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178936363London: Samuel Ann and Peter Thompson No. 75 St. Paul's Church Yard And may be had at most Music Shops and Booksellers in Town and Country 1789. Folio. Disbound. 4 pp. <br /> <br /> Contains announcements of newly-published "Dances and Minuets for the Year ensuing; Vocal Music &c.; Psalmodia Evangelica; New Editions of the following Music; New Editions of Instruction Books and Pocket Companions for the following Instruments" and announcements of publications forthcoming in December.<br /> <br /> Slightly worn and browned; outer edge slightly chipped; leaves loose; binder's holes and chipping to inner margins with minor paper loss. "Peter Thompson was the founder of the important business carried on by the Thompson family for half a century. They were the last survivors of the music trade which once thronged St. Paul's Church Yard and their place of business had very likely been one of the shops held by members of the trade a century or more previously . In 1780 Peter . a grandson of the original founder is added to the firm which now stands as Samuel Ann & Peter and the business prospers still more." Kidson: British Music Publishers Printers and Engravers pp. 125-26. Samuel, Ann, and Peter Thompson, (No. 75) St. Paul's Church Yard, And may be had at most Music Shops and Booksellers in Town and unknown
1715045411London 1715. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Contemporary paneled calf rubbed but sound first few pages loose and lacking front blanks title a bit stained with an old signature rear endpaper worn and loose with old writing some scattered foxing and some creasing and old stab holes presumably from its brief life as an unbound volume staining in the gutter a few chips to the top edge in the index. An amusing and sometimes bawdy collection of poems. xii164p. Variant with 2 lines of errata on xii. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Music. Inventory No: 045411. hardcover
17241750London: John Cluer. G: in good condition. Cover marked and heavily rubbed. Wear to spine with loss at ends. Remains of book-plate to front paste-down. Inner hinge cracking. Previous owners inscriptions to prelims 1725 1747 1840 1858 & 1946. Sporadic marking. Occasional ink and pencil annotations. Aeg. 1724. First Edition Thus. Red hardback tooled leather cover. 170mm x 120mm 7" x 5". xvi 152pp. B/w frontispiece. Carefully Corrected & also Figur'd for y Organ Harpsicord and Spinet. . John Cluer hardcover
1784e8266Dublin: Printed by Joseph Hill at the College Printing-House. VG : in very good condition. Rebacked with later calf/gilt spine. Author's inscription on fep. 1784. First Edition. Mottled calf gilt. 210mm x 130mm 8" x 5". 203pp. 2 plates one folding. Inscription reads: 'For the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Castlereagh from his most obliged and sincere servt'. . Printed by Joseph Hill, at the College Printing-House unknown
171997640Boston: C.A. Ellis Manager 1917-1918. 1917-1918. Good. - Octavo 8-1/2 inches high by 5-7/8 inches wide. 24 programs bound together without the original wraps into three-quarter black morocco & marbled boards. The joints are split and the leather is heavily rubbed with the front cover nearly detached. The contents consist of 1508 consecutively numbered pages. A number of pictorial black-and-white ads are included; however the 14-16 pages of ads at the end of each program were not bound in. There is some soiling to the blank endpapers else the contents are clean and in very good condition. <p>Karl Muck was the music director until the end of March 1918. He was arrested around midnight on March 25. He was falsely accused of refusing to perform the Star Spangled Banner after the entry of the US into World War 1. He and his wife were imprisoned until August 21 1919 and were then deported. When Karl Muck was arrested as an "enemy alien" Ernst Schmidt became the temporary conductor for the remainder of the season. Ernst Schmidt was a first violin of the Boston Symphony for four seasons 1914-1918 and he was conductor of the Boston Pops in the 1915 summer Pops season. He was also an active composer.<p>This volume includes the programs for 24 concerts from October 12 1917 through May 4 1918 with historical and descriptive notes throughout by Philip Hale. The volume includes 19 pages of highly useful indexes and summaries at the end. Among the soloists featured in these concerts were pianists Ethel Leginska Frances Nash Guiomar Novaes and Ossip Gabrilowitsch. Singers included Mabel Garrison Nellie Melba and John McCormack. Violinists who performed as soloists included Irma Seydel Sylvain Noak Anton Witek and Efrem Zimbalist. Other soloists included cellists Heinrich Warnke and Joseph Malkin violist Emil Ferir and clarinetist Albert Sand. Boston: C.A. Ellis, Manager, 1917-1918. paperback
1795045633London: Clementi Banger Collard Davis & Collard et al. 1795. Early Edition. Hardcover Half Leather. Very Good Condition. Collection of engraved scores bound up in half reverse brown leather modest wear at edges rubbing to boards with loss of marbled paper stain to rear cover. Modest foxing occasional minor staining and creasing a few ownership marks; generally very good internally. The scores are: <br /> <br /> Ignace Pleyel. Three Grand Sonatas for the Piano-Forte or Harpsichord. In which are introduced for the Subjects of The Adagios & Last movements Select Scotish Airs With Accompanyments for a Violin and Violoncello.London: Printed & sold by Preston & Son n.d. 1793; And: Ignace Pleyel. Two Grand Sonatas For the Piano Forte or Harpsichord with an Accompanyment for the Violin ad Libitum.Op. 7.London: Printed & Sold by F. Linley at his Music Warehouse n.d.; And: Joseph Mazzinghi. Three Sonatas for the Piano Forte with or without the Additional Keys and an Accompaniment for a Flute or Violin.Op. 14.NB. In this Sett are introduced several favorite Airs. London: Printed by G. Goulding n.d. 1793; And: Joseph Mazzinghi. Three Sonatas For the Piano Forte with or without the Additional Keys and an Accompanyment For a Flute or Violin. In which are introduced several favorite Airs.Op.a 19. London: Printed for G. Goulding n.d.; And: L. Latour. Three Sonatas for the Piano Forte or Harpsichord with an Accompaniment for a Violin & Violoncello.Op. I. London: Printed & Sold at A. Bland & Weller's Music Warehouse n.d.; And: James Hook. Three Grand Sonatas for the Piano Forte with an Accompaniment for a Violin in which are Introduced for the Subjects of the Adagios & last Movements Favorite Irish Airs.Op. 78. London: Printed & Sold by Preston & Son n.d. 1795; And: Bland's Collection Continued by F. Linley of Sonatas Lessons Overtures Capricios Divertimentos &c. &c. for the Harpsichord or Piano Forte without Accompts. by the most Esteem'd Composers. London: Printed & Sold by F. Linley Successor to Mr. Bland n.d.; And: T. H. Butler. Lewie Gordon A Favorite Air Arranged as a Rondo for the Piano Forte.London: Printed & Sold by Preston & Son n.d.; And: The New German Waltz adapted as a Rondo for the Harp or Piano Forte by Madame Dussek. Edinburgh: Printed for Corri Dussek & Co. n.d. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Music; Inventory No: 045633. Clementi, Banger, Collard, Davis, & Collard et al. hardcover
1800045632London: Clementi Banger Collard Davis & Collard et al. 1800. Hardcover Half Leather. Very Good Condition. Collection of engraved scores bound up in full tree sheep spine darkened and a little dry modest wear at edges Modest foxing occasional minor staining and creasing a few ownership marks; generally very good internally. The scores are: <br /> <br /> Of Noble Race was Shenkin; Codiad yr Haul The Rising Sun; Mamma Mia; In amor ognun dichiara; C. H. Florio. Se mi Credi Amato bene A Favorite Duett Composed for Madme Mara and Sigr. Viganoni.; The Nightingale A Favorite Military Rondo As Performed at Brighton by the Royal South Glocester Band Arranged for the Piano Forte With a Flute Acct.; Robert Cooke. The Farewell Sung by Mr Bartleman at the Vocal & Other Concerts with universal applause; Here's the Bower A Ballad Dedicated to Her Grace the Duchess of Bedford; Supremely Blessed No. 17 of Songs Duetts & Trios with a Harp Accompaniment; The Poetry by Peter Pindar Esqr. Mr. Rannie &c. The Music by Mozart & Others; M. G. Lewis. He loves and he rides away A Favorite Ballad; Dr. John Clark. The Song of Fitz-Eustace The Poetry from Marmion a Tale of Flodden Fields As Sung by Mrs. Ashe At the Bath Concerts; Giuseppe Sarti. Lungi dal caro bene sung by Sigr. Marchesi in the Opera of Giulio Sabino.London: Printed by G. Walker n.d.; The Favorite Mad Song Sung by Mrs. Jordan in the Last of the Family The Melody Arranged and the Accompaniment added by Sir William Parsons. London: Printed & Sold by J. Dale n.d. 1797; Mr. Braham. A little queer Old Man Sung by Signora Storace in Out of Place or the Lake of Lausanne.;<br /> Cesare Bossi. Cinderella's Minuet As Danced by Miss De Camp & Mr. Byrne at the Theatre royal Drury Lane In the Grand Spectacle of Cinderella.and Arranged for the Piano Forte & Harp.London: Printed by M. Kelly at his Musical Saloon n.d. 1803; Louis von Esch. A Military Divertimento for the Harp and Piano-Forte.London: Printed by Broderip & Wilkinson n.d.; Boieldieu F. A. Duo pour Harpe et Piano Dédié à Vernier par son Ami Plantade. Prix 6.s/. London: Printed by Broderip & Wilkinson No. 13 Haymarket. Where may be seen their Patent Harps and great variety of New Music n.d. 1806; Johann Ladislaus Dussek. Dussek's Favorite Sonata Op. 37. Originally Composed for the Harp and Dedicated to Lord Courtenay. Arranged for the Piano Forte with Accompaniments for Violin & Violoncello by Johann Baptist Cramer. London: Printed & Sold by Rt. Birchall at his Musical Circulating Library n.d.; Mathias Holst. Un Palpito Atroce. A Favorite Air Composed with Variations For the Piano Forte or Harp.London: Printed by Broderip & Wilkinson n.d. 1807;<br /> Domenico Cimarosa. "Le Astuzie femminili." N.p.: n.d.; Philippe-Jacques Meyer. A Favorite Theme with Variations for the Harp and Accompaniments for Violin & Violoncello Ad Libitum.London: Printed by Clementi & Co. n.d.; W. Duchatz. Six Favorite Lessons for the Pedal Harp.Op. 5. London: Printed & Sold by L. Lavenu n.d. between 1805 and 1811; Jean Aimé Vernier. Sonatas for the Harp.The 1 from Op. 4. London: Printed & Sold by J. Platts at his Magazine for Harp Music n.d.; Johann Ladislaus Dussek. "O Ma Tendre Musette." London: Printed & Sold by L. Lavenu n.d. ca. 1810; Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari. The Favorite Cavatina as Sung by Madame Catalani in the Opera of La Frascatana.Arranged as a Rondo for the Harp with an Accompaniment for the Flute ad Libitum Dedicated to Miss Lambton by Victoire Gatherot. London: Printed & Sold by L. Lavenu n.d.; L. De Marin. The favorite Air "O Dolce Concento" Sung by Madme. Catalani with New Variations for the Harp.London: Printed & Sold by L. Lavenu n.d. 1810.<br /> <br /> Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Music; Inventory No: 045632. Clementi, Banger, Collard, Davis, & Collard et al. hardcover
1769102012<p>Permis d'imprimer & distribuer; à Troyes le vingt-huit Février 1769 Truelle de Chambouzon. Leaflet 16 x 42 folded in three.</p><p>The present leaflet includes the texts of six new popular songs: Chanson nouvelle a danser en rond; sur l'air: De la Bourbonnoise - Chanson nouvelle sur la Boubonnoise sic Comme elle a mangé tout son gain en peu de temps; air de la greque - Chanson critique sur les perruques. Par la Joye; sur l'air : En revenant de S. Denis - Autre chanson: sur l'air; Ah! que la chasse est belle - Chanson nouvelle de la Pelerine qui a voyagé dans les Pays-Bas - Chanson nouvelle en forme de Coq-à-l'âne; sur l'air: La baraquette.</p>
1773ST20891Paris: Chez de Lormel Imprimeur de l'Academie Royale de Musique 1773. FIRST EDITION First Issue with pencilled correction of "affreux Serpent" on p. 54 of Vol. II. 237 x 160 mm. 9 1/4 x 6 1/4". Engraved throughout. Four volumes. <br/> Tasteful contemporary crimson morocco gilt covers with triple fillet border floral garland at corners crossed trumpets with laurel branches at center smooth spines in gilt compartments with floral sprig within an oval catkin wreath two tan morocco labels gilt turn-ins marbled endpapers all edges gilt restorations to head of two spines. ENGRAVED THROUGHOUT: Engraved decorative title page and dedication page in volume I three engraved frontispieces by Le Bouteux and Le Barbier in volumes II-IV one of these a portrait of the dedicatee La Dauphine Marie Antoinette and 100 FULL-PAGE PLATES the 25 in volume I designed and engraved by Moreau le jeune all with tissue guards those in volumes II-IV engraved by Masquelier and Née after designs by Le Barbier Le Bouteux and Saint-Quentin about one-third of the plates with original tissue guards. Without the separately printed portrait of Laborde issued in 1774 and found in some copies. Cohen-de Ricci pp. 534-38; Ray 49 pp. 90-91 p. 76; Lewine pp. 266-68. Spines slightly and evenly sunned a hint of wear at corners but the bindings otherwise beautifully preserved with only the most trivial imperfections; internally with isolated inconsequential foxing or small stains. A VERY FINE CONTEMPORARY SET the lovely bindings scarcely worn the margins extremely ample the contents clean and fresh and THE ENGRAVINGS RICHLY IMPRESSED.<br/> <br/> Dedicated to the crown princess Marie Antoinette this opulent production--offered here in fine contemporary morocco--beautifully displays the music fashion and aristocratic antics of Louis XV's court perfectly encapsulating the French Rococo. According to Cohen-de Ricci "This book—one of the most beautiful of the 18th century—is perhaps along with 'Contes de La Fontaine' the most delightful by virtue of the grace of its subjects and the variety of the costumes depicted therein." It contains some of the most elegant and memorable engravings to be seen in any French work of the period and they transform a book of perhaps more than occasionally vapid songs into a profoundly pleasurable visual experience. The author Benjamin de Laborde or Jean-Benjamin de La Borde 1734-94 was the hunchbacked valet of King Louis XV. In consequence of the monarch's indulgence of his favorite de Laborde's songs were given a presentation described by Ray as being of "the utmost sumptuousness" the entire work having been produced by engraving. The first volume which Cohen-de Ricci Ray and Lemire unanimously proclaim a "masterpiece" is graced by plates that were both designed and cut by Jean-Michel Moreau called Moreau le jeune 1741-1814. Ray says that the work done by Moreau le jeune during the 1760s "showed him to be the equal of the established rococo masters Boucher Eisen and Gravelot" and that in his work during the 1770s "he carried all before him." So Moreau was in his prime then when he executed these charming scenes often of courtship set in pastures pleasure parks and elegant interiors; they represent the culmination of the Rococo style delicate and lush without being cloying. Because of a quarrel between the artist and the author the final three volumes were illustrated by Le Bouteux and by Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier 1738-1826. Le Barbier was one of the first great French neoclassical illustrators and Ray declares the engravings here his "most sustained and accomplished series of illustrations apart from that for Gessner's 'Oeuvres'" and laments that the present work "has not received the attention it deserves." Le Barbier's compositions are characterized by charm grace and elaborate and convincing detail. This first printing presents the engravings at the height of their richness and power which has been undimmed by the intervening centuries. With any copy of this work the engravings will always take center stage but here the tasteful contemporary red morocco bindings deserve a prolonged bow: they are perfectly elegant and elegantly perfect. Chez de Lormel, Imprimeur de l'Academie Royale de Musique unknown
1799002859Germantown Pa: Michael Billmeyer 1799. Hardcover. Very Good. Title continued: "als auch für den öffentlichen Gottesdienst enthalten sind. Nebst einem Anhang des Heydelbergischen Catechismus wie auch erbaulicher Gebäter. Nach einem Synodal Schluss zusammen getragen und eingerichtet vor die Evangelisch-Reformirten Gemeinen in den Vereinigten Staaten von America." Zweyte Auflage. 6 148 8 585 9 26 p.: frontispiece music; 17 cm. Signatures: pi4 A-3B8 3C4 8vo. Contemporary full calf with two clasps and six spine compartments between raised bands. Blind-ruled borders on boards. All page edges sprinkled red. Printed in two columns. Wood engraved head- and tail-pieces. "Sammlung alter und neuer geistreicher Lieder . . . der Evangelisch-Reformirten Gemeinen" has separate title page dated 1799. Final 26 pages contain the Heidelberger catechism and some prayers. Pages 231 and 275 misnumbered 131 and 175. Early American Imprints 36193; First Century of German Language Printing 1162. In Very Good Condition: rubbed with minor loss at tail of spine; clasps are intact; faint dampstain in gutter at head and at lower edge of first few leaves; 5-cm. tear from fore-edge of pp. 19-20 of Gesangbuch without loss; pages are clean and tight; clasps are intact. Michael Billmeyer hardcover
1797002861Philadelphia: Steiner und Kämmerer und H. Kämmerer jun 1797. Hardcover. Very Good. Title contintued: "als auch für den öffentlichen Gottesdienst enthalten sind. Nebst einem Anhang des Heydelbergischen Catechismus wie auch erbaulicher Gebäter. Nach einem Synodal Schluss zusammen-getragen und eingerichtet vor die Evangelisch-Reformirten Gemeinen in den Vereinigten Staaten von America." 8 148 8 585 43 p.: frontispiece music; 17 cm. Signatures: pi4 A-N6 A-Ddd6 Eee2 12mo. Errors in signing: I1 not signed; N signed N; Mm2 signed Mn2. Contemporary full black calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Red leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: Reformiert Gesangbuch. Gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. Red leather label on front board with gilt-tooled former owner's name "1798" and border. Gilt-tooled chain-pattern borders on both boards; gilt-rolled edges. All page edges gilt. Yellow-and-black-patterned endpapers. Printed in two columns. Wood engraved head- and tail-pieces. "Sammlung alter und neuer geistreicher Lieder . . . der Evangelisch-Reformirten Gemeinen" has separate title page dated 1797. Final 33 unpaginated pages contain the Heidelberger catechism and some prayers. Former owner inscription in German script on blank leaf following front free endpaper: "Karl Friederich Philipps Gesangbuch Philadelphia 1826." Early American Imprints 32100; First Century of German Language Printing 1090. This was the first official German Reformed hymnal printed in the United States; later editions dropped the hyphen using the title Das Neue und Verbesserte Gesangbuch. In Very Good Condition: leather is rubbed with some loss of gilt; edges of leather spine label chipped; most of original owner's name on front label has been rubbed out; small scrape to upper edge of front board; a few page corners creased; pages are slightly browned throughout; otherwise clean and tight. Steiner und Kämmerer, und H. Kämmerer, jun hardcover
17751016441775. Utrecht Ten Bosch 1775. 111 pp. Uncut. New cloth binding. Contains the texts of nine street songs from Amsterdam with many funny annotations. hardcover
173916570AB1739. Ham burg Herold 1739. 345 : 225 cm. 28 pages 2 leaves 484 pages 8 leaves register with engraved vignette on title-page type-set musical examples within the text woodcut head and tailpieces 1 full-page engraved plate. Contemorary half vellum decorated papers on boards. First print of the first edition "Neues Verzeichnis bisheriger Matthensonischer Werke" which is only missing in the first print. The rare original edition of the most important work of Matteson an encyclopedia of knowledge of the music-practice of its time. An undispensable source for music-academics. He brings together a vast array of facts as well as his most complete statement of several major theoretical concepts. These include the systematizing of the doctrines of rhetoric as they become the basic of compositio.A lengthy discussion of emotion in music leads to.the only attempt found in baroque literature to arrive at a true "Doctrine" of the Affections. New Grove 11 p. 835. - Mattheson's most important and extensive theoretical work "an encyclopedia of the entire musical practice of his time" in the extremely rare original edition. The important matters from music theory and aesthetics which are often dealt with quite briefly in the 3 "Orchestras" in the "Critica musica" in the two "Schools for basso continuo" as well as in the "Core of melodic science" are treated in such detail that this work must almost be called a fundamental one Schmidt. Mattheson's works have become an indispensable source for musicology because without them it is difficult to understand the great music-historical turn that took place in his time. Joseph Haydn owned a copy of it; Goethe knew it as is evident from his letter to Zelter of Jan. 1 1819. - Cannon No. 138; Wolffheim I 819; Hirsch I 378. - With a small inscribtion at the inner front board. Boards coverd with a special marbled paper. hardcover
174036710London 1740. Unbound. Very Good. 1 leaf with a vignette to head. Song with music and text below set for voice and figured bass with a separate part for flute. Signed in the plate by the engraver Bickham. Ca. 326 x 200 mm. 12.75" x 7.85" plate mark.<br /> <br /> Slightly worn; minor browning to edges; minor dampstaining; small X drawn on upper left corner. From the second edition of Bickham's monumental work first published in 1737-1739. BUC p. 107. RISM BII p. 245. <br /> <br /> "Bickham 1706-1771 was principally famous in music circles for his two illustrated folio volumes The Musical Entertainer first issued in fortnightly parts each containing four plates from January 1737 to December 1739. The 200 plates are songs headed and surrounded with pictorial embellishments illustrative of the song . and engraved in the style of and even copied directly from Gravelot and Watteau. This work was the first of its kind to be published in England and quickly produced imitators such as Lampe's British Melody engraved by Benjamin Cole." Frank Kidson et al. in Grove Music Online. <br /> <br /> The Musical Entertainer is considered one of the finest 18th century illustrated books. Complete copies of this monumental work are exceptionally rare. unknown
1779045654Lyon: Jean-Marie Bruyset 1779. Later Edition. Hardcover Half Leather. Good Condition. 19th century half leather hinges cracked binding sound but rubbed. Scattered mostly minor foxing old catalog entry pasted to front blank; generally clean internally. 10 folding plates. A nice copy. First published in 1752. xxxvi 236 4pp. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Music; Inventory No: 045654. <br/><br/> Jean-Marie Bruyset hardcover
177115368<p>Paris: Chez Vente Librairie 1771 Contemporary burgundy morocco gilt flat spine tooled in seven panels gilt decorated borders on both covers gilt turn-ins all edges gilt. Decorative endpapers with gilt star pattern. . Twelvemo. Five full-page engravings. Old ink annotation on a preliminary blank. A fine copy. A review of music theatre dance etc. This book documents entertainment in Paris just before the revolution. These almanacs were issued annually from 1667 to 1778.</p> Chez Vente Librairie,
178040349Italy 1780. Folio 226 x 312 mm. Sewn. Notated on 10-stave rastrum-ruled paper with lowermost stave of first page of the Tenore part hand-drawn with music and text added in another hand. Watermark letters within a circle above a star. <br /> <br /> Music for Holy Thursday Good Friday and Holy Saturday of Holy Week in the Christian calendar: <br /> <br /> - "Feria Quinta in Cena Domini." Tenore. 4 pp. Bound with "Feria Sexta in Parasceve" Basso 6 pp. and an additional bass part headed "Sabbato Sancto" 6 pp. <br /> <br /> - "Feria Quinta in Cena Domini." Basso 6 pp. Bound with "Feria Sexta in Parasceve" 6 pp. "Sabbato Sancto" 6 pp. 1f. blank. <br /> <br /> With short semi-chanted homophonic liturgical pieces:<br /> "In Monte Oliveti" "Tristis est anima mea" "Ecce appropinquat" "Ecce vidimus" "Vere languores" "Amicus meus" "Flius quidem hominis" "Unus ex vobis" "Eram quasi agnus innocens" "Seniores populi" "Revelabunt celi iniquitatem" "Omnes amici" "Velum Templi" "Vinca mea" "Tamquam ad latronem" "Tenebre facte sunt" "Barabbas latro dimittitur" "Tradiderunt me" "Jesum tradidit" "Sicut ovis" "Sepultro Domino" "Jerusalem Iuge" "Plange quasi virgo" "Recessit Pastor" "O Vos omnes" "Caligaverunt oculi mei" "Ecce quomodo" "Æstimatus sum" "Agnus Dei" and "Lustris sex qui."<br /> <br /> Occasional moderate soiling and small stains; first leaf of Tenore part partially detached. unknown
179350100Vienna / Wien: Musicalische-Typographische Gesellschaft 1793. Hardcover. Very good. 7 x 9 inches. 6 88 pages of text followed by 'Noten-Beispeile zu Kirnberger's Grundsatze des General Basses in Drei Abtheilungen - three sections of music 13 18 & 15 pages in length 2. Text in german. No date circa 1793. Period binding half brown morocco over marbled boards gilt decoration on spine red leather spine label. Condition is Very Good; moderate wear to spine edges and corners boards rubbed it looks like someone has gone over some of the printed title page in black ink text pages have light to moderate toning pencil underlining and marginal lines on about a dozen pages of text music pages are not toned and are unmarked but have light water-stains on upper 1/3 of pages binding is tight. RRGR Musicalische-Typographische Gesellschaft hardcover
174036713London 1740. Unbound. Very Good. 1 leaf with a large elaborate vignette to head and engraved tailpiece illustrating the song with music and text set for voice and figured bass. Signed in the plate by the engraver G. Bickham. Ca. 326 x 200 mm. 12.75" x 7.85" plate mark.<br /> <br /> Slightly worn; inner edge frayed; minor dampstaining; slightly foxed. From the second edition of Bickham's monumental work first published in 1737-1739. BUC p. 107. RISM BII p. 245. <br /> <br /> "Bickham 1706-1771 was principally famous in music circles for his two illustrated folio volumes The Musical Entertainer first issued in fortnightly parts each containing four plates from January 1737 to December 1739. The 200 plates are songs headed and surrounded with pictorial embellishments illustrative of the song . and engraved in the style of and even copied directly from Gravelot and Watteau. This work was the first of its kind to be published in England and quickly produced imitators such as Lampe's British Melody engraved by Benjamin Cole." Frank Kidson et al. in Grove Music Online. <br /> <br /> A charming engraving.<br /> <br /> The Musical Entertainer is considered one of the finest 18th century illustrated books. Complete copies of this monumental work are exceptionally rare. unknown
17040008734Frankfurt & Leipzig: Joachim Wilden und Joh. Adam Plenern 1704. New edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo xii 1004 cxxii 92 pages cotemporary boards recovered twice splitting joint lacks clasps front hinge broken; frontispiece chipped stained leaf 469/470 torn. <br/><br/>The 38 emblematic woodcut illustrations here appear to be unique to this edition and the frontispiece is dated 1704 in the block. Bound With Anfuhrung oder Anweisung Aller und ieden des gantzen Jahres Sonn= hohen und andern Fest=Evangelien und Episteln. Frankfurt 1707. Joachim Wilden und Joh. Adam Plenern hardcover
174036774London 1740. Unbound. Very Good. 1 leaf with a large elaborate vignette to head illustrating the song with music and text below set for voice and figured bass with a separate part for flute. Signed in the plate by the engraver G. Bickham junr. Ca 326 x 200 mm. 12.75" x 7.85" plate mark.<br /> <br /> Slightly worn; minor browning to edges; minor soiling; slightly creased; minor paper repair. From the second edition of Bickham's monumental work first published in 1737-1739. BUC p. 107. RISM BII p. 245. <br /> <br /> "Bickham 1706-1771 was principally famous in music circles for his two illustrated folio volumes The Musical Entertainer first issued in fortnightly parts each containing four plates from January 1737 to December 1739. The 200 plates are songs headed and surrounded with pictorial embellishments illustrative of the song . and engraved in the style of and even copied directly from Gravelot and Watteau. This work was the first of its kind to be published in England and quickly produced imitators such as Lampe's British Melody engraved by Benjamin Cole." Frank Kidson et al. in Grove Music Online. <br /> <br /> A charming engraving.<br /> <br /> The Musical Entertainer is considered one of the finest 18th century illustrated books. Complete copies of this monumental work are exceptionally rare. unknown
178413118111043Printed for Harrison & Co. No. 18 Paternoster Row London 1784. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Sheet Music Contemporary half leather with worn board and corners. Banded spine with simple gilt decoration. Binding is sound. Clean plate printed score free from added notation. Additional hand-wriiten page with four lines of alternative score are bound in at page 58. Pages 91 and 93 are missing its vertical margin. Engraved title page with decorative lettering. Contents page at the rear has tear from lower corner. End-papers have multiple vertical creases. Little remains of the marbled paper that once covered the boards and only a fragment of the leather corners is still present. 94 1. Item Type: Sheet Music. No dust jacket as published. Undated by publisher. Dated by reference to COPAC. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 13118111043. All our books music and maps are sent by a tracked mail service. Printed for Harrison & Co. No. 18 Paternoster Row hardcover
1740047394Paris: Jean Desaint 1740. Hardcover Half Leather. Very Good Condition. Attractively rebound in half leather over marbled boards modest browning a bit heavier early on a few creased page edges. 4 568 lxxii pp. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; Music. Inventory No: 047394. Jean Desaint hardcover
1779ST19371Madrid: Imprenta Real 1779. FIRST EDITION. 235 x 150 mm. 9 1/4 x 6". 10 p.l. 126 XL pp. 1 leaf errata. <br/> EXCELLENT CONTEMPORARY CRIMSON MOROCCO BY DEROME LE JEUNE his ticket with address of Rue St. Jacques on verso of front free endpaper covers framed with thick and thin gilt rules raised bands spine compartments with central floral sprig surrounded by a lozenge of small tools volute cornerpieces gilt titling gilt-rolled turn-ins gilt edges cobalt blue paste-paper endpapers. WITH SIX CHARMING ENGRAVED ALLEGORICAL PLATES after G. Ferre. Front pastedown with morocco bookplate of Mortimer L. Schiff and small book label with a gilt cipher on a red peach. A Large Paper Copy. Palau y Dulcet IV 107; RSIM B VI 429; MGG VI 1403 f.; Gregory-Bartlett I 129. Three minute dents to front board a hint of wear to bands and corners isolated faint foxing blank recto of frontispiece leaf and blank verso of final leaf with faint blue shadown from endpapers but all of these quite trivial and otherwise A BEAUTIFUL COPY--fresh clean and bright internally with very wide margins and strong impressions of the plates and in a lustrous binding showing with few signs of use.<br/> <br/> This is surely one of the handsomest poetical treatises on music ever produced and it is offered here in a binding done by one of the finest craftsmen working in Europe during the period of the book's publication. The work is written in the "silva" form of poetry used by persons of high rank illustrated with fine engravings and put into elegant morocco by the finest hands among the large Derome family of binders. According to Palau our first edition is "beautiful and printed on fine paper." He says further that although the strongly expressed opinions of the youthful author on contemporary composers caused the work to be "unfairly attacked" it was "appreciated by professors of music and collectors of literature in that genre" especially in Italy and America. A child of the Enlightenment Iriate 1750-91 gained entry to intellectual and artistic circles in Madrid through his uncle who was librarian to the king of Spain. He translated works by Horace and Virgil into Spanish by royal request and wrote criticism poetry and dramas. He is best known for his satirical fables on the contemporary literary scene "Fábulas literarias." There were no fewer than 18 members of the Derome family who made their livings as binders in Paris from the middle of the 17th century until the first quarter of the 19th but by far the most distinguished family member was Nicolas-Denis called "le jeune" 1731-88. Known for the gracefulness of his bindings and for being capable of "amazing delicacy" in Hobson's words Derome le jeune was simply the leading binder of the day and his work was much in demand. Because he refused to turn away customers Derome was forced to hire a number of assistants whose work he could not always supervise closely. However Thoinan says that the binder's best work is indicated by the presence of his ticket as here. The volume's provenance adds to its luster: it was in the distinguished library of American bibliophile Mortimer Schiff 1877-1931. In Dickinson's words Schiff a financier and philanthropist Schiff "brought together an unrivaled collection of decorative bindings." His library included works by great printers important illustrated books and works printed on vellum but chiefly fine and historic bindings. The "Reliures" database of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France commends Schiff for assembling "one of the most important inter-war libraries" noting that his collection was "renowned for its collection of French bindings.". Imprenta Real unknown
179226117Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer Andrews. Poor with no dust jacket. 1792. 4th Edition. Hardcover. The original boards have been carefully wrapped in leather which is worn and scuffed. The title page and the next 4 pages are missing the lower right corner. Some pages are almost loose with wear especially at the margins. I did not find any pages missing but no guarantees there. The book is well used and most certainly as-is. ; Oblong 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 152 pages . Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer Andrews hardcover
