".: 8. Paris, chez Monsieur Bayard ; Mr. le Clerc ; Mlle Castagnierie ; Mr. Le Menu ; s.d. (ca. 1750), in-folio, 31 x 25 cm, (3)nn pp (title, label of Mr. Le Menu;catalogue) + pp 2-25 (engraved music) + (1)(privelege), (complete), printed on strong paper, kept in a modern overlapping cloth portfolio. Some pages slightly soiled, but still a good/fine copy. Bound in at the end. (Idem). Sei Sonate da Camera a Violino Solo col Basso...Opera IV.A. Chez Sr. Bayard, s.d. ( ca. 1757), pp 2- 37 (pp. 1 , 4, 10, 16, 28, 34, 38 blank, as published), score complete but lacks the title page. Page (1)(blank) has a tipped on blank leaf. Page 2 and 3 have some marginal scribbling in red pencil. Two very rare scores of Giardini, one of which is his first published work. Felice Giardini was a child prodigy, one of the best violin players of his time. He performed in Paris, Berlin and especially in England where he directed e.g. the London Pantheon and became one of the most remarkable figures in British musical life. He was befriended with J.C. Bach. (See Lesure pp. 230 for the bibliographical description of these rare Parisian imprints)."