La Musa Madrigalesca or a Collection of Madrigals, Ballets, Roundelays, Etc. Chiefly of the Elizabethan Age by Oliphant, Thomas - 1837

London: Calkin and Budd, 1837. First edition. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. 1837, First Edition. List of subscribers, preface, table of contents, 338 pp. Hardcover, green cloth, 8vo., paper title label on spine. Good+ copy: Spine sunned; rubbing to boards; light wear and tear to spine ends. Upper right corner of fly leaf is clipped; clean, bright and unmarked contents.

Pall Mall, London, England: Calkin and Budd, Booksellers to her majesty and the Royal Family, 1837. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy of an apparent First Edition, there being no additional editions stated, printed in 1837 and for the Printers to the Royal Family; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. List of subscribers, Dedication to John Leman Rogers, then Preface, List of Names of the Principal Composers, Table of Contents, then xxvi [1], 2-338 pp. Lightly toned text, but clean and unmarked. Scuffing to spine head and foot, abraded and scuffed paper label to spine.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

London: Calkin and Budd, 1837. First edition, 8vo, xxvi, 338pp., orig. cloth, faded.

London,: Calkin and Budd,, 1837. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Bound in contemporary half-leather over marbled boards, slight rubbing otherwise very good indeed. Gift inscription to verso of second endpaper.

London: Calkin and Budd,, 1837. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. xxvi, ii, 338pp. Contemporary half leather over marbled boards with gilt spine titles, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Slight rubbing to covers, light foxing to prelims, a couple of page corners creased, otherwise near very good indeed. Owner details to title page.

London: Calkin and Budd. Very Good-. 1837. Hardcover. A collection of 397 madrigals, dating from the Elizabethan era and presented in the English language. A "madrigal" is defined by the American Heritage dictionary as a "A short poem, often about love, suitable for being set to music." This work with lyrics only: lacks musical notations. With a brief letter by the author to Sir John Leman Rogers, president of the Madrigal Society, at front of volume. --- Bound attractively in three-quarter dark red leather, with blue/maroon/cream marbled paper-covered boards, and with matching marbled endpapers; top edge gilt. Six-compartment spine with gilt titling and horizontal rules; 5 raised bands. --- With chafing to leather at extremities, a small tear to paper at front gutter area, and with notations and signature in pencil and ink to front endpapers; otherwise a sound, sturdy volume.; Small Octavo - 7-1/2 to 8 in. tall; xxvi, ii, 338 pages .

London: Calkin and Budd..., 1837. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 8vo, 197 X 121 mms., pp. xxvi, 388, original pebbled cloth, paper label on spine, bookseller''s ticket of Harold Reeves, London, on lower margin of front paste-down end-paper; binding a bit faded and rubbed, but a very good copy. The music editor and cataloguer Thomas Oliphant (1799–1873) was, in 1830, he was "admitted to the Madrigal Society and remained an active member until his death, becoming honorary secretary in 1832, vice-president in 1871, and president in 1872. He adapted English words to a considerable number of Italian madrigals (in some cases writing his own verses, in others by merely translating the original texts) for the use of the society's members; his work amounted to some fifty English and Italian works in popular editions as well as several compilations" (ODNB), The work was reviewed in Court Magazine, and Monthly Critic in 1837. After commenting upon the history of madrigals, the… Read More