Accession number
PML 145707
Creator
Bickham, George, 1706?-1771.
Published
London : Printed for & sold by Charles Corbett, [1737-8]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Edited by J.C. Lampe.
Entirely engraved throughout by Bickham; illustrated t.p.'s and headpiece illustrations on each leaf, including 8 engraved designs after Gravelot.
Score for voice and thorough bass, majority with flute accompaniment on separate staves below.
Vol. 2 has title: "Bickham's musical entertainer."
In this edition, the music on leaf 14 of v. 2 is attributed to "Mr. Handel".
Library's copy does not contain the list of subscribers in v. 1 accounted for in some copies.
Entirely engraved throughout by Bickham; illustrated t.p.'s and headpiece illustrations on each leaf, including 8 engraved designs after Gravelot.
Score for voice and thorough bass, majority with flute accompaniment on separate staves below.
Vol. 2 has title: "Bickham's musical entertainer."
In this edition, the music on leaf 14 of v. 2 is attributed to "Mr. Handel".
Library's copy does not contain the list of subscribers in v. 1 accounted for in some copies.
Description
2 v. in 1 (100, 100 leaves) : ill. (engraving) ; 40 cm
Provenance
Bookplate of John Hadmar Sticht; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Contemporary brown calf.
Classification
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