Twenty works for piano.

Paris, various publishers, n.d.. 20 works in 1 volume. Folio (34.2 x 26 cm.), nineteenth-century half crimson morocco over marbled boards, smooth spine with gilt bands, marbled boards (worn), marbled endleaves. Some foxing. Overall in good condition. Red label on upper cover gilt-stamped "E. Menezes," with roll-tooled border.Contemporary ink manuscript index on plain paper second front endleaf recto. *** Twenty examples of early nineteenth-century music printing in London and Paris, from some of the most prominent music publishers of the era, including: Jean Georges Sieber (1771-1814), Joseph Dale (1783-1821), Lavenu & Mitchell (c. 1802-1808), Clementi & Co. (c. 1806-1809), and Goulding, D'Almaine, Potter, & Co. (c. 1808-1829). The volume contains:PERNE, ___. Méthode pour le forte piano courte et facile.... Paris: Chez Augte. le Duc et Compte. Mds. de Musique, n.d. Folio. (2 ll.), 24 pp.MOZART, W.A., composer. Favorite Air, with Variations, for the Piano Forte, composed by W.A. Mozart. London: L. Lavenu, n.d. Folio (28.5 x 20 cm.), 9 pp.MOZART, W.A., composer. Favorite Air, with Variations, for the Piano Forte, composed by W.A. Mozart. London: Lavenu & Mitchell, n.d. Folio (34.5 x 26.5 cm.), 8 pp.MOZART, W.A., composer. Thème Varié pour le Forté-Piano. Paris: Chez Sieber père, n.d. Folio (34.5 x 26.5 cm.), (1 l.), 9 pp.MOZART, W.A., composer. Favorite Air, with Variations, for the Piano Forte, composed by W.A. Mozart. London: Lavenu & Mitchell, n.d. Folio (34.5 x 26.5 cm.), 7 pp.MOZART, W.A., composer. Air with Variations for the Piano Forte, composed by W.A. Mozart. London: Goulding, D'Almaine, Potter, & Co., n.d. Folio (34.5 x 26.5 cm.), 10 pp.MOZART, W.A., composer. Air with Variations for the Piano Forte, composed by W.A. Mozart. London: Goulding, Phipps & D'Almaine, n.d. Folio (34.5 x 26.5 cm.), 11 pp.MOZART, W.A., composer. Favorite Air, with Variations, for the Piano Forte, composed by W.A. Mozart. London: L. Lavenu, n.d. Folio (34.5 x 26.5 cm.), 11 pp.BEETHOVEN, Ludwig Van, composer. No. 2 Variations pour le Forté Piano par L. Van Beethoven. Paris: Chez Sieber, n.d. Folio (34.5 x 26.5 cm.), (1 l.), 6 pp., (1 blank l.).MOZART, W.A., and Ludwig Van Beethoven, composers. No. 12. Les Soireés Amusantes. Quant'e piu Bella, a Favorite Air composed by Mozart, with Nine Variations by Beethoven. London: L. Lavenu, n.d. Folio (34.5 x 26.5 cm.), 8 pp.MOZART, W.A., composer. Three Waltz's for the Piano Forte, composed by W.A. Mozart. London: L. Lavenu, n.d. Folio (34.5 x 26.5 cm.), 3 pp.[HAYDN, Franz Joseph, Antonio Bartolommeo Bruni, and Daniel Gottlieb Steibelt, composers]. Airs Variés pour le Forté Piano par Differens Auteurs Connus. ... Chaque Ouvrage porte en Fête le Nom de son Auteur. Paris: Chez Augte. le Duc et Compte. Mds. de Musique, n.d. Folio (34.5 x 26.5 cm.), (1 l.), 7-15 pp.STEIBELT, D[aniel Gottlieb], composer. The Favorite Air of Mamma Mia sung by Sigr. Viganoni at the Nobility's Concerts arranged for the Piano Forte as a Martial Rondo by D. Steibelt. London: J. Dale, n.d. Folio (34.5 x 26.5 cm.), (1 l.), 6 pp.STEIBELT, [Daniel Gottlieb], composer. Steibelt's 1 Sonata, from Op. 75. London: L. Lavenu, n.d. Folio (34.5 x 26.5 cm.), 10 pp., 4 pp. Contains sheet music for the piano and the violin.FIORINI, V., composer. "Stanco di pascolar." Venetian Air with Variations for the Harp or Piano Forte, composed by V. Fiorini. London: Goulding, D'Almaine, Potter & Co., n.d. Folio (34.5 x 26.5 cm.), (1 l.), 5 pp.STEIBELT, [Daniel Gottlieb], composer. Steibelt's 3 Sonata, from Op. 75. London: L. Lavenu, n.d. Folio (34.5 x 26.5 cm.), (1 l.), 19-33 pp.GELINEK, composer. A Favorite Air, with Variations for the Piano Forte. Composed by Gelinek. No. 5. London: L. Lavenu, n.d. Folio (34.5 x 26.5 cm.), (1 l.), 6 pp. Includes, on the sixth page, a "Catalog Thematique of Gelinek's Airs with Variations for the Piano Forte."BOMTEMPO, J.D., composer. Capriccio and God save the King with Variations. Composed and dedicated (by permission) to His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex. London: Clementi & Co., n.d. Folio (34.5 x 26.5 cm.), 15 pp.BOMTEMPO, J.D., composer. Fandango, with Variations, for the Piano Forte, composed and dedicated to Madlle. Filhot. London: Clementi & Co., n.d. Folio (34.5 x 26.5 cm.), 11 pp.BOMTEMPO, J.D., composer. Grande Sonate pour le Piano Forte, executée par l'auteur au Concert olympique, composée et dédiée à Son Altesse Royale la Princesse de Portugal. Paris: Chez Augte. LeDuc, n.d. Folio (34.5 x 26.5 cm.), (1 l.), 19 pp.On the music publishers, see Frank Kidson, British Music Publishers, Printers and Engravers. London: W. E. Hill & Sons, 1900 (pp. 27, 38-40, 53, 70-1); and D.W. Krummel, Guide for Dating Early Published Music: A Manual for Bibliographical Practices. Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1974 (pp. 130-132, 153-154). ***