New and Correct Edition of the Preludes and Fugues vols. 1-4 - Bach, Johann Sebastian 1685-1750; Wesley, Samuel 1766-1837; Horn, Charles Frederick 1762-1830 (London Birchall, 1810)
The Well-Tempered Clavier, BWV 846–893, consists of two sets of preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys for keyboard.
Both books were widely circulated in manuscript, but printed copies were not made until 1801, by three publishers almost simultaneously in Bonn, Leipzig and Zurich.
Ex libris Claude J. Fox Chawnes (?) (manuscript)
Keywords: 18th Century (1701-1800); 19th Century (1801-1900); Keyboard instrument; Prelude; Fugue; Tonality; Music education; London (United Kingdom)