Barbier

1976 · Best.-Nr. BIBLIO-50497 — Mansell Information / Publishing Ltd London first edition 1976. Cloth gilt cover-title 4to 29 cm. xiii140 pp ills facs two microfiches of 7 in pocket at end. 733 entries. Pockets at the end hold two microfiches nos 1 and 2 from a set of 7 which are described in the table of contents as; " 'Set of microfiche reproducing Barber MS 5001. Autograph anthems by English composers c. 1665-1685'. From the introduction: "The main purpose of the catalogue is to report the library’s holdings many óf which are unrecorded in both BUCEM and the relevant volumes of RISM which have appeared to. date.Although the collection’s principal attraction lies in its general representativeness of eighteenth-century English music it is particularly strong in a number of areas notably late eighteenth-century English theatre songs and operas and includes the only recorded copies of almost 100 items. A detailed form of bibliographical description has been used in the hope that the result will be of value to bibliographers in identifying comparing and dating variant editions impressions issues and states; and with the exception of those items published by the firm of John Walsh and those composed by Clementi Gluck and Handel the present descriptions are the most detailed available. Similarly indexes of artists designers engravers booksellers printers publishers and previous owners have been compiled for those whose interest is not primarily repertorial. Covers rubbed and with minor marks foot of spine bumped otherwise Good. Mansell Information / Publishing Ltd, London, first edition, 1976 hardcover