Quatuor periodique No. IX Pour deux Violon Alto et Violoncello... Prix 4. [Parts] by HOFFMEISTER, Franz Anton 1754-1812 - 1786

Offenbach: I. André [PN 115], 1786. Folio. Disbound. Violino primo: [i] (blank), 6-8 pp.; Violino secondo: [i] (blank), 6-8 pp.; Viola: [i] (illustrated title printed from a small-format plate), 6-8 pp.; Violoncello: [i] (blank), 6-8 pp. Engraved. Watermark coat of arms. In D major. "No. 20" in contemporary manuscript to each first page; "Hoffmeister" to first page of Violino secondo and Violoncello parts. Blank leaves somewhat soiled; Viola part slightly torn at spine. Probable First Edition. Matthäus p. 142. Not in BUC. RISM H5962 (no copies in the U.S.). WorldCat and KVK (1 copy only, at the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich). Part of a series, "Elite de nouveaux Quatuors periodiques de divers Auteurs / Pour deux Violon, Alto & Violoncello Livre 3 (No. VII, VIII, IX)." The quartets nos. VII (by Cambini) and VIII (by Boccherini) are not present.