[Hob. XVI: 17, 19, 8, 44, 45, 46]. Three[!6] Sonatas for the Piano Forte or Harpsichord ... Engraved from the Authors original Manuscript. Op. 5[3]. Entered at Stationers Hall. [Books I & II]. Pr 7/6

London: Printed for Longman & Broderip Musical Instrument Makers & Sellers, To His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales at their Musical Magazines No. 26, Cheapside No. 13, Hay Market, 1788. Folio. Full modern black cloth with titling gilt to spine.

Book I: 1f. (recto title, verso blank), [i] (publisher's catalogue), 2-23, [i] (blank) pp.
Book II: 1f. (recto title, verso blank), [i] (blank), 24- 34, [i] (blank), 36-53 pp.
Engraved throughout.

Additional manuscript pagination and notations.

Occasional minor foxing.

In very good condition overall. [?]First Edition. Published in the same year (truncated) as the edition published in Vienna by Artaria. Hoboken Collection 8, 1108, 1145. BUC, p. 469. RISM 3850 (one copy only in the U.S., at the University of Michigan). OCLC 34921913. Worldcat (one copy only in the U.S.).

Hob. XVI:17 is most probably by Johann Gottfried Schwanenberger (1737-1804), "although authenticated by Haydn in ca. 1799-1803." Larson and Feder in The New Grove Haydn, p. 187. (Inventory #: 40454)