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MUSIC [BICKHAM (GEORGE, illustrator)] The Musical Entertainer, 2 vol., Charles Corbett, [c.1740]
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MUSIC
[BICKHAM (GEORGE, illustrator)] The Musical Entertainer, 2 vol., engraved throughout comprising 2 pictorial titles, 2 index leaves and 195 engraved plates of music (of 200, lacking 5 in the second volume), the majority with large pictorial vignette by Bickham, some after Gravelot and Watteau, title to volume 1 creased with small losses to blank margin, contemporary half calf, worn [Cohen-De Ricci, 145-146; Lipperheide 560], folio (163 x 255mm.), Charles Corbett, [c.1740]
Footnotes
Decorated with George Bickham's fine illustrations, a series of songs and arias arranged for the parlour, including works by or adapted from Purcell, Handel, Corelli and others.
Provenance: 'Johan Wilson, 1825', inscription on contents leaf.
Saleroom notices
should read 2 volumes bound in 1





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