LA BORDE, Jean-Benjamin de

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LA BORDE, Jean-Benjamin de
Essay on ancient and modern music. Paris, printed by Ph.-D. Pierres and Eugnène Onfroy, 1780. 4 volumes in-4 (249 x 192 mm) of 2 ff.n.ch., 5 pp., 1 f.n.ch., pp. [VI]-XX, 200 pp. 13 plates (for Chinese music), XX pp. (of which 4 pp. engraved), [201]-445, 36 engraved plates (for music since classical times), one large engraved folding table, 59 pp. of engraved music for volume I; 2 ff.n.ch., 344 pp. (some pages with engraved music), 3 engraved plates, 2 folding tables (one engraved and one typographical), 178 pp. of engraved music for volume II; 2 ff.n.ch., 702 pp., 2 folding typographical tables, 3 engraved plates, 59 pp. of engraved music for volume III; 2 ff.n.ch., 476, 27, 8, LVI pp., 59 pp. of engraved music for volume IV Marbled calf, spine ribbed and decorated, red edges (contemporary binding). See Brunet, III, 712 (ed. 1773). Second edition of this famous encyclopaedia of music, illustrated with 52 engraved plates, 3 folding tables (1 engraved and 2 typographical). Each volume ends with a long engraved music chapter. A very good copy, with expertly restored spines.
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