On Beauty. Set

by Seign. Putti. Plate 51 from George Bickham's The Musical Entertainer by Signor fl Putti

$100 · Offered by J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians

Signed

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. Published according to Act of Parliament, August 17, 1737. 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 soiling and dampstaining; slightly creased. Very Good. From the second edition of Bickham's

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