The Dream. Compos'd and Set to Musick

by a Gentleman of Oxford. Plate 33 from George Bickham's The Musical Entertainer by English Illustrated Vocal Music - 18th Century

$90 · Offered by J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians

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1 leaf, with a large elaborate vignette to head illustrating the song with music and text below set for voice and figured bass with a separate part for flute. Signed in the plate by the engraver, G. Bickham junr. Ca. 326 x 200 mm. 12.75 x 7.85 plate mark ,Slightly worn; minor browning to edges. Very Good. From the second edition of Bickham's monumental work, first published in 1737-1739. BUC p. 107. RISM BII p. 245.

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