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(EARLY LINGUISTIC WORKS - SYRIAC AND ARMENIAN). (EARLY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS). ALBONESI, TESEO AMBROGIOABAA

INTRODUCTIO IN CHALDAICAM LINGUAM SYRIACAM ATQUE ARMENICAM & DECEM ALIAS LINGUAS. INTRODUCTION TO CHALDAIC SYRIAC ARMENIAN AND TEN OTHER LANGUAGES

1539réf. ST20126Pavia: Giovanni Maria Simonetta 1539. FIRST EDITION Second Issue. 210 x 147 mm. 8 1/2 x 5 3/4". 215 leaves. Restrained 19th century crimson morocco by Trautz-Bauzonnet stamp-signed on front turn-in raised bands spine with gilt text wide turn-ins gilt marbled endpapers all edges marbled and gilt. A small leather label with the year affixed to the spine. With two woodcuts depicting the "phagotus" instrument. Title with an attractive pictorial woodcut border. Printed in black and red. Occasional early ink marginalia; early ink ownership inscription to lower margin of colophon: "Hieronymi Pinzoni Cantoris Cremonensis et praepositi." An Armenian alphabet is inscribed in ink on the rear flyleaf dated March 28 1540. Mortimer 20; Adams I 957; Brunet I 229; Graesse I 59. Spine and edges slightly darkened joints a bit rubbed but without any cracking and the wear skillfully retouched. Only scattered very minor stains and soiling--quite a clean copy internally the leaves very fresh. This volume features one of the strangest combinations of a gravely serious treatise and an oddball curiosity: it comprises a landmark study of linguistics as the first European work concerning Syriac and Armenian--along with 36 other languages; and incongruously it also describes and pictures a contemporaneous musical instrument whose design was sufficiently peculiar to limit its interest to just one person the book's dedicatee. Our work originated when Teseo Ambrogio degli Albonesi 1469-1540 a lawyer scholar and canon of the church of Saint John of the Lateran was tasked with the publication of a Syriac manuscript psalter brought by a Maronite contingent to the Fifth Lateran Council. This was not merely a minor exercise in church outreach: 16th century scholars believed Syriac as a derivative of Aramaic to be the language of Christ. While the present work is of great interest because of its Syriac and Armenian content Ambrogio did not limit himself to those tongues: the text includes in particular short studies of Samaritan Arabic Coptic Cyrillic and Ethiopic. Of these some alphabets are provided in print in types specifically designed by Ambrogio and others are supplied in manuscript in spaces left in the text for that purpose. Ambrogio's sample texts range from simple alphabets to biblical passages to a letter purportedly from the Devil! In addition to the serious work done by our volume the text here deviates to include a fascinating musical surprise. Dedicated to the author's uncle Afranio degle Albonesi ca. 1465 - ca. 1540 a fellow church canon and apparently something of an eccentric the work includes an illustrated section on the "phagotus" a musical instrument of Afranio's own invention. Described by composer John Pickard as a "remarkable monstrosity" the phagotus combined features of the bagpipe and the bassoon. It never gained widespread popularity though not for lack of trying on Afranio's part--he once even performed with it for the duke of Ferrara Alfonso d'Este at a banquet in Mantua. Our copy in a pleasing though unassuming binding by one of the foremost 19th century French workshops was owned during its early history by yet another prominent churchman--Girolamo Pinzoni d. 1554 canon of the church of San Leonardo in Cremona. Giovanni Maria Simonetta unknown books

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[MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS]. Encomium MusicesABAA

Group of four engraved plates nos. 5 9 14 and 15 from the suite titled Encomium Musices. Engraved by Adriaen Collaert ca. 1560-1618 after Jan van der Straet Stradenus 1523-1605

1590réf. 41460Antwerp: Philip Galle 1590. Plate 5: Saul among the Prophets I Samuel x 10-11. The engraving depicts a biblical scene and incorporates an illustration of musical instruments including timbrels harp drums cornet and trumpet with reference in Latin text beneath the image to the musical instruments depicted. 220 x 285 mm. Trimmed to plate mark; edges worn with two small tears; some staining; partially laid down to mounting paper. Plate 9: Solomon taking the Tabernacle into the Temple the Levites singing. 2 Chronicles v 4-6. The engraving incorporates an illustration of trumpets timbrel harp horns drums flute rebec and cymbals with reference in Latin text beneath the image to the musical instruments depicted. 220 x 285 mm with wide margins. Minor wear; upper right blank margin stained; marginal tears and soiling; repairs to verso. Plate 14: Judith's Triumph. The Women of Israel Praising Judith. The engraving depicts a biblical scene and incorporates an illustration of musical instruments including timbrels harp viol drums cornet panpipes and trumpet with reference in Latin text beneath the image to the musical instruments depicted. 220 x 285 mm. Slightly worn; trimmed to within plate mark; laid down to mounting paper. Plate 15: Rededication of the Temple by Simon Maccabaeus. I Maccabaeus Apocrypha xiii 49-51. The engraving depicts a biblical scene and incorporates an illustration of harp timbrels trumpet horn and flute with reference in Latin text below image to the musical instruments depicted. 220 x 285 mm Trimmed to plate mark; laid down to early paper backing. The Encomium Musices Eulogy of Music is an important set of highly detailed late 16th century engravings published in Antwerp ca. 1590 by Philip Galle 1537-1612 best-known as a publisher of Old Master prints; the engraver of this particular plate Collaert was Galle's son-in-law. The suite of engravings is thought by some to commemorate the rededication of Antwerp's churches to Roman Catholicism following the capture of the city by Alexander Farnese in 1585. One of the high points of music iconography. Philip Galle unknown books

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(MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS - HISTORY OF). (ILLUSTRATED BOOKS - 18TH CENTURY). BONANNI, FILIPPOABAA

GABINETTO ARMONICO PIENO D'ISTROMENTI SONORI INDICATI E SPIEGATI

1722réf. ST21075Rome: Giorgio Plancho and Gettatore de' Caratteri 1722. FIRST EDITION. 250 x 180 mm. 9 7/8 x 7 1/4". 8 p.l. 170 pp. Contemporary stiff vellum raised bands burgundy morocco label lettered in gilt all edges sprinkled. Engraved title page frontispiece and 151 PLATES DEPICTING MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. Front pastedown with bookplates of John Smith Esquire Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow Cia Fornaroli and David R. Godine. Cicognara 1596 citing 148 plates; Brunet I 1086 citing 136 plates; Graesse I 480. A long thin red ruled line to upper cover a few small cuts at edge of front board O1 with insignificant hole trivial loss of text a few light stains isolated faint browning to plates but quite AN EXCELLENT COPY--the leaves extremely fresh and clean and the binding entirely sound and perfectly inoffensive. This is an excellent copy of a sumptuously illustrated Baroque compendium of musical instruments which has been owned by three eminent collectors. A student of Athanasias Kircher the Jesuit scholar Filippo Bonanni also Buonanni 1638-1723 produced works on wide-ranging subjects including anatomy shell-collecting and porcelain lacquer. "Gabinetto Armonico" attempts to catalogue all known musical instruments including a broad range of horns as well as other wind percussion stringed and keyboard instruments not infrequently exotic in appearance and operation from all regions including Florida and the world of Islam. Many of the instruments included here were held in the collection of the Jesuit Collegio Romano where Bonanni was teaching at the time he composed the book; other information was gleaned from various authors and ethnographical reports. The book is organized based on the use for which the music is intended e.g. for festivals funerals battle worship hunting and even navigation. The very attractive illustrations by Flemish-born painter and publisher Arnold van Westerhout 1651-1725 depict the instruments in the hands of their players in their native costumes and environs. While some of the depictions of the ancient and foreign musicians are fanciful the majority of these engravings provide genuine invaluable information on music and musical instruments up to the early 18th century. The musicians are as interesting as the instruments dressed in keeping with the original homeland of the instrument ranging from King David with his harp to fashionable rococo ladies at the keyboards of spinet and cimbalo. Our copy is from the library of Italian ballerina Cia Fornaroli 1888-1954 and her husband Walter Toscanini 1898-1971 a bookseller and choreographer. The couple whose distinguished careers were split between New York and Italy assembled a large collection of works documenting the history of dance in Italy from the Renaissance until the 20th century. The bulk of their library now resides in the Jerome Robbins Dance Division of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Our next notable owners were Arthur 1922-2012 and Charlotte Vershbow 1924-2000 who together built a large collection of prints illuminated manuscripts and printed books. Their collection sold at Christie's New York in a series of four auctions in 2013 the present volume was lot 771. Most recently our copy belonged to American publisher David R. Godine who trained as a printer at Leonard Baskin's Gehenna Press before founding his own publishing firm in 1970. His interest in the art of the book led him to build an extensive library of early printed books with a particular focus on antiquarian illustrated works. Two portions of his collection sold for more than $950000 at Bonham's New York in May 2026. The book is not particularly rare at auction but copies in desirable condition even without the distinguished provenance seen here command substantial prices. Giorgio Plancho and Gettatore de' Caratteri unknown books

Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts · États-Unis9 360,00 $US≈ 8 362,37 €

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