THE PIANOFORTE : ITS ORIGIN, PROGRESS, AND CONSTRUCTION; WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF INSTRUMENTS OF THE SAME CLASS WHICH PRECEDED IT; VIZ. THE CALVICHORD, THE VIRGINAL, THE SPINET, THE HARPSICHORD, ETC. TO WHICH IS ADDED A SELECTION OF INTERESTING SPECIMENS .
Published by Robert Cocks and Co., London, 1860
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United KingdomRevaluation Books
AbeBooks seller since January 6, 2003
Condition: Used - Good
US$ 684.79
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Lacking cloth backstrip, rear hinge starting, front hinge repaired with thick tape. 420 pages. Illustrated with woodcut illustrations throughout. This book is exceptionally rare in any state. Divided into three parts: The History of the Pianoforte; The Construction of the Pianoforte; The early composers for instruments of the pianoforte class (followed by a large collection of specimens illustrating the progress of music for keyed-dtringed instruments).
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- THE PIANOFORTE : ITS ORIGIN, PROGRESS, AND CONSTRUCTION; WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF INSTRUMENTS OF THE SAME CLASS WHICH PRECEDED IT; VIZ. THE CALVICHORD, THE VIRGINAL, THE SPINET, THE HARPSICHORD, ETC. TO WHICH IS ADDED A SELECTION OF INTERESTING SPECIMENS .
- Author
- EDWARD F. RIMBAULT, LL.D.
- Publisher
- Robert Cocks and Co., London
- Publication year
- 1860
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Cloth
- Edition
- First Edition
- Dimensions
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Revaluation Books
Exeter, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since January 6, 2003
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Edward Bowditch Ltd
Exstowe, Exton
Exeter, United Kingdom EX3 0PP
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Legal entity name: Edward Bowditch Ltd
Legal entity form: Limited company
Business correspondence address: Exstowe, Exton, Exeter, EX3 0PP
Company registration number: 04916632
VAT registration: GB834241546
Authorised representative: Mr. E. Bowditch
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