A general history of music : from the earliest ages to the present period : to which is prefixed, a dissertation on the music of the ancients /
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| Language: | English |
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Printed for the author : and sold by T. Becket, Strand ; J. Robson, New Bond-Street ; and G. Robinson, Paternoster-Row,
MDCCLXXVI-MDCCLXXXIX [1776-1789].
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| Item Description: | The imprint to volume 2 reads: Printed for the author: and sold by J. Robson, New Bond-Street; and G. Robinson, Paternoster-Row, MDCCLXXXII [1782]. Imprint to volumes 3 and 4: Printed for the author: and sold by Payne and Son, at Mews-Gate; Robson and Clark, Bond-Street; and G.G.J. and J. Robinson Paternoster-Row, MDCCLXXXIX [1789]. In volume 1, page numbers *81-*86 are repeated as 81-86, and page numbers *217-*232 are repeated as 217-232; text is continuous and not repeated. Added pages are explained as follows in "Directions to the book-binder" (volume 1, final unnumbered leaf): "There are likewise twenty-six double pages, marked with asterisms. These were occasioned by the late arrival of Mr. Bruce's communications, and by other additions to the text, occurring after the Press was broken up; and this method of inserting them was preferred to that of giving the reader the trouble of turning to a Supplement." In volume 2 of this edition, the long "s" is used, the signature on page 301 is Qq2, and on page 320, line 8 of the text begins: placable. Contains both engraved and letterpress music; in volumes 2-4, plates containing engraved music are numbered as pages, continuous with the main text. Final engraved music plate of volume two (page 597) signed: "Engraved by T. Straight, no. 138 St Martins Lane, Charing Cross, London." Pagination: Volume 1: xx pages, 10 unnumbered pages, 522 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf, 9 leaves of plates (some folded) -- Volume 2: 2 unnumbered pages, 597 pages (including 57 pages of continuously numbered plates), 3 unnumbered pages, 2 leaves of plates -- Volume 3: xi pages, 1 unnumbered page, 622 pages (including 108 pages of continuously numbered plates), 12 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates -- Volume 4: 4 unnumbered pages, 685 pages (including 26 pages of continuously numbered plates), 17 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates. Signatures: Volume 1: pi⁴ a-c⁴ B-L⁴ *L⁴ (-*L4) M-2E⁴ *2E-*2F⁴ 2F-3U⁴ 3X² -- Volume 2: [A]² B-3Y⁴ 3Z² -- Volume 3: [a]² b⁴ B-3Y⁴ 3Z² -- Volume 4: a² B-4N⁴ Each volume has engraved frontispiece. Volume 1 and 2 frontispieces signed: "G. Cipriani inv; F. Bartoleozzi sculp."; Volume 3 frontispiece signed: "E.F. Burney delt.; F. Bartolozzi sculpt."; Volume 4 frontispiece (portrait of Charles Burney) signed: "Sir Joshua Reynolds pinxt.; F. Bartolozzi Sculpt." Errata at end of volumes 1 and 4; "corrections and additions" at end of volume 2. The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature. |
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| Physical Description: | 4 volumes : illustrations, portrait, music ; 27 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. "Chronological list of the principal books published on the subject of music in England, during the present century": volume 4, pages [687]-688. |
| Place of Publication: | England -- London. |