1726 - 1923 (SHEET)MUSIC (including AUTOGRAPHS and MANUSCRIPTS)
- One leaf w. closed tear; final leaf sl. yellowed; title-p. of violin part sl. waterstained in upper left corner. Backstrips sl. foxed. A fine copy.
= RISM B 3031. The cembalo part contains a 3-p. engr. publisher's catalogue.
- Occas. trifle sl. soiled. One vol. upper hinge splitting.
= In the wake of the successful first performance in 1825 of La Dame Blanche, various adaptations were published.
BOUND WITH 4 others, i.a. L. GARNIER, Air Varié Pour la Flûte avec Accompagnement de Violon, Alto et Basse (Paris, Taskin, n.d. (plate-no. 9). Sl. soiled) and L. GARNIER, Deuxième air varié pour Flûte avec accompagnement de Violon, alto & Basse ou Basson. Oeuvre 12e/ Premier Grand Quatuor pour Flüte, Violon, Alto & Basso ou Basson. Oeuvre 2ème (two contemp. manuscript copies, pen and ink).
- 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. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVI.
- Top corners of portfolio of plate vol. worn/ dam.
= Annalen van het Museum van Belgisch Congo. Nieuwe Reeks in 4to Wetenschappen van de Mens, Ethnographie deel 1/ deel 2.
AND 2 others similar: B. WARNER DIETZ and B. OLATUNJI, Musical Instruments of Africa (...) (New York, 1965, num. ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to) and M. HUET, Afrikanische Tänze (Cologne, 1979, num. (col.) photogr. ills., orig. boards w. dustwr., folio).
- Several leaves dam. in lower margin, partly affecting engr. text (a few leaves w. sl. loss); partly sl. foxed and/ or mouldy. Binding worn at corners and spine-ends.
= First edition of this rare treatise on music. RISM B VI/1, p.168.
- One leaf dam. in outer margin w. sl. loss of text; partly waterstained in lower half and occas. also in upper margin; title sl. soiled in outer margin; sl. later manuscript songtext in pen and ink ("Je ne vois plus l 'amante que j'adore") on recto of final free endpaper. Binding dam.
= Warranted by the publisher on title-p. RISM B VI/1 p.168.
- First title-p. and final leaf of Vlc part loose. Otherwise fine.
= Rare. Johann Evangelist Brandl (1760-1837), composer whose works reflect both the classics and the romantics.
Gumlich, C.F. Premier Quatuor pour Flûte, Violon, Alto et Violoncelle. Bonn/ Cologne, N. Simrock, n.d., 4 vols., plate-no. 2364, engr. title-p. and scores, loose in parts as published, 4to.
- Title-p. and final leaf of first part cut sl. short and reattached to each other.
AND 2 others by C. COTTIGNIES in 3 vols., i.a. Trois Nocturnes favoris (...) pour flûte avec (...) piano. Op. 35 (Paris, Schonenberger, (±1835), 2 parts, engr. title-p. and scores, folio).
- Lacks first free endpaper. Leather dried, binding worn.
= The final vol. of a series of 6. Owner's stamps on verso frontisp. and on title (all: "Rev. P. Beavis 1768"). Contents fine.
- Contents fine. Frontcover loose; lacks backstrip and spine almost broken; covers worn/ rubbed along extremities.
= Rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVII.
- Owner's stamp on both title-p. and on both first pages.
Idem. Trois grands duo Concertans Pour deux Flûtes. Ibid., idem, n.d. (±1826), 2 vols., plate no. 2541, 23,(1); 23,(1)p., 2 ident. lithogr. title-p., lithogr. scores, folio.
- Owner's stamp on both title-p. and on both first pages; title-p. of the Fl2 stained (offsetting from another work).
AND 2 others by F. KALKBRENNER: Notturno per il Pianoforte e Flauto o Violino. Op. 86 (Leipsic, E.A. Probst, (±1827), plate no. 324, engr. title-p. and scores, folio) and the piano part only of Grand Duo pour le Piano Forte et Flûte (Bonn/ Cologne, N. Simrock, (±1823), plate no. 2157, engr. title-p. and score, folio).
- Waterstain in lower outer corner, receding from title-p. towards the end.
Idem. Sul Margine d'Un Rio. Ariette Italienne Varié pour la Guitare. Op. 142. Paris, Carli, n.d. (before 1828), plate no.1142, 7p., contemp. wr. unif. w. the preceding, 4to.
- Waterstain in lower outer corner, receding from title-p. towards the end.
AND 7 others by the same, all compositions for the guitar, all early editions (±1825) w. engr. scores, all unif. bound w. the preceding: Six Valtzes. Opus 105 (Paris, Carli, n.d., plate no.598. Sl. foxed. Contains a publisher's catalogue of Carli w. works for guitar only); Trois Rondeaux. Opus 172 (ibid., Pacini, n.d., plate no.1260/ 1265, 3 vols. Partly (vaguely) waterstained); Trois Fantaisies avec Variations Pour la Guitare ou Lyre. Opus 95, no.3 (ibid., Carli, n.d., plate no.370. Vaguely dampstained); Deux Pot-pourris Pour la Guitare. Opus 34 (ibid., Lelu, n.d., plate no. 437-438. Fine) and Caprice Pour la Guitare d'une Exécution Brillante et Facile sur la Ronde C'est l'Amour. Oeuvre 186 (ibid., Pacini, n.d., plate no.932. Waterstained in outer margin, just touching the plate; one leaf sl. frayed).
= Rare set of early/ first editions.
- Bookseller's and publisher's stamp on title-p.; occas. trifle foxed. Binding sl. worn/ rubbed along extremities.
= First publ. 1835. Prize binding w. mounted prize on upper pastedown and gilt coat of arms of the "Conservatoire de Musique Toulouse" on frontcover.
- Partly sl. foxed; occas. pencil annots./ marks. Backstrip lacking (replaced with green cl. tape); paper over covers worn (backcover w. dam. spot); corner worn; frontcover loosening.
= First publ. 1835.
- 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.
- 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).
- Three leaves waterstained in top half, otherwise a fine copy.
= Warranted by the author on the title-p. RISM C 3168. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVI.
- 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.
- 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. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVII.
- Offsetting from portrait on first title-p. Backcover loose.
= Contains i.a. Corelli's famous Folie d'espagne. Fetis II, p.361: "Cet ouvrage, chef-doeuvre du genre, place Corelli au premier rang comme compositeur de musique instrumentale (...) Les deuxième, troisième, cinquième, sixième et onzième sonates sont surtout admirables. La derniére est une fantasie intitulée Follia." RISM C 3926. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVII.