FE1 - First French edition
| Publisher: | S. Richault |
| Date: | 26 V 1851 |
| Plate number: | 10 868. R. |
| Title: | Grande Sonate |
| Dedication: | None |
First French edition, based on a GE1 copy without last retouches – see mov. IV, bar 225. In FE1 a number of the basis's mistakes and inaccuracies were corrected; however, new errors appear as well. Moreover, certain arbitrary changes and additions were introduced.
The corrections of GE defects include:
- Adding the accidentals omitted by Chopin – a
in bar 15, a 
in bar 40. However, the missing restoring b
1 in bar 28 remained unnoticed. - Correcting the ambiguous slurs between bars 23-24 (incompatible with the A notation).
FE1 own mistakes include the overlooked 
sign in bar 35.
The revisions introduced by FE1 concern mainly articulation, including slurs, and accidentals, e.g.:
- the range of dynamic hairpins was changed (generally slightly), e.g. in bar 1, 21;
- the slur in bar 26 was lifted and extended, thus changing it into a tie;
- quavers were changed to semiquavers in bar 33.
In the case of smaller changes concerning slurs or dynamic hairpins, one can assume both revision and the engraver's inaccuracy.
| Original in: | Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris |
| Shelf-mark: | Vm12 5565 |