Sketches of the Origin, Progress and Effects of Music: with an Account of the Ancient Bards and Minstrels. Illustrated with various historical facts, interesting anecdotes, & poetical quotations.
Bath: Printed and sold by S. Hazard; sold likewise by Messrs. G. G. J. & J. Robinson; Cadell, Dilly, and Vernor and Hood, London [et. l, 1793.
Price: $200.00
About the item
First edition. vii, [3], viii, iv, [2], 277, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Modern blue boards (spine and edges faded), printed paper spine label. Title a bit dusty, otherwise an attractive copy, uncut. Signature of "J.A. Burney" on title page.
Item #244626
The Author's Note (pp. i-iv) is an acknowledgement of the importance to his work of Dr. Charles Burney.
