March 1770

Mozart’s Op. 1 & 2 in the sale of the library of the Duc de Chaulnes

Catalogue des livres, manuscrits et imprimés, et des estampes, de la bibliothèque de M. Le Duc de Chaulnes […] Paris: Le Clerc, 1770.

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1765 , Sonates pour le Clavecin, par Mozart, œuvre II,
          in fol. obl. gravées.
1766 Sonates pour le Clavecin, par J. Volfgang Mozart,
          in 4. obl. gravées.

Chaulnes, Catalogue des livres

Commentary

The four sonatas “pour le clavecin...avec l’accompagnement de violon,” K. 6–7 and K. 8–9, were engraved in Paris as Mozart’s op. 1 and 2 in early 1764 (see also our entries for 5 Mar and 9 Apr 1764).

Michel Ferdinand d’Albert d’Ailly, Duc de Chaulnes (1714–1769), was an astronomer and physicist. The auction of his enormous library was held at his residence on the rue d’Enfer commencing on 19 Mar 1770.

The exemplar of the sale catalog in the Bodleian Library, Oxford (used for the Google Books scan) contains handwritten annotations against each entry that appear to indicate the sale price. The two Mozart prints were sold together with a set of sonatas by J. G. Lastig for one livre. "1765" and "1766" are catalog numbers.

Credit: DB

Author: David Black

Link(s):

Google Books; Bodleian

Search Term: mozart

Source Library:

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Mus. Bibl. III. 8° 328

Categories: Reception

First Published: Thu, 12 Jun 2014

Updated: Sun, 17 Sep 2017

Print Citation:

Black, David. 2014. “Mozart’s Op. 1 & 2 in the sale of the library of the Duc de Chaulnes
(March 1770).” In: Mozart: New Documents, edited by Dexter Edge and David Black. First published 12 June 2014; updated 17 September 2017. https://www.mozartdocuments.org/documents/march-1770/

Web Citation:

Black, David. 2014. “Mozart’s Op. 1 & 2 in the sale of the library of the Duc de Chaulnes
(March 1770).” In: Mozart: New Documents, edited by Dexter Edge and David Black. First published 12 June 2014; updated 17 September 2017. [direct link]