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| Id |
25581 |
| Category |
antiquarian book |
| Author / Composer |
GRASSINEAU, James (1715-1769) |
| Title |
A Musical Dictionary; being a collection of terms and characters, As well Ancient as Modern; including Historical, Theoretical, and Practical Parts of Music: As also, an Explanation of some Parts of the Doctrine of the Antients; interspersed with Remarks on their Method and Practice, and curious Observations on the Phaenomena of Sounds Mathematically considered, As it's Relations and Proportions constitute Intervals, And those again Concords and Discords. The whole carefully abstracted from the best Authors in the Greek, Latin, Italian, French, and English Languages. |
| Place |
London |
| Publisher |
Printed for J. Wilcox |
| Publication Date |
1740 |
| ISBN / Plate No. |
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| Series |
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| Size |
8vo. xii (half title, title, dedication to Princess Amelia, preface)], 347, [i] pp. + 2 folding plates. |
| Description |
Polished calf (rubbed, a little scratched, front hinge weak). Slight worming at lower outer corners up to p.152. With printed endorsement by John Christopher Pepusch (1667-1752), Maurice Greene (1696-1755) and Johann Ernest Galliard (1687-1747). From the collection of Christopher Hogwood (1941-2014). |
| Reference |
First edition. RISM B/VI/1 p.375. Gregory p.113. |
| Price |
£475.00 |
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