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48 - Petiscus, Johann Conrad Wilhelm
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Petiscus, Johann Conrad Wilhelm A Selection of Moral Sermons for Reflective Readers. Berlin, Mylius, 1794. 2 leaves (title page, dedication), XXVIII, 389 (1, errata) pp. Contemporary calf binding with gold-stamped Title on a small leather label, lavish gilt decoration on the spine, gold-stamped fillets on the covers and fore-edges, endpapers of multicoloured ring-marbled paper, gold-edged pages on the reverse and ribbon bookmarks (with faded edges, scuffed and worn). First edition of the first publication. Not listed in the KVK or VD18; no historical evidence of its existence in the trade. – This work is not mentioned in the biographical and bibliographical references (Goedeke/Goetze 8.III., p. 11 and Schilling, Encyclopaedia of the Entire Musical Sciences, Vol. V (1837), p. 431). Mentioned in the *Allg. Literatur-Zeitung*, 1795, Vol. 4, No. 302, p. 304. – Johann Conrad Wilhelm Petiscus (1763–1825) was a Reformed clergyman, music writer and prose author. From 1790 onwards, this versatile scholar served as a minister in Brandenburg an der Havel. A selection of his sermons is included in this volume. In 1808, Petiscus made a name for himself as a music writer with the essay ‘Treatise on the Violin’. He also adapted Leopold Mozart’s violin method and translated the French violin method by Rode and Baillot into German. - Provenance: Verso of the title page bears the stamp of the Royal Joachimsthal Grammar School (dissolved in 1956) as a bequest from the Prussian Minister of Justice, Friedrich Wilhelm von Thulemeier (1735–1811): “Gymnasio Reg: Joachim: Bequest: From the illustrations: Thulemeiero”, to whom the volume is also dedicated in print. (On the bequest: Köpke, F. C.: History of the Library of the Royal Joachimsthal Grammar School … Berlin, 1831, pp. 22ff.) - The title page has slight foxing in places; the endpapers are slightly browned throughout and, together with the text pages, show slight glue stains; otherwise a well-preserved copy of this extremely rare Berlin print, with attractive contemporary coloured papers as endpapers. First edition of the first publication. Not listed in the KVK or VD18; no historical evidence of its existence in the trade. Bound in contemporary calf with rich gold tooling and superb multicoloured shell-marbled paper. - For references, see above. - Johann Conrad Wilhelm Petiscus (1763–1825) was a Reformed clergyman, music writer and prose author. From 1790, this versatile scholar served as a preacher in Brandenburg an der Havel. A selection of his sermons is included in this volume. In 1808, Petiscus made a name for himself as a music writer with the essay ‘Abhandlung über die Violine’ (Treatise on the Violin). He also revised Leopold Mozart’s violin method and translated the French violin method by Rode and Baillot into German. - Provenance: The reverse of the title page bears the stamp of the Royal Joachimsthal Grammar School (dissolved in 1956) as a bequest from the Prussian Minister of Justice, Friedrich Wilhelm von Thulemeier (1735–1811): “Gymnasio Reg: Joachim: Legat: Ab Illustr: Thulemeiero”, to whom the volume is also dedicated in print. - Title page slightly foxed in places; endpapers slightly browned throughout, with slight binder’s glue stains on the paste-downs; otherwise a well-preserved copy of this extremely rare Berlin edition, featuring attractive contemporary coloured decorative papers as endpapers.
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