Solos for a German Flute a Hoboy or Violin with a Thorough Bass for the Harpsicord or Bass Violin Compos'd by Sigr. Quants. Musician in Ordinary to the King of Poland. [Op. 1]

London: Printed for and sold by I: Walsh, Servant to his Majesty at the Harp and Hoboy in Catherine Street in the Strand. and Ios: Hare at the Viol and Hoboy in Cornhill near the Royal Exchange, 1730. Folio. Half dark brown mottled calf with marbled boards, titling to spine gilt. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 1-4, [i] (blank), 6-17, [i] (blank), 19-25, [i] (blank) pp. With figured bass. Engraved throughout.

Slightly worn, browned, and soiled; minor dampstaining to outer portion of leaves; occasional minor staining; narrow strip of archival tape to upper and lower outer edges of title. First English edition, earliest issue. Vester: Flute Music of the 18th Century. An Annotated Bibliography, Q395. BUC p. 867. Smith & Humphries 1258 (Daily Post, Feb. 14 1730). RISM Q26 (giving precedence to an edition published in Amsterdam; the present edition may, however, be earlier).

Quantz was a noted German flautist, composer, writer on music and flute maker. "In May 1728 Quantz, Pisendel, Buffardin and others accompanied Augustus II on a state visit to Berlin. Quantz made a particularly deep impression on Prince Frederick, and returned to the Prussian court twice a year to teach him the flute. When Augustus II died in 1733, Quantz was not allowed to transfer to Berlin; but his autobiography suggests that he would not have wanted to give up the active musical life at the Saxon court for a tenuous one under Prince Frederick. Instead he continued to serve under Augustus III, dedicating to him the op.1 Sei sonate for flute and continuo (1734)." Edward R. Reilly, revised by Andreas Giger in Grove Music Online.