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| Id |
25677 |
| Category |
antiquarian music |
| Author / Composer |
JONES, Edward (1752-1824) |
| Title |
Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards: preserved by tradition and authentic manuscripts, from very remote antiquity; never before published. To the Bardic tunes are added Variations for the Harp, Harpsichord, Violin, or Flute: with a select Collection of the Pennillion and Englynion, Or, epigrammatic stanzas, poetical blossoms, and pastoral songs, of Wales, with English translations. Likewise a general history of the Bards and Druids, from the earliest period to the present time: with an account of their music and poetry. To which is prefixed, a copious dissertation on the Musical Instruments of the Aboriginal Britons. A new edition, doubly augmented, and improved. |
| Place |
London |
| Publisher |
Printed for the Author, and Sold at No.122 in Mount Street [amended to No.3 in Green Street, Grosvenor Square] |
| Publication Date |
1794 |
| ISBN / Plate No. |
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| Series |
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| Size |
Folio. [iii (title, dedication)], viii (contents, index, list of subscribers), 183pp. + plate. |
| Description |
Original plain boards (scratched and bumped) with paper backstrip (mostly worn, joints broken). Some light dust-staining; lower outer corner of pp.172/173 torn and repaired; lacking the frontispiece (if ever present). Engraved music. The list of subscribers with printed pastedown addition to the royalty; the address amended by Jones. |
| Reference |
RISM A/I/4 and A/I/12 J 608. This edition not in BUC. |
| Price |
£250.00 |
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