vignette, head- and tail-pieces and capitals, 8 engr. plates, contemp. vellum, 4to.

- Contents loose(ning), but fine. Backstrip dam.

= Eitner II, p.32; Fétis I, p.407. Rare treatise on ancient musical instruments.

€ (150-250) 160
76 2880 Music Bonanni F 76 2880 Music Bonanni F
76 2880 Music Bonanni F 76 2880 Music Bonanni F
76 2880 Music Bonanni F 76 2880 Music Bonanni F
76 2880 Music Bonanni F 76 2880 Music Bonanni F
76/2880 [Music]. Bonanni, F. Description Des Instruments Harmoniques En tout Genre. Descrizione degl'istromenti armonici d'ogni genere. Ed. Hiacinthe Ceruti. Rome, Aux Dépens de Venance Monaldini, 1776, 2nd ed., 2 engr. title-pages (one with French title and one with Italian title), XVI,XXIII,214,(2)p., 142 (1x fold.) plates (incl. 2 unnumb. plates) by A. VAN WESTERHOUT, text in Italian and French, later hvellum w. giltlettered red mor. letterpiece and marbled paper over covers, 4to.

- Textp. partly (sl.) foxed; occas. sl. wormholed in blank inner margin. Vellum sl. soiled.

= Eitner II, p.107; Lipperheide Pg 6. Rare and important overview of the musical instruments present in the collection of the Collegio Romano, which also included some interesting exotic specimens.

€ (1.000-1.500)
76 2881 Music Devienne F 76 2881 Music Devienne F
76/2881 [Music]. Devienne, F. Methode pour la flûte. Paris, Janet et Cotelle, n.d. (±1805), 3rd rev. and enl. ed., plate no.232, (2),173p., text and scores entirely engraved, contemp. hcalf w. gilt green lozenge-shaped mor. letterpiece on frontcover, folio.

- One page (water)stained; first half trifle dampstained in blank margin; upper outer corner of one leaf reattached; free endpapers reattached. Covers sl. rubbed; backstrip dam. at spine-ends and sl. worn; corners worn.

= Cf. RISM D2108 (later edition).

€ (100-150) 100
76 2882 Music Rousseau J J 76 2882 Music Rousseau J J
76/2882 [Music]. Rousseau, J.J. Dictionnaire de musique. Paris, Veuve Duchesne, 1768, 1st ed., XIV,(2),547,(1),4p., engr. title ill., 13 fold. engr. plates w. scores, contemp. calf w. gilt spine and 2 mor. letterpieces.

- Sl. yellowed; occas. sl. foxed; 3 plates w. sm. tears in inner (blank) margin; 3 plates trimmed in lower margin, sl. affecting image; 1 plate w. sm. inkstains. Binding sl. worn/ rubbed; spine-ends dam.; lower joint splitting.

= Eitner VIII, p.336; Tchemerzine X, 53 b; Dufour 251.

€ (200-300)
76 2883 Music Spontini G Jouy E de and Esmenard J A 76 2883 Music Spontini G Jouy E de and Esmenard J A
76/2883 [Music]. Spontini, G., Jouy, E. de and Esmenard, J.A. Fernand Cortez ou la Conquête du Mexique, Opéra en trois actes, representé pour la première fois, sur le théatre de l'Académie Impériale de Musique, le Novembre 1809. Paris, Roullet, 1809, 1st ed., 62p., woodcut printer's mark on title-p., modern marbled boards, contemp. wr. pres.

= Rare.

€ (50-70) 60
76 2884 Music Sheetmusic Beethoven L van 76 2884 Music Sheetmusic Beethoven L van
76/2884 [Music. Sheetmusic]. Beethoven, L. van. A Favorite Duet, for the Piano-forte. Op.6. London, Goulding, Phipps & D'Almaine, n.d. (±1820), no plate-no., 15,(1)p., engr. scores, selfwrapping, 4to.

- Sl. frayed and dogeared; title-p. sl. duststained.

€ (40-60) 40
76 2885 Music Sheetmusic Beethoven L van 76 2885 Music Sheetmusic Beethoven L van
76 2885 Music Sheetmusic Beethoven L van 76 2885 Music Sheetmusic Beethoven L van
76/2885 [Music. Sheetmusic]. Beethoven, L. van. Six quatuors Pour 2 Violons, Viola et Violoncelle./ Trois quatuors (...). Paris, "Magasin de Musique de Pacini", n.d. (±1825-1828), 9 quartets in 4 vols., plate nos. 2006/ 2007/ 2008, 3 engr. title-p., engr. scores, contemp. unif. marbled boards w. paper title ticket on frontcover, sm. folio. - WITH: Idem. Trois Quatuors Concertants pour deux violons, viola et violoncello./ Onzième Quatuor (...)/ Dixhuitième Quatuor (...)/ Dixième Quatuor. Ibid., idem, n.d. (±1825-1828), 9 quartets in 4 vols., plate-nos. 2011/ 2019/ 2010/ no plate-no./ 2009, 5 engr. title-pages, engr. scores, unif. bound with the preceding, sm. folio.

- All vols. w. remains of (unidentified) heraldic bookplate on upper pastedown. All vols. w. later annot. in pen/ pencil on ticket on frontcover. Bindings sl. rubbed along extremities.

= Part of a complete edition by the publisher Pacini of Beethoven's string quartets, with a continuous pagination running from p.64-197 (but not bound sequentially). Francesco Gaetano Saverio Antonio Pacini (1778-1866) worked in Paris from 1806-1840 and was an esteemed publisher with many well wishers amongst composers, as was proven when his business went up in flames in 1835, and he lost his whole stock: his business was saved by the massive support given to him by musicians and composers both French and foreign who sent him their compositions for free.

€ (250-350)
76 2886 Music Sheetmusic Cherubini L 76 2886 Music Sheetmusic Cherubini L
76 2886 Music Sheetmusic Cherubini L 76 2886 Music Sheetmusic Cherubini L
76 2886 Music Sheetmusic Cherubini L 76 2886 Music Sheetmusic Cherubini L
76/2886 [Music. Sheetmusic]. Cherubini, L. Marches d'harmonie pratiquées dans la composition. Produisant des Suites Régulières de Consonnances et de Dissonances. N.pl. (Paris), "au Ménestrel" Huegel & Cie., n.d. (1847), plate-no. "E.T. et Cie 1996", (2),139p., entirely lithographed, contemp. hcl., folio.

- Final 50 leaves waterstain in upper outer corner touching score and text; title-p. and "Avertissement' sl. foxed. Otherwise contents fine. Binding worn along extremities (one corner dam.) and backstrip lacking.

= Rare posthumously printed work. No copy traced on the market.

Idem. Ouverture de Faniska. Leipsic, Breitkopf & Härtel (pasted over on first three Vl1 parts w. address slip of "L. Plattner à Rotterdam"), n.d. (±1808), plate-no. 509, 12 parts, loose as issued, folio.

- A few parts foxed and dampstained; old libr. stamps (partly pasted over w. blank paper) on the first page of each part.

= Comprises the following parts: Vl1 (4x), Vl2 (3x), Vla (2x) and Vlc and Contrabasso (3x).

AND 2 others by the same (incl. one duplicate).

€ (250-350)
76 2887 Music Sheetmusic Corelli A 76 2887 Music Sheetmusic Corelli A
76/2887 [Music. Sheetmusic]. Corelli, A. Selections from the Celebrated Sonatas. [Sonatas 17-31]. Adapted for the Piano forte with Accompaniments for two Violins or Flutes and a Violoncello by Joseph Kemp. London, Preston, n.d. (first quarter 19th cent.?), no plate-no., 4 vols., engr. title-p. and scores, contemp. plain boards, folio.

- Covers loose/ loosening; contains the parts for Sonatas 17-31 (no. 1-16 not present).

= Piano forte: (2),48-97,(1)p; 1st violin / flute: (2),15-30p.; 2nd violin/ flute: 14-27,(1)p.; violoncello: (2),27,(1)p. The parts for strings are preceded by a part of an adapt. for piano and strings of Mozart ouvertures (piano part lacking, publ. unidentified).

Tartini, G. Douze Sonates pour le violon. Paris, Imprimerie du Conservatoire de Musique, n.d. (±1810), plate no.137, 2 vols. w. continuous pagination, 55p., engr. score, folio.

= RISM T 247.

AND 2 others.

€ (100-150)
76 2888 Music Sheetmusic Corelli A 76 2888 Music Sheetmusic Corelli A
76 2888 Music Sheetmusic Corelli A 76 2888 Music Sheetmusic Corelli A
76 2888 Music Sheetmusic Corelli A 76 2888 Music Sheetmusic Corelli A
76/2888 [Music. Sheetmusic]. Corelli, A. Sonate A Tre, Due Violini e Violone Col Basso per l'Organo. Opera Prima./ Opera Secunda/ Opera Terza. Paris, Le Clerc le Cadet, le Clerc and Boivin, n.d. (1754/ 1754/ 1754), no plate-no., 3 vols. (vI, vII and cello), each w. 3 parts (each work containing 12 sonatas), engr. scores, contemp. unif. green hvellum w. red mor. letterpiece, folio.

- Each part with traces of paper tab in outer margin of the title-p. Otherwise contents very fine. Paper over covers and edges and corner rubbed/ sl. worn.

= RISM C3688, C3727 and C3758. Title-p. calling for a portrait of the composer, absent from our set.

€ (300-500)
76 2889 Music Sheetmusic Devienne F 76 2889 Music Sheetmusic Devienne F
76/2889 [Music. Sheetmusic]. Devienne, F. Méthode Complète Pour la Flute. Lille, Ve Bohem, n.d. (±1810), plate-no. V.B.46, (2),135p., entirely engraved, title vignette, ills. and scores, contemp. boards, folio.

- Foxed; occas. sl. fingersoiled/ (damp)stained. Rebacked w. later leather backstrip; covers worn along extremities.

= Attractive title-vignette depicting a male figure playing the flute standing next to a bust of François Devienne engraved by JOUVENEL Fils. Includes 36 airs, 18 duos, 6 sonatas, 3 more duos and "Trois thêmes variés". Infuential flute method by one of the foremost flautists of the 19th century.

€ (100-150) 110
76 2890 Music Sheetmusic Dothel N 76 2890 Music Sheetmusic Dothel N
76/2890 [Music. Sheetmusic]. Dothel, N. Six Duetts for German Flutes, or Violins. London, R. Bremner, n.d., 1 (of 2?) vols., no plate-no., (2),26,(1)p., engr. title-p. and score (for both flutes), folio.

- First and final leaf loose(ning); spine broken. = Vester D-400.

Esch, L. von. Le retour de Wandsworth, A favorite Sonata for the Piano Forte, with an Accompaniment for the Flute, Violin and Bass, ad libitum. London, Broderip & Wilkinson, n.d. (±1803), 4 vols., no plate-no., engr. title-p. and scores, in parts as issued, folio.

= Vester E-76.

AND 5 others in 12 parts, i.a. F. MAYER, Three Serenades, For Two Concert Flutes & B Tenor Flute, Bassoon or Violoncello (London, Monzani & Hill, (±1835), no plate-no., 4 vols., 4 ident. engr. title-p., engr. scores, folio. Occas. sl. foxed); M. KRASINSKY (= E.L. MÜLLER), Six Duetts for two German Flutes. Op.6 (London, Monzani & Co., n.d., no plate-no., 2 ident. engr. title-p., engr. scores, in parts as issued, folio. Owner's stamp on both title-p.; not in Vester) and H. HILL, A Fourth set of 24 Favorite Melodies, Arranged as Trios, for two flutes, and Piano Forte (ibid., Monzani & Hill, (±1830), 3 vols., no plate-no., 3 ident. engr. title-p., engr. scores, folio. Sl. foxed; title-p. of piano part loose).

€ (100-150) 100
76 2891 Music Sheetmusic Händel G F 76 2891 Music Sheetmusic Händel G F
76/2891 [Music. Sheetmusic]. Händel, G.F. Solos For a German Flute, a Hoboy or Violin With a Thorough Bass or Bass Violin. Being all choice pieces Compos'd by Mr Handel curiously fitted to the German Flute. Vol. II Part I-VII. London, J. Walsh, n.d. (1733-±1735), plate no. 394/ 395/ unnumb./ 397/ 515/ 534/ 394, 7 parts in 1 vol., entirely engraved, contemp. blindst. calf w. giltlettered red mor. letterpiece on title-p., sm. folio.

- Contents fine. Binding worn/ rubbed; backcover dam.; corners worn.

= Provenance (in pen and ink on title-p.): "Sam. Gawthorpe Jun. 1796" and "Geoff C. Lunn from his tutor Nathan Crowther Mar. 16th 1909". Contains 7 parts, in various issues. Smith p.313, no.2 (2nd issue); no.6 (3rd issue); no.9 (2nd (?) issue); no.12 (1st issue); no.15 (1st issue); no.18 (1st issue) and no.21 (1st issue); RISM H 1381-1387; Vester H 79-H 86.

€ (200-300) 230
76 2892 Music Sheetmusic Händel G F 76 2892 Music Sheetmusic Händel G F
76/2892 [Music. Sheetmusic]. Händel, G.F. Sonatas or Chamber Aires for a German Flute, Violin or Harpsichord, Being the most Celebrated Songs & Ariets Collected out of all the late Operas Compos'd by -. Vol.I, II and VI. London, J. Walsh, n.d. (±1735), 3 vols., vol.I and vol.II 7 parts each, vol. VI, 5 parts (and 2, no plate-no. (vol.1)/ plate-no. 549/ 396/ 397/ 515/ 534/ 394 (vol. II)/ no plate no. (vol.VI), entirely engr. scores, modern hcalf w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces (vol. 1)/ contemp. unif. hcalf (vol. 2 and 6), folio.

- Covers of the vol. 2 and 6 loose(ning) and bindings worn along extremities.

= RISM H1388/ H 1396 and H 1396; Vester H 87, H 88, H 90, H 91, H 92 and H 104. In vol.II, part 3-7 the title-p. is changed into "Solos for a German flute, a Hoboy or Violin with a Thorough Bass for the Harpsichord or Bass Violin".

BOUND WITH (in vol. VI): Idem/ Brivio, G.F./ Geminiani, F./ Somis, B. (Twelve sonatas for traverso solo). N.pl., n.publ., n.d. (18th cent.), no plate-no., 20; 19p., engr. scores.

Händel, G.F. Sonatas or Chamber Aires for a German Flute, Violin or Harpsichord, Being the most Celebrated Songs & Ariets Collected out of all the late Operas Compos'd by -.Vol. III. Part I. Ibid., idem, n.d. (2nd half 18th cent.), plate-no. 549, engr. title-p. and 25 pages w. engr. score, without wr., 4to.

- Dogeared; frontwr. sl. frayed and sl. duststained; final page dam. with loss. Contents clean.

= Harpsichord score only. RISM H 1397; Vester H 93.

WITH a duplicate of the preceding work (frontwr. dustsoiled and corners dam., final 10 pages foxed/ stained, final page not dam.).

€ (400-600) 400
76 2893 Music Sheetmusic Händel G F 76 2893 Music Sheetmusic Händel G F
76/2893 [Music. Sheetmusic]. Händel, G.F. Songs Selected from his Oratorios. for the Harpsichord, Voice, Hoboy, or German Flute. Vol.1, 4 and 5. Harpsichord/ voice part. London, J. Walsh, n.d. (±1780), no plate-no., (4),170; (4),499-646; (4),647-807p., entirely engraved, contemp. unif. hcalf w. gilt mor. letterpiece on frontcover, obl. folio.

- Contents fine. Frontcover of vol.1 loose; bindings worn/ dam.

= The separately published part for harpsichord and voice. RISM H 1075; Smith p.200, 22. Each part contains 80 songs from Handel's oratorios. Two more volumes were published in this series.

€ (400-600)
76 2894 Music Sheetmusic Haydn J 76 2894 Music Sheetmusic Haydn J
76/2894 [Music. Sheetmusic]. Haydn, J. Collection des Symphonies Arrangées en Quintetti Pour Deux Violons, Flûte, Alto & Violoncelle, avec Accompagnement de Piano-Forte ad Libitum. Par J.P. Salomon. Paris, Gambaro, "Rue Croix-des-Petits-Champs, No.44", n.d. (±1820), plate-no.156, 5 vols., entirely engraved, contemp. unif. hvellum, sm. folio.

- Without the optional piano-part. Occas. sl. foxed.; contents of Vl.1 (and Vl.2 partly) sl. waterstained in upper and lower margin; Vl.2 first few leaves sl. wormholed in lower blank margin; all vols. w. owner's entry of "A. Wattelier" on upper pastedown, title-p., recto (and occas. also on verso) of the first page and on the verso of the final page of the score. Two vols. backstrip dam.; all vols. corners rubbed/ sl. worn.

= Rare early (1st?) edition of these adaptations of Hob. Cf. Hoboken, Beilage zu Band I, Coll. Sy. 10 and RISM H4084 (both w. different title and later edition).

€ (300-500)
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