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J. C. F. Bach. Drey leichte Sonaten fürs Klavier oder Piano Forte, 1789

Lot Closed

June 8, 01:05 PM GMT

Estimate

1,000 - 1,500 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich


Drey leichte Sonaten fürs Klavier oder Piano Forte, Rinteln: Bösendahl, 1789


FIRST EDITION, 14 pages, oblong 4to (23 x 36cm), type-set music, subscribers' list, manuscript correction to one name in the subscribers' list, contemporary patterned boards, wormhole to lower margins, light wear to binding


Exceptionally rare. Only three copies of the present 'easy sonatas' by Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732-1795), the so-called 'Bückeburg Bach', are listed in RISM, none in Great Britain.


LITERATURE

RISM B 422 and BB 422