Music.- Corelli (Arcangelo) [Music for bass violin], 2 vol., manuscripts, both 94pp., some spotting or light staining, lighly browned, contemporary panelled English calf, lettered in gilt to upper cover of Vol. I 'Basso Violino Corelli', and to Vol. II 'Basso Continue Corelli', corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, 4to, [late 18th century].

⁂ Containing 48 separately numbered sonatas for the bass violin, with the accompanying basso continuo notation in figured bass. Corelli (1653-1713) was one of the pre-eminent figures of the Baroque, his music being vital to the development of the modern genres of sonata and concerto, and in establishing the prominence of the violin in orchestral performance.