DE ARTE CANENDI A Facsimile of the 1540 Nuremberg Edition. by Sebald Heyden - 1969

Nürnberg: J. Petreius, 1540. Small quarto (182 x 137 cm). Modern half mid-tan calf with speckled boards, raised bands on spine in decorative compartments gilt, dark red leather title label gilt, red edges. [i] (title with woodcut device), [xi] ("Epistola," with indices to both books to final leaf), 163, [i] (blank) pp. With numerous musical examples type-set in diamond-head notation, diagrams, and small decorative woodcut initials throughout. With early signature ("Oswold") to title, additional musical notation and annotation to margin of p. 17, and manuscript presentation inscription to upper margin of blank verso of final leaf. Uniform light browning; upper and lower margins very slightly trimmed, not at all affecting printed text but just touching signature to title and inscription to final leaf. A very good, crisp copy overall. The second, expanded edition of the work first printed in 1537. Rare. Davidsson p. 43. Gregory-Bartlett p. 123. Hirsch I, 246 (title in facsimile). Reese no. 38.… Read More