Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750). Studio o sia Tre Sonate per il Violino solo senza Basso Del Sigre Seb: Bach (Bonn, N. Simrock, [1802 ?]); 43 p. fol., half mauve basane binding, title-piece on front cover. Rare first complete edition of the six Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin (BWV 1001-1006). Engraved music; cotage no. 169; price 6 francs (RISM A/I B 458). Despite the title Tre Sonate, the edition is complete with all six Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin, each Partita (not designated under this title) being published following a Sonata and without separation: Sonata I (Sonata no. 1 and Partita no. 1, BWV 1001-1002), Sonata II (Sonata no. 2 and Partita no. 2, with the famous Ciaccona, BWV 1003-1004), Sonata III (Sonata no. 3 and Partita no. 3, BWV 1005-1006). There is a variant of the title without the mention Studio o sia . Composed by Bach in 1720, the Sonatas and Partitas had previously circulated only in manuscript copies, with the exception of the Fugue from the Sonata in C (BWV 1005) published by Jean-Baptiste Cartier in L'Art du violon (1798). Some light foxing. Provenance: collection of violinist Henri Vieuxtemps.