Troisième livre de sonates à violon seul avec la basse continue op.5 - Leclair, Jean-Marie 1697-1764; Leclair-Roussel, Louise Mme (Paris Leclair Boivin Le Clerc, 1734)
Engraved by "Madame Leclair" born Louise Roussel, whom Leclair married in 1730 after she had helped him prepare the printing of this Opus 2 at the time of his first wife's death, the dancer Marie-Rose Casthanie, in 1728.
Sonata 4 has an obligato cello part for the final ciaconna mouvement.
The title page of 08C28 bears the name "Girard" (red pencil, manuscript)
15E03 is bound in green leather with a manuscript title vignette pasted onto it; 08C28 was restored by Cor Knops, who discovered maps of France and Europe behind the marbled end pages (2 photos included)
Gravées par Mme Leclair son Epouse. Dédiées au Roy. Oeuvre V
Keywords: 18th Century (1701-1800); Sonata; Chaconne; Violin; Paris (France)