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THE PRESENT STATE OF MUSIC IN FRANCE AND ITALY: or, The Journal of a Tour Through Those Countries, Undertaken to Collect Materials For a General History of Music
by Burney Charles
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
London: For T. Becket and Co., 1771. First Edition. 8vo, in full contemporary calf, the boards framed in gilt and with gilt edges, the spine with ruled raised bands, and with the remnant of a gilt ruled and lettered morocco label. vii, 396, [11] pp. Internally very fine and fresh, clean and solid and tight, the binding sturdy and strong though worn and aged and with some cosmetic splitting to the outside joints. FIRST EDITION OF THIS CLASSIC EUROPEAN TRAVEL NARRATIVE, THE AUTHOR'S TOUR THROUGH ITALY AND FRANCE. Burney undertook the journey because, as he states in the introduction- "Not a single picture, statue, or building has been left undescribed, or an inscription uncopied, and yet neither the Conservatios or musical schools, the operas, or the oratorios, have scarce been mentioned: and though every library is crowded with histories of painting and other arts, as well as with the lives of their most illustrious professors; music and musicians have been utterly neglected.
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- Bookseller
- Buddenbrooks, Inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30226
- Title
- THE PRESENT STATE OF MUSIC IN FRANCE AND ITALY: or, The Journal of a Tour Through Those Countries, Undertaken to Collect Materials For a General History of Music
- Author
- Burney Charles
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- For T. Becket and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1771
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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