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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus QUATUOR A DEUX VIOLONS ALTO, ET VIOLONCELLE [PARTS], VIENNA: CHEZ HOFFMEISTER, [1786] first edition of the String Quartet in D ("Hoffmeister"), K.499, complete parts, 10 [violin I], 8 [violin II], 6 [viola] and 6 [violoncello] pages, 4to (c.33.5 x 24.5cm), engraved throughout, plate number 76 (on p.3 of viola part '67'), pencil annotation to title above rule ("N.o 10"), ownership inscriptions and ownership stamp to title, '63' stencilled above title, unbound, some staining to title, outer bifolium of violin I part trimmed and strengthened at hinge, dust-staining This is one of the iconic Mozart editions, immortalizing the name of Mozart's friend, publisher and composer Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754-1812). This is the only copy of the eight recorded by Haberkamp still in private hands.