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| Id |
28060 |
| Category |
antiquarian music |
| Author / Composer |
GALLIARD, John Ernest (1687?-1749) |
| Title |
The Hymn of Adam and Eve, Out of the Fifth Book of Milton's Paradise-Lost, Set to Musick by Mr. Galliard. |
| Place |
[London] |
| Publisher |
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| Publication Date |
1728 |
| ISBN / Plate No. |
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| Series |
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| Size |
Oblong 8vo. [vi (title, list of subscribers)], 30pp. (lacking pp.1/2, here supplied in photocopy). |
| Description |
Half calf (rubbed and worn) with marbled boards. Engraved. Decorative title-page engraved by John Pine (1690-1756). The list of subscribers includes Handel (who subscribed for four books), Bononcini, Pepusch, Leveridge, Greene and Robinson amongst many others; there is one manuscript addition to the list "Lady Boyle". |
| Reference |
First edition. RISM A/I/3 and A/I/12 G 225. BUC p.358. |
| Price |
£300.00 |
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