Lot 210
  • 210

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

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  • Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
  • Five first and early editions of books on music by Rousseau and Titon du Tillet
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ROUSSEAU. Dictionnaire de musique, Paris: Veuve Duchesne, 1768, first edition, 4to (c.26 x 19.5cms), vignette on title, 13 folding engraved plates at end (including the seating plan of the orchestra at the Dresden Opera House), ownership inscription to flyleaf (dated 23 June 1768) and title, [RISM, Écrits, p.720; Gregory & Bartlett, i 237]

together with editions of: [Rousseau] Discours..sur cette question: si le rétablissement des sciences & des Arts a contribué à épurer les moeurs, "Genève" (but Paris): Barillot, [c.1750], bound with: Réponse au discours, [1751]; and: Observations...sur la Réponse, [1751], 3 volumes in one, 4to--[Rousseau], Réponse de Mr. Marmontel à la lettre adressée par Mr J.J. Rousseau, Geneva: Du Villard, 1769, 8vo--[Rousseau], Project concernant de nouveaux signes [also including:..Dissertation sur la musique moderne; Essai sur l'origine des langues; Lettre à Monsieur l'Abbé Raynal; Examen de deux principes avancés par M. Rameau, dans sa brochure intitulée Erreurs sur la musique dans l'Encyclopédie; Lettre à M. Burney sur la musique; Fragmens d'observations sur l'Alceste italien de M. le Chevalier Gluck], "Genève" (or Paris): 1781, 394 pages,12mo, continuous pagination, [Hirsch, i 522; Gregory & Bartlett, i, 238]--4 volumes in all




TITON DU TILLET, EVRARD.  Le Parnasse français, dédié au Roi (...Supplement du Parnasse françois, jusqu'en 1743...Remarques sur la poësie et la musique). Paris: Jean-Baptiste Goignard fils, 1732, folio (336 x 222mm.), engraved portrait, engraved frontispiece illustrating the "Parnassus" by Tardieu, engraved vignette to title, 12 engraved plates of bronze portrait medallions by Crepy, 13 engraved portraits of Molière, Corneille, Lully, La Fontaine, Racine, Lalande, Marais, the Couperins and others by Desrochers, a few early manuscript annotations, additional printed text pasted onto a2v, pp.584, 736, 749 and xciii, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments, red edges, ownership stamps to title removed, small stain to last page, joints split, covers worn [RISM Ecrits, p.834; Brunet, v, 869]



This is the quarto edition of Rousseau's famous dictionary, more commonly found in octavo format.  Titon du Tillet's Parnasse françois is a fundamental biographical source for French Baroque musicians and writers.  From the collection of André Meyer (1884-1974).

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