Il Teatro Alla Moda O Sia Metodo Sicuro E Facile Per Ben Comporre Esequire Lopere Italiane In Musica

by Benedetto Giacomo Marcello

$1,850 · Offered by J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians

Octavo. Contemporary decorative wrappers with titling in small script in turquoise ink to upper and spine. 1f. recto with engraved pictorial vignette, verso quote from Horat. Lib. de Art. poet. , 64 pp. With decorative woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces. The comic engraving to title depicts a man rowing a boat with an ape standing at the bow dressed in a flowing coat and holding a flag, with a cherub playing a violin balancing on the rudder at the stern. Parenti:

• Binding: Wrappers

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