[MUSIC]. SENALLIE (Jean-Baptiste). Livres de sonates à violo - Lot 123

[MUSIC]. SENALLIE (Jean-Baptiste). Livres de sonates à violon seul avec basse-continue [...]. A Paris, chez l'auteur, le Sr Foucaut (puis Boivin) marchand rüe St honoré, à la règle d'or, 1710-1727. 5 books of sonatas in an in-folio volume, marbled calf, ornate smooth spine, red morocco title-piece "recueil des Pièces", red edges (period binding). A frontispiece depicting Apollo playing the lira, after a drawing by COYPEL. Complete collection of 5 books of sonatas by Jean-Baptiste Senallié (1687-1730), one of the king's twenty-four violins. Score entirely engraved by Barlion, including: First Book, 1710: 4 pages of title, dedication and privilege, 44 pages of notated music. Second Book, 1712: Title, 51 pages of notated music (2 unnumbered blank pages), privilege. Third Book, 1716: Title, 47 pages of notated music (including 1 blank page), privilege. Fourth Book, 1721: Title, 59 pages of notated music (including 7 blank pages), privilege. Fifth Book, 1727: Title, 53 pages of notated music, privilege. The scores are sold by the author, rüe de la vieille draperie near the Palais, under the sign of the Lion d'or, chés un menuisier in 1710, then Rue de petit pont, à la tête noire. Some wetness; a few pages slightly yellowed.