Music from John Price Antiquarian Books

London: London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1875. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Thick 8vo, 223 x 139 mms., pp xxiv, 824,[28, 2, advertisements dated to 1877], text wood engravings, tables, index; original red-brown cloth, decorated in blind to the upper boards; the head of the spine snagged but repaired neatly; internally clean and sound; a very good copy.… Read more about this item

London: Printed by B. Macmillan...for Robert Birchall..., 1806. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 178 x 91 mms., pp. xxii [xxiii blank, xxiv, Errata], 308 [309 - 312 adverts], contemporary half calf, dark red morocco label; small ink-stain on half-title, which is bound after contents, small piece torn from blank margin of I6, just touching text and repaired… Read more about this item

London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley..., 1760. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 210 x 122 mms., pp. [iv], 208, including half-title, engraved portrait of Handel at the age of 56 by T. Chambers as frontispiece, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, with title blocked in gilt on spine. A very good copy with the book label of… Read more about this item

A Lyon, Chez Cartoux..., 1819. FIRST EDITION of this translation. 8vo, 192 x 116 mms. 200 x 130 mms., pp. [iv], 64, 12 folding engraved plates of musical illustration, followed by 17 blank leaves and 2 leaves with notes in a contemporary hand in French, contemporary sheepskin, black morocco label; some musical illustrations in pencil… Read more about this item

London: Printed by William Bowyer, Jun., Sometime Student of the same College; And sold by W. Thurlbourn in Cambridge, R. Clements in Oxford, and the Booksellers olf London and Westminster. 1730. FIRST EDITION. 8vo (in 4s), 195 x 115 mms., pp [5] 6 - 26 [27 advert, 28 blank], including half-title, recently recased and very closely trimmed at… Read more about this item

Ulyssipponae: apud Haered. Antonii Pedrozo Galram. M. DCC. LIII. 1753. 4to, 195 x 138 mms., pp. [iv], 155 [156 blank], printed throughout with music, three pages of ms. notes before title-page and 4 pages at end of book, contemporary sheepskin, spine faintly gilt in compartments; top of spine chipped, base of spine slightly defective, corners worn, front… Read more about this item

London: Printed [by C. Jephson] for J. Wilcox..., 1740. FIRST EDITION. 8vo (in 4s), pp. v [vi blank], ix - x, ix - xii, 347 [348 adverts], music illustrations in text, 4 engraved plates (2 folding), Z2.3 in uncancelled state, contemporary calf (dried and worn); three tears to inner margin of title-page, front cover detached. … Read more about this item

Parma Dalla Stamperia Blanchon, 1812. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. Large 8vo, 215 x 140 mms., pp. 455 [456 author's note, 457 - 458 Index], engraved portrait of Gervasoni as frontispiece, contemporary quarter calf, gilt spine marbled boards; a very good copy with a contemporary bookseller's stamp on the recto of the first two leaves. Gervasoni's… Read more about this item

Lodon: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Reese, Orme, and Brown..., 1814. FIRST EDITION. 3 volumes. Large 12mo, 178 x 104 mms., pp. vii [viii blank], 446; [iv], 510 [511 - 512 adverts]; [iv], 456, including half-title in each volume, bound in later half calf, marbled boards; lacks labels, binding a bit worn, but a good set. … Read more about this item

Amstelodami, Apud Ludovicum Elzvirium, 1652. FIRST EDITION. 2 volumes in 1. Thick 4to, 215 x 158 mms., pp. [lii], 132, [4], 68, [4], 60, [4] 5 - 8, 80, [4], 40, [4], 36; [viii], 363 [364 blank], both title-pages in red and black, printed in double columns, text in Greek and Latin, and with woodcut… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

Warrington: Printed by William Eyres, for Joseph Johnson..., 1774. 8vo, 184 x 198 mms., pp. xix [xx blank], 286, contemporary calf, small gilt border on covers, spine ornately gilt to a floral motif, red leather label; binding darkened and a bit rubbed, top and base of spine chipped, slight cracking of upper and lower joints, corners a… Read more about this item

In Venetia, Appresso Iseppo Imberti, 1628. 12mo, 131 x 65 mms., foliated but with numerous errors, [6], 1 - 71, 39, 73 - 96 [95 -title - page for La Musica], 86, 99 - 101, 86, 103 - 131, 145 - 156, 133 - 144, 153, 157 - 163, 145, 165, 147, 167 - 263… Read more about this item

A Poitiers, Chez Jean Faulcon l'ané, Imprimue du Rois..., 1777. 12mo (in 6s), 170 x 90 mms., pp. viii, 600, with numerous musical illustrations in text, contemporary mottled sheepskin, spine gilt in compartment, red leather label; binding a bit dried, with spine noticeably driec, top of spine chipped, base of spine slightly chipped and with small wormhole at… Read more about this item

Ratisbonne. In commission chez Mr. J. B. Reitmayer. 1829. FIRST EDITION OF THIS TRANSLATION. 8vo, 187 x 114 mms., pp. viii, 208 [209 errata, 210 blank], uncut, recently recased in marbled boards, with a photograph of Rossini, 100 x 60 mms., dated on verso 1863 with dates in contemporary hand, the photograph from Carjat & Cie. … Read more about this item

New York: Published by S. T. Gordon and Son..., [1865]. Large 12mo, 185 x 120 mms., pp. 132, original cloth, title blocked in gilt on front cover; front hinge strained, slight general wear, but a good copy. The first six pages comprise enthusiastic endorsement of Trastour's work from jounalists, musician, scholars, etc. "Eleventh Revised Edition"… Read more about this item

A Paris, Chez Christope Ballard..., 1762. 8vo, 193 x 112 mms., pp. [vi], 19 [20 blank], 213 [214 "Attribution de la Charge," 215 - 217 errata and privilege], folding engraved plate, numerous musical illustrations in text, recently rebound in quarter red morocco, marbled boards, title blocked in gilt on spine. A very good copy. Henri… Read more about this item

A Amsterdam, Aus depens de l'Eglish Francoise de Londres, 1729. 12mo, 140 x 80, pp. viii, 355 [356 blank] with 282 pages of psalms with printed music, followed by pages 283 - 355 of prayers, bound in contemporary red morocco, with gilt borders, panelled in gilt on both covers, spine richly gilt; many leaves very closely trimmed, often… Read more about this item

London: Printed for John Souter, School Library..., 1829. FIRST EDITION. 12mo, 138 x 88 mms., pp. [ii], 97 [98 adverts], frontispiece image of keyboard, autograph "Charlotte Dempsey" on top margin of first leaf of text, contemporary quarter roan, marbled boards (both worn); last leaf detached, with hinge exposed, a rather sad copy. The singer,… Read more about this item

A Paris, Chez la Veuve Duchesne..., 1768. FIRST EDITION. 4to, 251 x 194 mms., pp. ix [x - xii Avertissement and Errata], 548 [but 556] [557 - 558 Approbation, 559 - 560 blank], 13 folding engraved plates, contemporary mottled calf, spine ornately gilt in compartments, red leather label; base of spine wormed, top of spine chipped,… Read more about this item