La Barre, Mr de - Premier livre de pièces pour... Lot 28

La Barre, Mr de - Premier livre de pièces pour la flute traversière avec la basse-continue.../ Deuxième livre... dédiées a Monsieur Chauvet... Paris, l'Auteur, Foucault, 1710 - [2 ff.], 49 pp, [1 p.] ; [1 f.], 53 pp, [1 p.]. Bound in the suite: Première suite de pieces à deux flutes traversieres / Deuxième... / Third... without bass / Fourth suite... without bass. Paris, l'Auteur, Foucault, 1709-1711- 15 pp, [1 f.], 13 pp, [1 p.] ; 11 pp, [1 p.] ; 11 pp, [1 p.]. Bound in sequence: Hotteterre-le-Romain, M. - Pieces for the flute traversiere, and other instruments, with the basso-continue. Book one. Second work. Paris, Christophe Ballard, 1708 - [3 ff.], 70 pp, [1 f.]. Bound afterwards: Gaultier, M.- Symphonies ; divisées par suites de tons. Paris, Christophe Ballard, 1707. [2 ff.], 103 pp. and [1 p.]. In-4 Italian style, granite calf, spine with ornamented nerves, corners dulled, spotting on the boards and spine, spotting. Original editions. Bound afterwards with handwritten copies of pieces for viol or flute. 165 pp, [1 p. ] ; [34 ff.], the last leaves blank : Marin Marais, various pieces extracted notably from the 2nd book of viol pieces (1701) including the Voix Humaines, a Muzette, La Gratieuse... / Foliot, M. Sonata for 2 transverse flutes / Fanfares for 2 German flutes / New fanfares for 2 transverse flutes or 2 oboes / Various pieces including "le Carillon de Dunkerque" a very popular dance at that time - Very interesting collection of printed and manuscript pieces for flute or viol dating from the reign of Louis XIV: Hotteterre and La Barre are the two great flautists of their time, as well as Marin Marais - who played alongside La Barre at the Opéra - is the greatest gambist. The bookbinder's knife has sometimes bitten into the current title.