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| Id |
34361 |
| Category |
antiquarian music |
| Author / Composer |
PURCELL, Henry (1659-1695) |
| Title |
Orpheus Britannicus. A Collection of all The Choicest Songs for One, Two, and Three Voices. Together With such Symphonies for Violins or Flutes, As were by Him design'd for any of them: and A Through-Bass to each Song; Figur'd for the Organ, Harpsichord, or Theorbo-Lute. The Second Edition with Large Additions; and placed in their several Keys according to the Order of the Gamut; [with] The Second Book, which renders the First Compleat. |
| Place |
London |
| Publisher |
Printed by William Pearson, and Sold by John Young |
| Publication Date |
1706, 1702 |
| ISBN / Plate No. |
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| Series |
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| Size |
Two volumes in one. 4to. [iii (frontispiece, title)], vi, [ii (publisher's catalogue, contents)], 286; [iv (title, dedications)], ii (verse eulogies), [ii (publisher's catalogue, contents)], 176pp. |
| Description |
Original panelled leather, rebacked, raised bands. Occasional light browning; one or two slight corner reinforcements with Japanese tissue. Frontispiece by White after Closterman. |
| Reference |
RISM A/I/7 and A/I/13 P 5981 and 5983. BUC p.859. Zimmerman pp.501 and 498. Day & Murrie no.200. |
| Price |
£1500.00 |
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