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Motetti e canzone. Libro primo.

Accession number
PML 1476.5
Published
[Venice? : s.n., 1521?]
Credit line
Purchase; Toovey collection; 1899.
Notes
No imprint.
The only known copy.
Errors in foliation: soprano (PML 1476.5): fol. 12 misnumbered 11 ; tenor (PML 1477.5): ff. 15-16 misnumbered 12-13 ; bass (PML 1479.5): fol. 13 misnumbered 14.
Each part has preliminary leaf with ornate capital (S, T, A, B) on the recto and table of contents on verso.
Description
4 part books (16 [soprano], 17 [tenor], 18 [alto], 16 [bass] leaves) ; 12 cm (obl.)
Inscriptions/Markings
Some contemporary ink annotations and 2 manuscript leaves of musical notation following the tenor part (PML 1477.5).
Provenance
Toovey collection with the monogramed exlibris of James Toovey, Burnham Abbey, Bucks.
Binding
Old calf, blind- and gold-stamped, old ties missing; with the respective part (discant, tenor, altus, bassus) inscribed on upper board in a contemporary hand.
Classification
Department