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| Id |
26612 |
| Category |
antiquarian book |
| Author / Composer |
FORBES, John (d.1675) |
| Title |
Cantus, Songs and Fancies, to three, four of [sic] five parts, both apt for voices and viols. With a brief introduction to musick as taught in the Musick-School of Aberdeen. Reproduced by photo-lithography for the New Club Series. |
| Place |
Paisley |
| Publisher |
Alexander Gardner |
| Publication Date |
1879 |
| ISBN / Plate No. |
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| Series |
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| Size |
Large 8vo. [viii (New Club Series, rules and list of members)], viii (title, preface) pp. + facsimile (unpaginated). |
| Description |
Quarter cloth with plain boards (edges worn and bumped. Hand-made paper. Signed by the publisher. Facsimile reproduction of the third edition of 1682. In the first and second editions the "Brief introduction to musick" is given as by Thomas Davidson. The composers named are G.G. Castoldi [Gastoldi], Henry Lewis, Simon Ives, William Webb, John Savile and Dr Wilson. Armorial bookplate of Godfrey Edward Pellew Arkwright (1864-1944). |
| Reference |
Limited edition of 100 copies (no.70, for Reeves & Turner, of the 86 |
| Price |
£125.00 |
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