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Dupont, Pierre.
Estimate
2,000 - 2,500 GBP
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Description
- Principes de musique, par demande et par réponce, par lequel toutes Personnes, pouront aprendre d'eux même e connoître toutte la Musique, Paris, the author and Foucault, 1718
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[4] & 46 pages, 4to (25.3 x 19.5cms), engraved throughout, dedication, privilege (1717), and advertisement, text with music in two columns throughout, author's address altered on title-plate, contemporary sheep, spine gilt in compartments ("Princi[pes] de musiq[ue]"), bound with 24 blank leaves, [compare RISM Écrits, p.283; Gregory & Bartlett, i, 80]; together with G.L. Chrétien, La Musique Étudiée comme Science naturelle, certaine, et comme Art [...Cahier des Planches], Paris, the author, [1811], first edition, signed by the author, plates only, 8 printed pages & 17 engraved plates with overslips representing keyboards, text slightly trimmed at foot
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Rare: we have traced no copy of any edition of Dupont's work appearing at auction, and none is held by British libraries. "His Principes de musique is valuable for its systematic exposition of the French performing practice called notes inégales." (TNG). There are also examples of ornamentation (agréments). The present edition is apparently unrecorded, although it dates from the same year as the first edition by Boivin & Le Clerc. Foucault published Dupont's Principes de violin, also in 1718.