The Cathedral Services Anthems Hymns And Other Sacred Pieces Composed By Henry Purcell Edited By

by Henry Purcell

$350 · Offered by J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians

4 volumes. Tall folio. Half black leather with dark teal pebbled cloth boards with gilt rules to spine and edges, spine in decorative compartments gilt with titling gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Text letterpress, titles and music engraved. Vol. I: Verse anthems in major keys1f. recto title, verso blank , 1f. recto bust-length portrait of Purcell, verso blank , 1f. recto publisher's note, verso blank , i -xii Life of Purcell by Edward Holmes , 1f. recto

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