ABSTRACT
The 1752 edition is puzzling. Regardless of how one might look at it, its reason and purpose seem senseless. The rst edition was oered for sale on September 29, 1751. Six months later, on April 2, 1752, followed the second edition. This means that the second edition of The Art of Fugue was commissioned almost immediately after the publication of the rst one. Six months may suce for printing a given edition and having it ready for sale, but it is too short to prepare a whole new edition.1
