Sheet music.- Napier (William)

A collection of six music books made up by the London music shop owner William Napier, c.1776, with volumes titled: Trios Primo; Trios Secondo; Trios Basso; Quartettos Primo; Quartettos Viola; Quartettos Basso;

Composers including: Pierre Vachon; Tommaso Giordani; Joseph Haydn; Johann Christian Bach; S. Galliotti; Frederic Theodor Schuman; and others;

Numerous engraved title pages and sheet music, two volumes with Napier’s manuscript index to front pastedown, original half calf with gilt morocco labels, loss to spines, one with splitting to text block, folio (6)