The Melancholy Nymph. Set

by Mr. Handel. Plate 53 from George Bickham's The Musical Entertainer by George Frideric Handel

$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. Signed in the plate by the engraver, G. Bickham junr. Ca 326 x 200 mm. 12.75 x 7.85 plate mark .Slightly worn; light soiling and dampstaining; minor foxing to blank left margin. Very Good. From the second edition of Bickham's monumental work, first published in 1737-1739.

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