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Essais sur les Principes de l'Harmonie, où l'on Traite de la Théorie de l'Harmonie en général, des Droits respectifs de l'Harmonie & de la Melodie, de la Basse Fondamentale, et de l'Origine du Mode mineur

Essais sur les Principes de l'Harmonie, où l'on Traite de la Théorie de l'Harmonie en général, des Droits respectifs de l'Harmonie & de la Melodie, de la Basse Fondamentale, et de l'Origine du Mode mineur by SERRE, Jean-Adam 1704-1788

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Title
Essais sur les Principes de l'Harmonie, où l'on Traite de la Théorie de l'Harmonie en général, des Droits respectifs de l'Harmonie & de la Melodie, de la Basse Fondamentale, et de l'Origine du Mode mineur
Author
SERRE, Jean-Adam 1704-1788
Seller
J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Description
Paris: Chez Prault Fils, 1753. Octavo. Full vellum with titling and decorative to head and tail stamped to spine in black. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), [iii] ("Avertissement), [iii] ("Table"), 159, [i] pp. + 2 engraved plates of musical examples and diagrams. Provenance With the autograph signature in brown ink of German-British music theorist Augustus Frederic Christopher Kollmann (1756-1829) to upper outer corner of title; inscription in ink to front pastedown "Mount Esqre. From R. C. Jenkins - March 1867." Binding slightly worn, soiled, and bumped. Some minor internal soiling, browning, and foxing; final "m" of "Kollmann" trimmed by binder. First Edition. Cortot p.181. Gregory-Bartlett I, p. 252. Wolffheim I, 1016. Hirsch I, Appendix 47. RISM Écrits p. 780. "[Serre was a] Swiss painter and music theorist. From 1723 to 1727 he studied natural sciences at the University of Geneva. After working as a miniaturist in Vienna, he went to Paris in 1751, where he published criticism of the theories then being expounded by Blainville, Rameau and Euler... Serre's writings on music dealt primarily with the philosophical and methodological aspects of the important theoretical ideas of his day. His arguments attempted to clarify theoretical principles and develop them through critical, analytic and scientific procedures. His most significant contributions concerned the foundations of harmonic theory, Rameau's basse fondamentale, temperament and resonance, combination tones, the derivation of the minor mode and related topics." Albert Cohen in Grove Music Online "Kollmann related German and English musical cultures. He corresponded with J.N. Forkel and gathered English contributions for Gerber's Neues Lexikon. He persistently advocated the music of J.S. Bach and printed in his treatises a number of Bach's compositions and in 1806 a separate edition of Bach's Chromatic Fantasy. In 1799 he proposed an edition of the '48', but after Forkel remarked on this, three European publishers proceeded to print it and Kollmann withdrew. He provided, however, a manuscript from which the Wesley-Horn edition of this work was prepared and lent other Bach material to Samuel Wesley when the latter's interest in Bach was roused. Kollmann translated excerpts from Forkel's life of Bach for his magazine the Quarterly Musical Register (1812) and may have assisted with the first complete English translation published in 1820." Michael Kassler in Grove Music Online A very good copy, with distinguished provenance.
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CONCHOLOGY OR THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SHELLS. CYPRAEA. Plate 20 by PERRY, GEORGE

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CONCHOLOGY OR THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SHELLS. CYPRAEA. Plate 20
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PERRY, GEORGE
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L'Estampe Originale (United States)
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Pub by W. Miller., 1811. Image: 12 ¾ x 9". Margins: 16 ¼ x 10 ¾". Hand colored aquatint, Pl. 20. When it was published, George Perry's book on shells was ridiculed for its eccentric taxonomy and fanciful coloring. However, it has now been accepted as a serious scientific work, and Perry's shell names are still in use today. The prints of shells are vibrantly colored, and are the only conchological prints made by aquatint. See Classic Natural History of Prints (Shells) and Nissen ZBI 3134.
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FAIRFIELD PORTER, (1907-1975). DRAWINGS FROM THE ESTATE by (PORTER, Fairfield) (1907-1975). . Spring., Justin

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FAIRFIELD PORTER, (1907-1975). DRAWINGS FROM THE ESTATE
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(PORTER, Fairfield) (1907-1975). . Spring., Justin
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L'Estampe Originale (United States)
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NYC, Hirschl and Adler Modern., 2001. Small 4to. 24pp. In fine condition. Softcover.
Florence Erwin's THREE HOMES. A Tale of North and South

Florence Erwin's THREE HOMES. A Tale of North and South by Erwin, Florence [pseudonym?]

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Florence Erwin's THREE HOMES. A Tale of North and South
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Erwin, Florence [pseudonym?]
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Sumner & Stillman (United States)
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1862. Boston: Crosby and Nichols, 1862. Original blind-stamped dark green cloth, illustrated on the spine in gilt. First Edition of this novel set in, and written during, the American Civil War. It is the best-known, if not only, novel by "Florence Erwin" -- about whom virtually nothing is known. In fact, both the title page and the binding are intentionally ambiguous: since the central characters of the book are the journeying Florence Erwin and her husband, is FLORENCE ERWIN'S THREE HOMES the title only, or the author plus the title? The headline atop each page is "The Three Homes." The story follows the lives of three women, each from a different background, who are affected by the war in different ways. The first woman, Mary, is a wealthy plantation owner from the South who is forced to flee her home when the Union Army invades. The second woman, Alice, is a Northern abolitionist who moves to the South to help slaves escape to freedom. The third woman, Kate, is a young girl who is sent to live with her aunt in the North after her father dies in battle. As the war progresses, the lives of these three women become increasingly intertwined... [Amz]. It is interesting that since this book was "deposited" in 1861 and first published in 1862, the three women's tales involve a lot of imagined outcomes, on the part of the author. Included are numerous illustrative plates. This is a remarkably close-to-fine copy of this uncommon wartime novel (spine gilt a little oxidized, front endpaper very slightly cracked, but scarcely any wear).
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A reply to Mr. Burke's invective against Mr. Cooper, and Mr. Watt, in the House of Commons, on the 30th of April, 1792 by COOPER, Thomas

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A reply to Mr. Burke's invective against Mr. Cooper, and Mr. Watt, in the House of Commons, on the 30th of April, 1792
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COOPER, Thomas
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Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
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Manchester: Printed by M. Falkner and Co., 1792. FIRST EDITION. Lacks wrappers, first and last page soiled as consequence; marginal stain to last three leaves at hinge (adhesive?). First edition of this pamphlet, which nearly caused Cooper to be arrested for sedition. Cooper (1759-1839) was an English radical and Jacobite sympathiser. After his return from a trip to Paris with James Watt Jr. (1769-1848), he was strongly reproached by Burke for consorting and marching with revolutionaries. Cooper gives this strong reply, criticizing Burke and the English system. He later moved to America, where he was eventually imprisoned for six months for his strong opposition to the Sedition Act.
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AN INQUIRY INTO THE DIFFERENCE OF STYLE OBSERVABLE IN ANCIENT GLASS by (WINSTON, Charles.)

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AN INQUIRY INTO THE DIFFERENCE OF STYLE OBSERVABLE IN ANCIENT GLASS
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(WINSTON, Charles.)
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The Bookpress, Ltd. (United States)
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(WINSTON, Charles.) AN INQUIRY INTO THE DIFFERENCE OF STYLE OBSERVABLE IN ANCIENT GLASS PAINTING, ESPECIALLY IN ENGLAND: WITH HINTS ON GLASS PAINTING. Volumes. Oxford: John Henry Parker, 1847. Large 8vo. Publisher's red cloth, gilt. xiv 384 pages; (ii), 24 pages, 57 plates numbered 1-75, plus 53A and 61A, many colored. First edition. "The principal object of this work is to investigate the varieties of ancient glass painting, and to reduce them to a few classes, in the same manner as ha been successfully attempted with regard to Gothic architecture." "The presen work is divided into two parts. In the first I have attempted to lay down rul which may serve to point out the leading distinction of styles: the second contains observations on the present state of the art, and suggestions for it application to particular purposes, and as the best means for its advancement Spine of text volume chipped at extremities and hinge. Internally very good.
Little Folks' Colored Picture Book

Little Folks' Colored Picture Book by New York. McLoughlin Bros

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Little Folks' Colored Picture Book
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New York. McLoughlin Bros
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Royoung bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Orig. green cloth lettered in gilt, front cover pictorial inset. Yellow endpapers. Very good
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New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1870. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth lettered in gilt, front cover pictorial inset. Yellow endpapers. Very good. 64 unnumbered pages. 26 x 18 cm. Nine full page chromolithographs. Interior contents clean. Owner inscription front free endpaper and owner book label bottom back cover pastedown. Rubbing to corners, nicks to backstrip head and foot. OCLC: 24104347.
The Lost Road

The Lost Road by Davis, Richard Harding

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The Lost Road
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Davis, Richard Harding
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Condition
Near Fine
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo.,266pp plus 4pp ads. Original brown cloth. Titles stamped in gilt. Illustration of woman holding a riding crop, (or golf club), affixed to front board. Sharp First Edition. Square and tight and clean throughout. Spotting to top page edges. Fairly minor wear to edges and tips. Illustrated by Wallace Morgan. A very pretty collectable copy at a great price.