75/1756 Beethoven, L. van. Six quatuors Pour 2 Violons, Viola et Violoncelle./ Trois quatuors (...). Paris, "Magasin de Musique de Pacini", n.d. (±1825-1828), 9 quartets in 4 vols., plate nos. 2006/ 2007/ 2008, 3 engr. title-p., engr. scores, contemp. unif. marbled boards w. paper title ticket on frontcover, sm. folio. - WITH: Idem. Trois Quatuors Concertants pour deux violons, viola et violoncello./ Onzième Quatuor (...)/ Dixhuitième Quatuor (...)/ Dixième Quatuor. Ibid., idem, n.d. (±1825-1828), 9 quartets in 4 vols., plate-nos. 2011/ 2019/ 2010/ no plate-no./ 2009, 5 engr. title-pages, engr. scores, unif. bound with the preceding, sm. folio.

- All vols. w. remains of (unidentified) heraldic bookplate on upper pastedown. All vols. w. later annot. in pen/ pencil on ticket on frontcover. Bindings sl. rubbed along extremities.

= Part of a complete edition by the publisher Pacini of Beethoven's string quartets, with a continuous pagination running from p.64-197 (but not bound sequentially). Francesco Gaetano Saverio Antonio Pacini (1778-1866) worked in Paris from 1806-1840 and was an esteemed publisher with many well wishers amongst composers, as was proven when his business went up in flames in 1835, and he lost his whole stock: his business was saved by the massive support given to him by musicians and composers both French and foreign who sent him their compositions for free. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVI.