A musical dictionary: containing a full explanation of all the terms made use of in the historical, theoretical, and practical parts of music: also explanations of the doctrines of ancient music, and mathematical and philosophical inquiries into the nature of sound … A new edition, to which is added an appendix, selected from the Dictionnaire de Musique of M. Rousseau: containing all the new improvements in music since the first publication of this dictionary

Brossard, Sebastian De

Published by J. Robson, London, 1769

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8vo, pp. v, [1], ix-xii, 347, [1], [4], 52; Rousseau's appendix with a separate title page, 4 engraved plates (2 folding), musical notation throughout; clean tear in Y2, front joint cracked, but generally a nice copy in original calf-backed marbled boards, uncut, red morocco label on spine. Includes observations on the phenomena of sound, and concords and discords. Vancil p. 35 citing the first edition of 1740 (without the appendix by Rousseau); Zischka, p. 162; not in Tonelli. Seller Inventory # 21311

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Title: A musical dictionary: containing a full ...

Publisher: J. Robson, London

Publication Date: 1769

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition