The Musical Entertainer. Volume I -II . A Facsimile of the 1740 London Edition

by George ? Bickham Jr.

$200 · Offered by J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians

2 volumes bound in one. Folio. Full ivory cloth with black title label gilt to spine. With large, attractive vignettes to upper portion of each leaf by Bickham, some after Gravelot and Watteau. The music and text of each song appear below the illustration, with most pieces set for voice and figured bass with a separate part for flute. Vol. I1f. recto half-title, verso blank , 1f. recto title, verso publisher's note , 1f. recto facsimile of original

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