J.-P. Rameau. Pièces de clavecin en concerts, early edition, 1752

Rameau, Jean-Philippe

Pièces de clavecin en concerts avec un violon ou une flute, et une viole ou un deuxième violon [score], Paris: L'Auteur, La Veuve Boivin, Le Clair, 1752

[2], 40 pages, 4to (c.36 x 27cm), printed title and notices, engraved music, woodcut vignette to title, ownership inscription to title ("Mlle Le Riche L'ainée"), later pencil annotations, Dolmetsch Library stamp and pencil shelfmark ("II E 24"), later vellum, gilt lettering to spine ("Rameau Concerts 1752"), tears to title repaired with translucent adhesive tape, some damp-staining, lower corners slightly frayed

RARE. We have traced no copy of this original Paris edition at auction (for two copies of the de La Chevardière and Bordet edition, from the same year as the present edition, see the sales in these rooms of 17 October 2012, lot 259, and 6 December 2002, lot 141). 

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