[BLAINVILLE, CHARLES HENRI DE]

Oeuvres diverses du Sr. D**. Paris [Amsterdam], [n.n.], 1713.

8°: pi1 * 8 2* 2 A-2E 8 2F 2 (-2F2, blank?), pag.: [2] 20, 450 pp. With engraved titlepage by Picart. Cont. calf, gilt ornamented spine with red morocco title shield. Cont. ownership mark (‘Brille’) on the titlepage and the first text page. Price outside EU (no VAT): euro 175

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Book number: 24734

BLAINVILLE (CHARLES HENRI DE):

Histoire Générale, Critique et Philologique de La Musique, Dédiée à La Duchesse de Villeroy.

A Paris, Chez Pissot..., 1757. FIRST EDITION. 4to, pp. xi [xii "Avertissement"], 189 [190 "Approbation," 191 - 192 "Privilege du Roi"], 68 engraved plates, including frontispiece which is supplied in facsimile, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments, morocco label; lower corner of first four leaves water-stained, and slightly frayed, joints and corners neatly restored. Blainville (1710 - 1777) maintained that he had discovered a third mode of music between major and minor, which he called "mode mixte"; his symphony in this mode was first performed on 30 May 1751, and Rousseau commented favourably upon it. The final section in this work is on harmonic theory.

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Book number: 4328

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: music theory prose French

M. DE BLAINVILLE [CHARLES HENRI, 1711-1769].

Histoire Generale, Critique et Philologique de la musique, Dediee a Madame La Duchesse de Villeroy.

A Paris, Chez Pissot, Libraire, Quai de Conti, a la descente du Pont-Neuf; Et aux Adresses oridinaires de Musique. 1767 . Quarto. 250x190mm, in contemporary tree calf binding. Spine with raised bands and gilt floral decoration and burgundy lettering-piece. Slightly worn at extremities. Hinges starting. Original marbled end-papers. An exceptionally crisp and clean copy, in original state. Xi, [1], 189, and 60 of 69 full page engravings. As is often the case in this second edition, there is an incomplete set of engraved plates; this copy LACKS Nos. 1, 5, 14, 15, 18, 32, 36, 40 and 49. Contents crisp, clean and tight. (Digital photographs available on request.)

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Book number: 11739

Keywords: antiquarian, music, French, France.