Burney, Charles. (1726-1814). A General History of Music from the Earliest Ages to the Present Period. 1782, 1789. Volumes I and II (of four). First volume, second edition; second volume, first edition. Both quarto, in later morocco-backed boards, ex-lib, with 19th-century plate to inside front boards. Overall in very good condition, both volumes clean and bright with limited foxing. As follows:
Volume I [1789]: Portrait frontispiece by Bartolozzi after Reynolds, 1f. (Title), [iii] - v. (Dedication), 1f. (Contents), [i] - xviii (Preface & Definitions, [1] - 501, Index and Directions to the bookbinder. Includes 6 plates, 4 of which are folding. Folding plates with tears at folds, a few pages with minor repairs to margins, otherwise very good.
Volume II [1782]: Frontispiece engraving by Bartolozzi after Cipriani, 1f. (title), 1f. (Contents), [1] - 597, [i] (Corrections and Additions), [i] (blank) pp.
The first two volumes of this first history of music in the English language. Hirsh I Anhang 16 (where Volume I is also in second edition). RISM BVI p. 190.
Volume I [1789]: Portrait frontispiece by Bartolozzi after Reynolds, 1f. (Title), [iii] - v. (Dedication), 1f. (Contents), [i] - xviii (Preface & Definitions, [1] - 501, Index and Directions to the bookbinder. Includes 6 plates, 4 of which are folding. Folding plates with tears at folds, a few pages with minor repairs to margins, otherwise very good.
Volume II [1782]: Frontispiece engraving by Bartolozzi after Cipriani, 1f. (title), 1f. (Contents), [1] - 597, [i] (Corrections and Additions), [i] (blank) pp.
The first two volumes of this first history of music in the English language. Hirsh I Anhang 16 (where Volume I is also in second edition). RISM BVI p. 190.
Burney, Charles. (1726-1814). A General History of Music from the Earliest Ages to the Present Period. 1782, 1789. Volumes I and II (of four). First volume, second edition; second volume, first edition. Both quarto, in later morocco-backed boards, ex-lib, with 19th-century plate to inside front boards. Overall in very good condition, both volumes clean and bright with limited foxing. As follows:
Volume I [1789]: Portrait frontispiece by Bartolozzi after Reynolds, 1f. (Title), [iii] - v. (Dedication), 1f. (Contents), [i] - xviii (Preface & Definitions, [1] - 501, Index and Directions to the bookbinder. Includes 6 plates, 4 of which are folding. Folding plates with tears at folds, a few pages with minor repairs to margins, otherwise very good.
Volume II [1782]: Frontispiece engraving by Bartolozzi after Cipriani, 1f. (title), 1f. (Contents), [1] - 597, [i] (Corrections and Additions), [i] (blank) pp.
The first two volumes of this first history of music in the English language. Hirsh I Anhang 16 (where Volume I is also in second edition). RISM BVI p. 190.
Volume I [1789]: Portrait frontispiece by Bartolozzi after Reynolds, 1f. (Title), [iii] - v. (Dedication), 1f. (Contents), [i] - xviii (Preface & Definitions, [1] - 501, Index and Directions to the bookbinder. Includes 6 plates, 4 of which are folding. Folding plates with tears at folds, a few pages with minor repairs to margins, otherwise very good.
Volume II [1782]: Frontispiece engraving by Bartolozzi after Cipriani, 1f. (title), 1f. (Contents), [1] - 597, [i] (Corrections and Additions), [i] (blank) pp.
The first two volumes of this first history of music in the English language. Hirsh I Anhang 16 (where Volume I is also in second edition). RISM BVI p. 190.