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 .

EDWARD F. RIMBAULT, LL.D.

Published by Robert Cocks and Co., London, 1860

About this Item

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).

Seller Inventory # 002391

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 .
• Publisher: Robert Cocks and Co., London
• Publication Date: 1860
• Binding: Cloth
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket