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Lot 248
  • 248

Purcell, Henry (1659-1695).

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Orpheus Britannicus. Deuxième édition du premier "livre" et première édition du second.
  • paper and ink
- Orpheus Britannicus. A Collection of All The Choicest Songs. For One, Two, and Three Voices. London: William Pearson, 1706. 286 pages, musique imprimée, portrait gravé en frontispice par White d'après Closterman, dédicace, épître, vers, annonce de l'éditeur, table des chants.

- ... The Second Book, which renders the First Compleat. London: William Pearson for Henry Playford, 1702. 176 pages, musique imprimée, dédicace de l'éditeur, épître, vers, annonces, table des chants et annonce de l'éditeur.



2 pièces en 1 volume in-folio (30.6 x 19.3 cm), titres en rouge et noir, musique imprimée, veau postérieur à décor doré, le frontispice n'est pas repris dans le second volume (comme bien souvent), couverture détachée.

Provenance

 

Literature

Day & Murrie 210 et 200 ; RISM P 5980 et 5983

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
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