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| Id |
32437 |
| Category |
antiquarian book |
| Author / Composer |
BURNEY, Charles (1726-1814) |
| Title |
A general history of music, from the earliest ages to the present period. Volume the first [-fourth]. |
| Place |
London |
| Publisher |
Printed for the Author, And sold by Payne and Son, Robson and Clark, and G.G.J. and J. Robinson |
| Publication Date |
1789 |
| ISBN / Plate No. |
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| Series |
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| Size |
Four volumes. Large 8vo. xviii, 501; 597; xi, 622; 688pp. + plates (some folding). |
| Description |
Original mottled calf (edges rubbed, some scratches), tooled, backstrips renewed. Vol.I with a note from the author (in the hand of his son Charles Burney (1757-1817)) tipped in at the front. The note (dated 8 January 1813) instructs the auctioneers Leigh & Sotheby to purchase some items for him in "Pinkerton's sale" [John Pinkerton, "A catalogue of a valuable and curious collection of books", January 1813]. |
| Reference |
Second edition of volume 1 with volumes 2-4 being reprints of the first edition. RISM B/VI/1 pp.190-191. Gregory p.47 |
| Price |
£1200.00 |
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