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LOT 3054
4th December 2024
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LOT 3054
MUSIC. – Henry ROBERTS. Calliope or English Harmony. A Collection of the most Celebrated English and Scots Songs Neatly Engrav’d and Embellish’d with Designs. London: Henry Roberts, 1739. Vol. 1 [only, of 2.] First edition, 8vo (224 x 139mm.) Engraved title and frontispiece, engraved 4pp. ‘Index’, and 200pp. of engraved musical scores with engraved vignettes to each. (Toning, slight marginal loss to p.113, pp.78-81 misbound.) Contemporary calf (extremities rubbed, lacking lettering piece, slight losses to spine panel). Note: composers include Handel and Purcell. A second volume was issued but the first volume is often found alone. Provenance: Mary Coot (ink name inscribed verso frontispiece).
Estimate: £200 – £300
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