With the publication of the first book of sonatas for violin and basso continuo, the present edition completes the series of four books that Jean-Marie Leclair composed (see volumes B 4, B 5, B 10, B 11, and B 58 for books two, three, and four). Opus 1 was originally published in 1723 and was reissued sometime between 1743 and 1749. This critical edition takes the original print as its primary source but includes readings—suitably marked or reported—from the reissue. The sonatas of the first ...