A general history of music, [electronic resource] : 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.

A general history of music, [electronic resource] : 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.

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

Great Britain -- England -- London.

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

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.
Reproduction of original from British Library.

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English Short Title Catalog, T149622.

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