A general history of music, from the earliest ages to the present period. To which is prefixed, A dissertation on the music of the ancients. By Charles Burney, Mus.D. F.R.S. Volume the first.

People / Organizations

• Charles Burney (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for the author: and sold by T. Becket, Strand; J. Robson, New Bond-Street; and G. Robinson, Paternoster-Row, MDCCLXXVI. [1776]-89.

Publication year

1776-1789

ESTC No.

T149622

Grub Street ID

195617

Description

4v.,plates : ill.,port.,engr.music ; 4⁰

Note

The imprint to vol. 2 reads: printed for the author: sold by J. Robson; and G. Robinson. 1782, and to vols. 3 and 4: printed for the author: sold by Payne and Son; Robson and Clark; and G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1789.

Contains both engraved and letterpress music.

The engraved music is numbered as pages.

In vol. 2 of this edition, the long "s" is used, the signature on p. 301 is Qq2, and on p. 320, line 8 of the text begins: placable.