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Last 17th-century edition of the oldest Dutch Psalter set to the music of popular songs; from the library of Isaac Meulman View picture(s) 1 SOUTER LIEDEKENS, gemaeckt ter eeren Gods, op alle die psalmen van David, tot stichtinge ende een gheestelijcke vermakinghe van alle Christen menschen. Utrecht, Herman van Borculo (II), 1613. 8vo. Contemporary vellum with title in ink on spine. Title printed in red and black within an ornamental border, with woodcut vignette showing King David with his harp, woodcut initials (the first of Ps. 1 printed in red), woodcut tail-pieces, and musical scores. (184) lvs. (Collation: A-Z8). Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Catholicism  Dutch  Music  Psalter  Songbook, Religious  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Composed by the Queen of Holland, Hortense de Beauharnais. Her own copy! View picture(s) 2 (BEAUHARNAIS, Hortense DE). Romances mises en musique par S(a).M(ajeste).L(a).R(eine).H(ollande). (No place, 1810?). Oblong 8vo. Contemporary dark green morocco, gilt spine, front cover with gilt supra-libros of Hortense de Beauharnais in centre, both covers elaborately gilt with harps  and  Napoleonic eagles as cornerpieces, gilt inner dentelles. Engraved title  with aquatint crowned coat of arms, handcoloured stipple-engraved portrait of  Hortense De Beauharnais by Isabey, engraved by Monsaldi, 12 aquatints by Müller and Firinger, 12 engraved plates with musical scores engraved by Richomme. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Aquatints  Low Countries  Music  Napoleon  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Original edition of poems on the hunt for deer, musical texts and musical compositions; important for the history of music and the opera in France View picture(s) 3 (SERRE des RIEUX, Jean de). Les dons des enfans de Latone: la musique et la chasse du cerf, poëmes dédiés au Roy. Paris, Pierre Prault, Jean Desaint & Jacques Guerin (who also printed the book), 1734. 8vo. Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments with red title label lettered in gold, marbled endpapers, red painted edges. With engraved frontispiece by Le Bas, 6 full-page engravings by Le Bas after Oudry, illustrating the poem 'Diane' (p. 147-272, one of which is the frontispiece with hunting scene), and 50 pp. with engraved text and musical notation. XII, (2), 1-13 (1), 1-14 (engr.), 15-28, 1-4 (engr.), 29-121, (1), 123-295, (1), [20 pp. lacking], 317-330, (2), 1-32 (engr.), (2) Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  France  Hunting  Music  Mycology  Opera  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Music theory by a famous Dutch organ player View picture(s) 4 BLANKENBURG, Quirinus VAN. Elementa musica of niew licht tot het welverstaan van de musiec ende bas-continuo. Door regelen, met reden en bewys, gebouwd op een klare ontledinge der eerste beginselen. Na een voorafgaande wederlegging van de dwalingen dezes tyds; waar nevens: De vinding en opkomst der konst; De musiec der Ouden; De redenmaat der klanken; De ontdekking van een wiskunstige cirkel, waar in de wet der Nature al de toonen verdeelt; De stelkonst; De speeltuigen en de grondlegging van de zangkunst. Eerste & tweede deel. 's Gravenhage, Laurens Berkoske, 1739. 2 parts in one vol. 4to. Later half roan. With 28 full-page engraved plates with musical scores of which 3 with movable parts, 3 half -page engraved plates in text, woodcut head- and tail pieces. (30), 200, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Illustrated Books  Music  Netherlands  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Discussing all aspects of dancing View picture(s) 5 CAHUSAC, (L.) DE. La danse ancienne et moderne ou traité historique de la danse. The Hague, J. Neaulme, 1754. 3 parts in 1 vol. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine richly gilt, marbled edges. XXXII, (4), 168, (18); 180, (18); 168, (12) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Art General  Children's Books  Dance  Music  Sports & Recreation  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Stimulating young people to dance View picture(s) 6 CELLARIUS. The Drawing-Room Dances. New York, Boston, Dinsmore & Co., Ditson & Co., 1858. Small 8vo. Original gilt and blind-stamped green cloth. With a couple of dancers back to back on title, and 8 full-page wood-engraved plates of couples of dancers by Holcomb & Davis, 6 nicely coloured by hand. 105, (1 blank, 6 advertisements) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Children's Books  Dance  Music  Sports & Recreation  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The dedication copy View picture(s) 7 DUMAS, Antoine-Joseph. L'art de la musique enseigné et pratiqué par la nouvelle methode du bureau typographique. Etablie sur une seule clé, sur un seul ton, et sur un seul signe de mesure. Dedié à son altesse serenissime monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans premier prince du sang, par mr. Dumas. Gravé par Melle Vandôme. Paris, de l'imprimerie du Sr. Auguste, (1753). Large oblong 4to. Contemporary dark green morocco, richly gilt spine with red morocco title label, gilt borders on sides, large central gilt coat of arms, pink silk endpapers, gilt inner dentelles, g.e. (LEMONNIER). Engraved title, engraved dedication, and double-page folding engraved musical table "Plan général du bureau typographique musical". All text leaves are engraved. (4), 12-427, (1 blank); 11, (1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Armorial Bindings  Bindings  Education  Manuals  Music  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Write your letters in flower language View picture(s) 8 FRIDERICI, Johannes Balthasar. Cryptographia oder Geheime schrifft-münd- und würckliche Correspondenß welche lehrmäßig vorstellet ein hoch-schätzbare Kunst verborgene Schrifften zu machen und auffzulösen, in sich begreiffend viel frembde und Verwunderungs-würdige Arten, wie man durch Versetzung der Buchstaben, item durch allerhand characteres, Ziffern, Noten, Punckte, Mathematische und andere Figuren, Neh- und Stick-Werk, Kräuter- und Blumen-Püsche, Schildereyen, Spiel-Karten, Fahnen, Feuer,....kan zu verstehen geben. Hamburg, printed for the author by Georg Rebenlein, 1685. 4to. Contemporary vellum with claps. Engraved allegorical frontispiece, title printed in red and black, 5 full-page engraved plates by Friedlein and numerous woodcuts in text: tabels, musical notes and diagrams, with on pp. 226-7 underlinings (cipher) the underlinings are printed in red and gold. (6), 280 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Germany  Music  Typography  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The first Dutch pastoral romance in its second, most complete edition edited by Caspar Barlaeus View picture(s) 9 HEEMSKERK, Johan van. Batavische Arcadia, waar in, onder 't loof-werck van liefkooserytjes, gehandelt werdt, van den oorspronck van 't oud Batavien, vryheydt der Bataviers, vrye zee, zee-vonden, vinders van verburgen schatten, verbeurt-maecken van goederen, uyt-perssen der waarheid door pynigen, onheyl van de lanckwyligheyde der rechts-plegingen, en andere diergelycke ernstige saken meer. Amsterdam, for Gerrit Jansz., 1647. 12mo. Contemporary vellum with title in ink on spine. With engraved frontispiece including two scenes with the 'Janplezier' (charabanc) in which the youths make their trip. 916 (53, 1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Dutch  Literature  Low Countries  Music  Songbooks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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How to play the harpsichord View picture(s) 10 HESS, Joachim. Korte en eenvoudige handleyding tot het leeren van 't clavecimbel of orgel-spel. Tweede druk. Gouda, Johannes vander Klos, 1768. 4to. Modern cloth. Engraved folding plate and one engraved illustration in text, both with musical notations. (4), 28 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Dutch  Music  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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One of the best illustrated books on the history of music of the 18th century View picture(s) 11 LA BORDE, Jen-Benjamin de. Essai sur la musique ancienne et moderne. Paris, l'Imprimerie de Philippe-Denys Pierres et Eugène Onfroy, 1780-81. 4 parts and a supplement in 4 vols. 4to. Contemporary calf, gilt spines with red morocco labels lettered in gold, red painted edges, marbled endpapers. With engraved vignettes on the titles and numerous very interesting head- and tailpieces by Malapeau and Masquelier; many staves and musical notations in the text. Vol. 1 (part 1): 3 folding and 57 full-page engraved plates of Arabic and Asiatic musical instruments, musical notations and tables; vol. 2 (part 2): 2 folded engraved plates with musical notations, 2 full-page engraved plates and 220 engraved plates with musical notations and poems, the last 177 as chap. XII (separately numbered 1-178); vol. 3 (part 3): 2 folded tables and 3 full-page engraved plates with musical notations; vol. 4 (Suppl.): 3 times 59 (=177) full-page engraved plates with musical notations and poems. Vol.1: (4), 5, (3), V-XX, 200, XX, 201-445; vol.2: (4), 444, 178; vol. 3: (4), 702; vol. 4: (4), 476, 27, 8, LVI (General index), (4), XIV, 70, 59, 59, 59 pp. (Supplement). Vol. 1: (4), 5, (3), V-XX, 200, XX, 201-445; vol. 2: (4), 444, 178; vol. 3: (4), 702; vol. 4: (4), 4 Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Engravings  French  Music  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Manual on music by the organist of the Martini Church at Groningen View picture(s) 12 LUSTIG, Jacob Wilhelm. Inleiding tot de muzykkunde; uit klaare, onwederspreekelyke gronden, de innerlyke geschapenheid, de oorzaaken van de zonderbaare uitwerkselen, de groote waarde, en 't regte gebruik der muzykkonst aanwyzende. Groningen, Hindrik Vechnerus, 1751. Sm.8vo. Contemporary calf, spine ribbed and gilt in compartments with red title-label lettered in gold, gilt binding edges, marbled edges. (16), 340, (20) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Manuals  Music  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Written in prison to save his life View picture(s) 13 MAGGI, Girolimo (or: Hieronymus MAGIUS). De tintinnabulis liber posthumus. Franciscus Sweertius F. notis illustravit. Accedit ejusdem Magii de equuleo liber, cum notis G. Jungermanni. Amsterdam, Henr. Wetstein, 1689. 12mo. 19th-century half green crushed morocco, spine lettered in gold, marbled endpapers. Title printed in red and black. With frontispiece of a woman ringing a bell, engraved for Wetstein and dated 1689, 2 folding engravings outside the text and 9 full-page engravings in the text in the first part, 1 folding and 2 full-page engravings ouside the text and 7 full-page engravings in the text, one of which (p. 381) is pasted over the same engraving which originally was printed upside down. (24), 150, (48), 201-396, (14) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Music  Torture  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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'Laut verkünde unsre Freude': Rare re-edition of Mozarts cantata 'Das Lob der Freundschaft' View picture(s) 14 MOZART, W.A. (1756-1791). Das Lob der Freundschaft. Cantate für das Klavier oder Pianoforte. Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel, (1800). Oblong folio. Original wrappers with pasted title on front wrapper. 24 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Freemasonry  German  Music  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Important essay on 18th-century theatre architecture View picture(s) 15 PATTE, Pierre. Essai sur l'architecture théatrale ou de l'ordonnance la plus avantageuse à une salle de spectacles, relativement aux principes de l'optique & de l'acoustique. . Paris, Moutard, 1782. 8vo. 19th century green morocco, with blue marbled boards, spine gilt with title lettered in gold, blue sprinkled edges. With 3 numbered folding engraved plates with designs by Patte of comparative plans of European theatres, engraved by N. Ransonnette. (4), 212 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Architecture  France  Music  Theatre  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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In the manner of Erasmus' Adagia View picture(s) 16 RHODIGINUS, Ludovicus Caelius (RICCHIERI, Lodovico). Sicuti antiquarum lectionum commentarios concinnarat olim Vindex Ceselius, ita nunc eosdem per incuriam interceptos reparavit Lodovico Caelius Rhodiginus, in corporis unam velut molem aggestis primum linguae utrisque floribus, mox advocato ad partes platone item, ac platonicis omnibus, necnon Aristotele, ac haereseos eiusdem viris aliis, sed et theologorum plerisque ac jureconsultorum, ut medicos taceam, et mathesin professos. Ex qua velut lectionis farragine explicantur linguae Latinae loca, qu adrigentis haud paucio rafere, vel aliis intacta, vel pensiculate parum excussa. Opto valeas, qui leges, livore posito [Greek text]. Venice, Aldus & Andrea Soceri (= Aldus Manutius & his son-in-law Andreas Torresano de Asula), February 1516. Folio. 18th-century vellum, boards covered with 18th-century decorative paper, gilt title on spine. Title printed in red with Aldine printer's device also in red, repeated in black on verso of last leaf. (80), 862 (6) pp.(Collation: AA-CC8, DD4, EE8, FF4, a-z8, &8, ?8, R8, aa-zz8, 2&8, 2?8, 2R8, A8, B10). Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Aldus Manutius  Anatomy  Art  Dance  Encyclopædic Works  Law  Music  Theology  Venice  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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To ring the church bells View picture(s) 17 ROCCA, Angelo. De campanis commentarius a Fr. Angelo Roccha episcopo Tagastensi, et apostolici sacrarii praefecto elucubratus, ad. sanctam. ecclesiam Catholicam directus, in quo multa non minus admiratione, ac scitu digna, quàm lectu iucunda, in Ecclesia Dei reperiri narratur. I uxta diversa qualita, quae in pagina quinta videre licet.  Rome, Guillielmo Facciotti, 1612. 19th century pigskin, spine ribbed with blind-stamped title, blind-stamped ornamental borders and central ornament on front cover. Title within architectural woodcut borders, several woodcut initials, and 4 beautifully engraved plates (unnumbered A-D), of which two folding. VIII, 166, (6), (2 blank), (19), (1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Churches  Music  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare Saint Nicholas cantata View picture(s) 18 ROP, A.L. St. Nicolaasfeest. Kinder-Cantate. Muziek van Bernard Zweers. Cijferzetting van W. Zijlstra. Groningen, P. Noordhoff, 1896. Orig. wrappers. With musical notation in numbers. 36, (4) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Children's Books  Music  Schoolbooks  Sinterklaas  Songbooks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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With autograph dedication by the creator of the 'French Cantate' View picture(s) 19 ROUSSEAU, Jean Baptiste. Odes sacrées. Détachées du corps de ses ouvrages. Brussels. Gilles Stryckwant, 1738. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spine ribbed and richly gilt, gilt binding edges, red marbled edges. With woodcut coat of arms of Marie Elisabeth of Austria on title. (6), 109, (1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: French  Literature  Music  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A very rare Dutch 18th century Psalm edition with engraved scores intended for violins, flutes and hoboes View picture(s) 20 SIMONO, D. De CL psalmen Davids, benevens veele andere stigtelyke lof-gedigten, die bekwaamlyk zyn voor de viool, flutoos en hoboïs-instrumenten getransporteert, en de nooten van ieder een vaers zodanig geschikt, dat wie de rym van Dathenus niet en heeft, ook onder deeze nooten, na zyn sillaben-order, bekwaamelyk kan onder schryven; afgedeelt in zodanige drie deelens-ordre, dat het einde deezes eerste deel, aanstonds het begin des tweede deels met folio 25 daar aan zal volgen; alles door liefhebbers nagezien en getransporteert door den compositeur. Amsterdam, A. Olofsen, (1763). 4to. Contemporary half calf. Woodcut ornament on title, woodcut head- and endpiece, woodcut initials. (4), 69, (3) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Dutch  Music  Songbook, Religious  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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