CATALOGUE OF PRINTED MUSIC PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1487 AND 1800 NOW IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
- London: The Trustees of the British Museum (by William Clowes & Sons, Ltd.), 1912.
- 8vo
- cloth boards, gilt on spine
- iv, 775; [ii], 720 pages + 34 page supplement
- ISBN: none
Price: $100.00 other currencies
Order Nr. 44884
The very scarce first edition, first printing. Cloth chipped at spine extremities. Title-page of vol. II partially loosened. A very good set.
With a preface by G. K. Fortescue from the British Museum. The dates covered in the catalogue (1487 - 1800) are those generally accepted as marking the division between the earlier and the modern schools of music. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included.
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