‎BOCCHERINI Luigi ( 1743 - 1805 ) - Ignace PLEYEL ( 1757 - 1831) :‎
‎Collection of six quintets ( opus 13 , 17 , 20 , 23 , 36 and 12 ). 18th c. imprints, bound in 5 volumes (bound per instrument, all in sequence). Also bound in , 2 x 3 quintets by I. Pleyel.‎

‎"18. Collection of five volumes , bound in sequence per instrument ; ''Violino Primo , Violino Secondo , Violoncello Primo, Violoncello Secondo, Viola. ''. Containing a total of 33 quitets by Boccherini and 6 by Pleyel. The volumes have a page numbering in ink in a contemporary hand. ( each vol. ca. 140 pp). Title and score all copper engraved. In-folio format , 33 x 25 cm. Bound in uniform contemporary full vellum, with large leather title label on front cover. The name of the ( first ?) owner has been erased from the cover. Bindings a bit worn and dustsoiled. Outer margins of some volumes damaged with small loss of material. Inside with the usual thumbing and dustsoiling. The upper outer margin of some volumes with some marginal water damage ( never reaching the engraved score). The violino primo part contains also the catalogue ( 6 of 8 ) either from Veniers or Boyer ( essentially the same as Veniers ) . With all the title pages ( except for Opera XVII of the viola part). (Complete shortened collation upon request). [1] Sei Quintetti per due Violini Alto et due Violonc""elli Concertanti...Opera XIII. Libro secondo di Quintetti. Paris, Boyer-Le Menu, s.d ( c.1785). Gérard 271. Lesure pp. 57. (First violin with the Boyer catalogue). [2] Idem...Opera XVII. Libro Quarto di Quintetti. Paris, De La Chevardière, Lion, Castaud. s.d. ( c. 1775). Gérard 283. L. 57. [3] Idem...Opera XX. Libro terzo... Paris, Venier, Lyon Castaud. s.d. (c. 1776 ). Gérard 277. L.57. [4] Idem...Opera XXIII. Libro Sesto... Paris, Boyer, Lyon Castaud. s.d. (c.1785). Gérard 289. L.57 [5] Pleyel. Trois Quintetti Concertants...Oeuvre 6. (Nr. 4-6) Paris, Sieber. (1787). Benton N°2551 [6] Pleyel. Trois Quintetti Concertants...Oeuvre 5. Paris, Sieber. (1787). Benton N°2519 [7] Boccherini . Tre Quintetti....Opera XXXVI. Vienna, Artaria, (1785 ), P.N. 40 Gérard 295. L.57. [8] Idem. Sei Quintetti.. opera XII. Libro primo di quintetti. Paris, Venier, Lyon aux adresses de Musique. (1774) Gérard 265. Extremely rare contemporary collection of 33 of Boccherini's quintets, separately bound per instrument. Items [2] , [3] , and [7] are most probably first editions. Items [1] , [4] , printed by Boyer-Le Muet are most probably second imprints from the first editions. It is known that in 1784 Mad. Le Muet acquired Veniers' plates ( Krummel & Sadie - Music Printing and Publishing pp. 319). The collection must have been bound around 1787. Unfortunately we were unable to decipher the erased name of the first owner."‎

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