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Early Music: Rare Music Manuscripts, Printed Music and Books from the Library of Arnold Dolmetsch (1858-1940)
4 September - 14 September 2021 • London
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1. C.F. Abel. Three chamber editions: Op.2, Op.3 and Op.5, c.1760s

2. J. Adlung, Musica mechanica organoedi, 1768, Ries-Hipkins copy

3. A. Arena. Ad suos compagnones studiantes, 1758
![[A. Ariosti.] Alla Maestà di Giorgio Rè della Gran Britagna [Six cantatas and lessons for viola d'amore], 1724](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/40ac80c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1255x2000+0+0/resize/150x239!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F2c%2F40%2F8dffbc30464fa7c8ae1a3c265919%2Fl21410-bjmlz-01.jpg)
4. [A. Ariosti.] Alla Maestà di Giorgio Rè della Gran Britagna [Six cantatas and lessons for viola d'amore], 1724

5. J. Aubert. Concert de simphonies pour les violons, flutes, et hautbois, suites 1-6, c.1733-1734

6. C. Avison. Six concertos in seven parts...opera terza, 1751
![C.P.E. Bach. Clavier-Sonaten und Freye Fantasien...Vierte [...Sechste] Sammlung, 1783 and 1787](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/947094c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1132+0+0/resize/150x85!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F1b%2F17%2F04d51d794f6f9c12ece2b195f0fe%2Fl21410-bjmm8-01.jpg)
7. C.P.E. Bach. Clavier-Sonaten und Freye Fantasien...Vierte [...Sechste] Sammlung, 1783 and 1787
![C.P.E. Bach. Sechs Sonaten fürs Clavier mit veränderten Reprisen [...Fortsetzung von Sechs Sonaten] [Wq 50, 51], 1785](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/d626bf3/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1714+0+0/resize/150x129!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F1b%2F1d%2F7f362dfb4fb1bdb098bb643f7eaf%2Fl21410-bjmmc-01.jpg)
8. C.P.E. Bach. Sechs Sonaten fürs Clavier mit veränderten Reprisen [...Fortsetzung von Sechs Sonaten] [Wq 50, 51], 1785
![C.P.E. Bach. Versuch über die wahre Art das Clavier zu spielen...Erster [...Zweyter] Theil...Zweyte Auflage, 1780](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/1af6053/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1718x2000+0+0/resize/150x175!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F62%2F68%2F5826b2224dcb94a181f83b19b22f%2Fl21410-bjmf9-01.jpg)
9. C.P.E. Bach. Versuch über die wahre Art das Clavier zu spielen...Erster [...Zweyter] Theil...Zweyte Auflage, 1780
![C.P.E. Bach. Anfangsstücke mit einer Anleitung...von Johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab. Dritte Auflage, [c.1790]](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/ee5923f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1276x2000+0+0/resize/150x235!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fca%2F83%2Fab56c2e14b989a5210435838b8ad%2Fl21410-bjmm5-1.jpg)
10. C.P.E. Bach. Anfangsstücke mit einer Anleitung...von Johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab. Dritte Auflage, [c.1790]

11. W.F. Bach. Manuscript copy of the sonatas in D and E flat, Fk 3 and 5, in the hand of F.A. Grasnick, 1849

12. J. Blow. Amphion Anglicus, 1700

13. G. Bononcini. First edition of his opera "Astarto", 1721

14. G. Bononcini. First edition of his opera "Griselda", 1722
![E. Bunting. A General Collection of the Ancient Irish Music...Vol.1, [1797]](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e74d0be/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1528x2000+0+0/resize/150x196!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F83%2Fa7%2Fd5eb446b497a8d45465bd37c07de%2Fl21410-bjmmy-1.jpg)
15. E. Bunting. A General Collection of the Ancient Irish Music...Vol.1, [1797]

16. C. Burney. The Present State of Music in Germany, the Netherlands, and United Provinces... in two volumes, 1773

17. L. de Caix d'Hervelois. Troisième oeuvre... contenant quatre suites de pièces pour la viole, 1731

18. F. Caroso. Il ballarino, Venice, 1581

19. F. Caroso. Raccolta di varii balli, Rome, 1630, contemporary vellum

20. L.-N. Clérambault. Cantates Françoises Mellées de Simphonies...Livre III.e, 1716

21. A. Corelli. Collection of early editions, 1711-1754

22. A. Corelli. Two editions by Pepusch of Op.I-IV and Op.VI, 1732 and 1740
![N. Cosimi. [Sonate da camera a violino e violone o cembalo...opera prima], [1702]](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e514a55/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1382+0+0/resize/150x104!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F99%2F11%2F1d91b27e40f495afa0ceb70159ec%2Fl21410-bjml3-1.jpg)
23. N. Cosimi. [Sonate da camera a violino e violone o cembalo...opera prima], [1702]

24. F. Couperin. Four editions of his keyboard works, c.1745
![F. Couperin. L'art de toucher le clavecin, [1722 or later]](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9a12169/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1421x2000+0+0/resize/150x211!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Ff7%2Fee%2Fef8fd8da4622a5a56ad6b716df2d%2Fl21410-bjmn8-1.jpg)
25. F. Couperin. L'art de toucher le clavecin, [1722 or later]

26. Dance. Thompson's compleat collection of 100 favourite minuets...Vol.1st, c.1762

27. Dictionaries of Music. A Short Explication of Such Foreign Words, As are made Use of in Musick Books, 1724

28. D. Diderot and J. le Rond d'Alembert, Encyclopédie, Geneva, 1777-1779, 40 volumes
![[D. Diderot & J. Le Rond d'Alembert. Encyclopedie] Lutherie [1762-1772]](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/44f2039/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1319x2000+0+0/resize/150x227!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F6e%2F25%2F6b93a9844ca59948984f0d063ba0%2Fl21410-bjmng-01.jpg)
29. [D. Diderot & J. Le Rond d'Alembert. Encyclopedie] Lutherie [1762-1772]
![[A. Dolmetsch]. Books from the Music Reference Library of Arnold Dolmetsch, 1772-1940](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/d8f4f3a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x926+0+0/resize/150x69!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F93%2Fe1%2Fc4477de546a0b0df59bde97cd3de%2Fl21410-bjmf4-1.jpg)
30. [A. Dolmetsch]. Books from the Music Reference Library of Arnold Dolmetsch, 1772-1940
![E. Duni, P.-A. Monsigny and F.-A. Philidor. A volume of engraved songs, [1763]](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b8a990c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1281x2000+0+0/resize/150x234!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Ff6%2Fd9%2F19d938db45f4838071fe317ab8ed%2Fl21410-bjmfr-01.jpg)
31. E. Duni, P.-A. Monsigny and F.-A. Philidor. A volume of engraved songs, [1763]

32. R.-A. Feuillet. Three dance works, 1709-1713

33. R.-A. Feuillet. Recueil de contredances, first edition, 1706
![F. Fiorillo. Studio per il violino diviso in Trentasei Capricci, [c.1782-1800]](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/300c92a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1405x2000+0+0/resize/150x214!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fd1%2Fed%2Fcaea2693420ba97556aa9e2025b7%2Fl21410-bjmnj-01.jpg)
34. F. Fiorillo. Studio per il violino diviso in Trentasei Capricci, [c.1782-1800]

35. G. Frescobaldi. Il secondo libro di toccate, canzone, second issue, 1637
![G. Frescobaldi. Toccate d'intavolatura di cimbalo et organo...Libro P[rimo], fifth edition, 1637](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/59f190d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1420x2000+0+0/resize/150x211!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F91%2Fb3%2Ff876a34c4aa4a712ee55f51bf572%2Fl21410-bjmnl-1.jpg)
36. G. Frescobaldi. Toccate d'intavolatura di cimbalo et organo...Libro P[rimo], fifth edition, 1637

37. F. Geminiani. First edition of the Op.1 sonatas, 1716
![F. Geminiani. An edition of Op.2 and Op.3, [c.1755 and 1757]](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/6c9d32d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1626x2000+0+0/resize/150x185!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F6e%2F6d%2F97242e2b48dca582cca5e5bd17e5%2Fl21410-bjmp6-1.jpg)
38. F. Geminiani. An edition of Op.2 and Op.3, [c.1755 and 1757]

39. F. Geminiani. Early Paris editions of the Op.1 and Op.4 sonatas, no date

40. F. Geminiani. A Treatise of Good Taste in the Art of Musick, 1749

41. F. Geminiani. The Art of Playing on the Violin...Opera. IX, 1751

42. L. Grabu. First edition of "Albion and Albanius", 1687

43. G.F. Handel. Suites de Pieces pour le clavecin, volumes 1 and 2, c.1736 and c.1733

44. G.F. Handel. Early edition of the score of "Rinaldo", Smith no.3, 1711
![G.F. Handel. Concerti Grossi, Op.3 [HWV 312-317], complete parts, Smith no.5, c.1752](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/d21079d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1571x2000+0+0/resize/150x191!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fb9%2F70%2F060401f947b09f98597a28ccea08%2Fl21410-bjmpk-1.jpg)
45. G.F. Handel. Concerti Grossi, Op.3 [HWV 312-317], complete parts, Smith no.5, c.1752

46. G.F. Handel. "Apollo's Feast", Books 1-4, in various editions, 1726-1734

47. G.F. Handel. Early edition of the Op.2 sonatas, c.1732-1733

48. G.F. Handel. Early (Paris) edition of the Op.1 sonatas, no date