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Premier oeuvre contenant III. suittes a II. flûtes traversieres seules. Avec III. autres suittes dessus et basse, pour les hautbois, flûtes, violons, c.
Rare first edition. The personal copy of Charles-Louis-Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, to whom the epistle is dedicated: "A Monseigneur l'Abbé de Breteuil, Grand Maître de la chapelle [de musique] du roi [To Monsignor the Abbé de Breteuil, Master of the Royal Chapel of Music]". With a manuscript inscription to title and bottom of first page of musical notation.
With the arms of Charles-Louis-Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquis and Bishop of Rennes, a golden sparrowhawk on the wing against a blue background. In 1717, Charle
First edition, printed in a small number of copies at the author's expense and never commercially sold; there were no large paper copies.
This is a set of printed proofs in plain covers that the author distributed to his friends.
Once the Axis forces stopped doing so well, Jacques Chardonne tried to recover most of the copies he had given away to friends in order to destroy them.
One small lack to plain upper paper cover, a few wormholes also; otherwise a good copy.
Very rare.