F. Moretti. Principios para tocar la guitarra de seis ordenes, 1799

Moretti, Federico

Principios para tocar la guitarra de seis ordenes, Madrid: en la imprenta de Sancha, 1799

52 pages, oblong 4to (c.22.5 x 32cm), engraved tables, Dolmetsch Library stamp and pencil shelfmark ("II B 35") to verso of title-page, traces of original blue wrappers, uncut, old stitching, loose modern wrapper, lacking final leaf, some staining, spotting and browning

RARE. We have no record of this attractive treatise at auction in modern times. It was sometimes issued with a preliminary section entitled "Elementos generales de la musica", not here present.

LITERATURE:

Palau 182875 (both parts); not in the British Library; not in RISM B VI²; not listed in G.R. Boye, 'Music for the Lute, Guitar, and Vihuela (1470-1799)' [online resource, Appalachian State University]