ID 479112
Lot 73 | String quartets from the Classical age
Estimate value
$ 1 000 – 1 500
String quartets from the Classical age, in a fine red morocco binding. Sheet music for seven works by five French and Italian composers are included. Many of the pieces are undated but can be placed in the late 18th or early 19th centuries based on the known output of the composers.
Seven works in one volume, folio (339 x 250mm). Early 19th-century French red straight-grain morocco gilt, all edges gilt, cover stamped "M. Lafitte" and with J.L. monogram, titled “Quatuors Alto…” in gilt on spine (very light rubbing). Provenance: M. Lafitte (gilt on cover and signature on first title).
OTHER WORKS IN THIS VOLUME:
CAMBINI, Giuseppe Maria (1746-1825). Six nouveaux quatuors pour deux violons, alto et basse… Paris: Chez l’auteur & Decombe, [c.1807].
DAVAUX, Jean-Baptiste (1742-1822). Six quartetto pour deux violons, alto et basse [œuvres 6, 9, & 10]. Paris: Chez Imbault, [c.1795].
DAVAUX, Jean-Baptiste. Quatro quartetti a due violini, viola e violoncello. Opera XIV. [London?, c.1800.]
DAVAUX, Jean-Baptiste. Trois quatuors concertans pour deux violons, alto & basses. Opera 17. Paris: Chez Imbault, [c.1800].
GUÉNIN, Marie-Alexandre (1744-1835). Trois quatuors pour deux violons, alto et basse. Paris: Chez Louis, [c.1800].
MOMIGNY, Jérôme-Joseph de (1762-1842). Trois quatuors pour deux violons, alto & basse. 2me œuvre de quatuors. Paris: Au magasin de musique & d’instrumens de l’auteur, [c.1800].
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