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An Account of the Musical Performances in Westminster-Abbey, and the Pantheon...in Commemoration of Handel
by Burney, Charles. With Bookplate of J. A. Fuller Maitland (1856-1936)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: Printed for the Benefit of the Musical Fund, Sold By T. Payne & Son, G. Robinson, 1785. First edition, 1785, with the armorial bookplate of noted English music scholar and critic John Alexander Fuller Maitland on the front pastedown. Full calf leather with dark red spine label, gilt ruled spine, attached ribbon bookmark, 11.75" tall, [8], xvi, 56, 139, [1] pages. Includes 8 engravings, frontis plus 7 tissue-protected plates. Some old professional restoration of hinges, retaining original endpapers. Spine has surface cracking but is stable, edgewear to covers, firm text block, tissues heavily foxed but plates lightly to moderately foxed (frontis more heavily foxed), pages very clean with only a few scattered incidences of light foxing, endpapers foxed. Bookplate is printed in blue, there are no other names or markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 036511
- Title
- An Account of the Musical Performances in Westminster-Abbey, and the Pantheon...in Commemoration of Handel
- Author
- Burney, Charles. With Bookplate of J. A. Fuller Maitland (1856-1936)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Printed for the Benefit of the Musical Fund, Sold By T. Payne & Son, G. Robinson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1785
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- MUSIC HISTORY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arts - Fine, Decorative, Antiques, Performing Arts;
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
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East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
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- Bookplate
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- G
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- Foxed
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Calf
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