75 1885 Quentin l'Ainé B
75/1885 Quentin l'Ainé, B. Sonates à Violon seul et pour la Flûte, avec la Basse-Continüe. Paris, the composer, Boivin and le Clerc, n.d. (1730)., no plate-no., 55,(1)p., score, contemp. green vellum, folio.

- A few scattered old library stamps, i.a. on title-p. (i.a. "Bibliothèque Imperiale"); sl. dogeared (partly with restorations in outer lower blank corner); upper hinge split (but holding well); one leaf with repaired tear. Corners worn; spine-ends bumped/ sl. worn.

= RISM Q41; Vester Q 765. With the composer's name ("Quentin lainé") in old hand in pen and ink below score on p.1. Bertin Quentin l'Ainé (1690-1767) was a bass violin player with Les Vingt-quatre Violons du Roi between 1720-1749. The final page contains the engraved "Privilege du Roi", dated 1730.

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