G. Sacchi. Del numero e delle misure delle corde musiche, first edition, 1761

Sacchi, Giovenale

Del numero e delle misure delle corde musiche e loro corrispondenze, dissertazione, Milan: (Giuseppe Mazzucchelli), 1761

FIRST EDITION, 8vo (17 x 11.3cm), with final blank leaf, Dolmetsch Library stamp and pencil shelfmark ("II C 9"), contemporary boards, occasional light damp-staining, binding a little worn

Sacchi was a Barnabite priest and the author of several tracts on music theory as well as a biography of Farinelli. The treatise analyses acoustics from a mathematical and physical perspective, drawing on Mersenne (see lot 70), Kepler and Newton.

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RISM Écrits, pp.743-744