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Mozart, Leopold
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description
- Mozart, Leopold
- Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule, entworfen und mit 4. Kupfertafeln sammt einer Tabelle versehen, Augsburg: J.J. Lotter for the author, 1756
- ink and paper
first edition, 4to (22.2 x 16.6cm), [8], 264, [8] pages, four engraved plates, engraved frontispiece portrait of the author by J.A. Fridrich after G. Eichler, printed ownership label to upper pastedown ("Christian Paurnfeind, Verwalter"), ownership inscription to front free endpaper ("Josef Stecher..."), eighteenth-century calf, lacking errata list and table, thumbed, some light browning and scattered spotting, a few small stains, splitting at upper hinge, lower pastedown scuffed, extremities worn, some slight loss of leather to head of spine; together with: an undated, 1-page autograph note by Toscanini referring to a book by C.S. Forester; an undated typed note in German, bearing a stamp of the 'Präsidialbüro des Landeshauptmannes', stating that 'this book was acquired by the Salzburg Landesregierung from the Stecher family in Salzburg in August 1934'; and a manuscript label in Italian addressed to Toscanini from the 'Capitano provinciale di Salzburg', dated Salzburg, 30 August 1934 (4)
Literature
RISM Écrits, ii, pp.600; Hirsch, i 419; Gregory & Bartlett p.189
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Leopold's seminal treatise on the violin, in a contemporary binding. Together with those by C.P.E. Bach and J.J. Quantz, it is one of the most important musical treatises of the eighteenth century, published in the year of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's birth.