A cultural survey tracing the development of musical instruments throughout the world, from prehistoric times to the twentieth century
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Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Provenance: Library copy from The Queen's University of Belfast Department of Extra-Mural Studies. Physical description: 505 pages, 24 leaves of plates: illustrations; 25 cm. Contents: First Part: The primitive and prehistoric epoch. Early instruments; The chronology of early instruments -- Second Part: Antiquity. Sumer and Babylonia; Egypt; Israel; Greece. Rome and Etruria; India; The Far East; America -- Third Part: The Middle Ages. The Far East; India; Southeast Asia; The Near East; Europe -- Fourth Part: The Modern Occident. The Renaissance (1400-1600); The Baroque (1600-1750); Romanticism (1750-1900); The Twentieth Century. Subjects: Musical instruments History. Musical instruments. 3 Kg. Seller Inventory # 364395
Seller: Hanselled Books, Burntisland, FIFE, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. H/B 505 pages condition is very good, this is an ex library book with the usual stamps. Seller Inventory # 087887
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Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Provenance: Library copy from The Queen's University of Belfast Department of Extra-Mural Studies. Physical description: 505 pages, 24 leaves of plates: illustrations; 25 cm. Contents: First Part: The primitive and prehistoric epoch. Early instruments; The chronology of early instruments -- Second Part: Antiquity. Sumer and Babylonia; Egypt; Israel; Greece. Rome and Etruria; India; The Far East; America -- Third Part: The Middle Ages. The Far East; India; Southeast Asia; The Near East; Europe -- Fourth Part: The Modern Occident. The Renaissance (1400-1600); The Baroque (1600-1750); Romanticism (1750-1900); The Twentieth Century. Subjects: Musical instruments History. Musical instruments. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 364395
Quantity: 1 available