75/1851 Merci, L. Six Solos for a Flute With a Thorough Bass for the Harpsichord or Violoncello. Opus 1. London, J. Walsh, n.d. (1718), no plate-no., (4),30,(1)p., engr. title-p. and score, folio.

- Sl. dogeared; title-p. and preface trifle stained in outer margin; title-p. chipped in lower blank margin.

= Rare probably 1st edition. Luigi Merci (or Luis Mercy or Louis Mercy) (±1695-±1750), English composer of whom only a few works survive. He was a defender of the recorder and worked on improving the recorder with the recorder maker Thomas Stanesby. Cf. Vester p.312, listing Merci's Opus 1 and 2 as works written for the recorder. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXI.