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040 |a NLE  |b eng  |e rda  |e dcrmb  |c NLE  |d HHG  |d OL$  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCF  |d OCL  |d OCLCQ  |d UZ0  |d DGU  |d OCL  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCL  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCL  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCL  |d OCLCO  |d TXA 
010 |a  03027650  
035 |a (OCoLC)315081002 
042 |a pcc 
050 4 |a ML159  |b .B958 1776 
082 0 4 |a 780.9  |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ddc/E37rxy4xFmy9VpHQXG7F4Ftr3p 
082 4 |a 780.9  |b B965 
100 1 |a Burney, Charles,  |d 1726-1814,  |e author.  |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJgRTvXxY9X7JBR6MCVBfq 
245 1 2 |a A general history of music :  |b from the earliest ages to the present period : to which is prefixed, a dissertation on the music of the ancients /  |c by Charles Burney, Mus. D. F.R.S. 
246 1 8 |a Burney's History of music 
264 1 |a London :  |b Printed for the author :  |b and sold by T. Becket, Strand ;  |b J. Robson, New Bond-Street ;  |b and G. Robinson, Paternoster-Row,  |c MDCCLXXVI-MDCCLXXXIX [1776-1789]. 
300 |a 4 volumes :  |b illustrations, portrait, music ;  |c 27 cm 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a unmediated  |b n  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a volume  |b nc  |2 rdacarrier 
340 |m 4to  |2 rdabf 
500 |a 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]. 
500 |a 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." 
500 |a 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. 
500 |a 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." 
500 |a 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. 
500 |a 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 
500 |a 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." 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
504 |a "Chronological list of the principal books published on the subject of music in England, during the present century": volume 4, pages [687]-688. 
500 |a Errata at end of volumes 1 and 4; "corrections and additions" at end of volume 2. 
500 |a The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature.  |5 TXA 
510 4 |a English Short Title Catalogue,  |c T149622 
510 4 |a Fleeman, J.D. Johnson,  |c 76.1BH/1a and 76.1BH/1b 
561 |a Armorial bookplate of John Fenn on front paste-down of volume 1. Fenn was noted antiquary.  |5 TXA 
562 |a The Cushing Library/Rare Books/Morrison Collection copy has tipped in the back of volume 4 a printed program (12 unnumbered pages) of a Commemoration of Handel, dated Wednesday, May the 26th, 1784, twenty-five years after the composer's death. The program lists the directors and performers, as well as the pieces performed. Two subscription ticket stubs are pasted in on pages 222 and 518 of volume 4, below the illustrations. The caption of the engraved portrait of Handel on page 222 indicates that this performance was held in Westminster Abbey.  |5 TXA 
650 0 |a Music  |x History and criticism  |v Early works to 1800. 
650 0 |a Music  |v Early works to 1800. 
600 1 0 |a Handel, George Frideric,  |d 1685-1759  |x Memorials. 
600 1 0 |a Handel, George Frideric,  |d 1685-1759  |x Performances. 
650 0 |a Concert programs  |z England  |y 18th century  |v Specimens. 
650 6 |a Musique  |x Histoire et critique  |v Ouvrages avant 1800. 
650 7 |a Music  |2 fast 
655 7 |a Engravings  |2 fast 
655 7 |a Criticism, interpretation, etc.  |2 fast 
655 7 |a Early works  |2 fast 
655 7 |a Engravings.  |2 lcgft 
655 7 |a Quarto format  |2 rbpri 
655 7 |a Concert programs.  |2 lcgft 
700 1 |a Straight, T.  |q (Thomas),  |e engraver.  |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjJf4xWjTbMVvgvpJXvv9C 
700 1 |a Cipriani, Giovanni Battista,  |d 1727-1785,  |e illustrator.  |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJmdpbPkQ3dKWDYgFw8Bfq 
700 1 |a Bartolozzi, Francesco,  |d 1727-1815,  |e engraver.  |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJbM6YX6QCk3dtYr9RtxjC 
700 1 |a Burney, Edward Francis,  |d 1760-1848,  |e illustrator.  |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJvmFYRXXQBKmQJ7mg9dQq 
700 1 |a Reynolds, Joshua,  |c Sir,  |d 1723-1792,  |e illustrator.  |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJqVWc6hQWjmVjB38hvvHC 
700 1 |a Becket, Thomas,  |e bookseller.  |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjHdgjb3GGm7J8jwY84hh3 
700 1 |a Robson, James,  |d 1733-1806,  |e bookseller.  |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJfWTWVm98DGty68bcgxjC 
700 1 |a Robinson, George,  |d 1736-1801,  |e bookseller.  |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJwMDDfMMDDCcqWyCj63Qq 
700 1 |a Fenn, John,  |d 1739-1794,  |e former owner.  |5 TXA 
710 2 |a T. Payne and Son,  |e bookseller.  |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QH7JmqJWjtkFVgBMWPXfWvR 
710 2 |a J. Robson and W. Clarke,  |e bookseller.  |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QH7Jmt6yJD3k8cj3PgmmxPF 
710 2 |a G. G. J. and J. Robinson (Paternoster-Row, London, England),  |e bookseller.  |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QH7JmqDBVRD44BcRhXFcDkt 
752 |a England  |d London. 
994 |a Z0  |b TXA 
948 |h HELD BY TXA - 16 OTHER HOLDINGS 
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952 f f |p noncirc  |a Texas A&M University  |b College Station  |c Cushing Memorial Library & Archives  |s cush rare  |d Cushing: Rare Books (Does not check out)  |t 0  |e ML159 B958 1776  |h Library of Congress classification  |i unmediated -- volume  |k v.4  |m A14853423074 
952 f f |p noncirc  |a Texas A&M University  |b College Station  |c Cushing Memorial Library & Archives  |s cush rare  |d Cushing: Rare Books (Does not check out)  |t 0  |e ML159 B958 1776  |h Library of Congress classification  |i unmediated -- volume  |k v.1  |m A14853423041 
952 f f |p noncirc  |a Texas A&M University  |b College Station  |c Cushing Memorial Library & Archives  |s cush rare  |d Cushing: Rare Books (Does not check out)  |t 0  |e ML159 B958 1776  |h Library of Congress classification  |i unmediated -- volume  |k v.2  |m A14853423052 
952 f f |p noncirc  |a Texas A&M University  |b College Station  |c Cushing Memorial Library & Archives  |s cush rare  |d Cushing: Rare Books (Does not check out)  |t 0  |e ML159 B958 1776  |h Library of Congress classification  |i unmediated -- volume  |k v.3  |m A14853423063 
998 f f |a ML159 B958 1776  |s v.1-v.4  |t 0  |l Cushing: Rare Books (Does not check out)