Jean-Baptiste-Joseph TOLBECQUE

Original manuscript created for the owner, Guillaume Garran de Coulon, or by his hand, finely calligraphed in black ink. The scores are perfectly clear and legible. All of the titles of the pieces are beautifully calligraphed. The first volume is paginated 1 to 82, with a gap between pages 28 to 42. There is a table of contents with 17 quadrilles arranged by Tolbecque based on operas and ballets: Robin des Bois by Weber, La Dame blanche by Boeldieu, Le Siège de Corinthe by Rossini, Moïse by Rossini, La Somnambule by Rossini, Adolphe et Joconde by Rossini, Masaniello by Carafa, La Muette de Portici de...