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Butler, Charles
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description
- The Principles of Musik, in singing and setting: with the two-fold use therof, ecclesiasticall and civil. London: by Iohn Haviland, for the author, 1636
- paper, ink, leather
4to (180 x 142 mm). Woodcut title vignette, diagrams, one full-page, and printed music; some light soiling and staining. Sewn in early wrappers; somewhat loose. Folding case.
Literature
STC 1496; Lowndes p. 333: "This tract, dedicated to King Charles I, was the only theoretical or didactic work on the subject of music, published in that king's reign."
Catalogue Note
first edition.