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1929 The Music of the Most Ancient Nations
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Description
Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding
A bright facsimile of the 1864 first edition.
Undated, dated from identical copies held institutionally.
In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding. With a forty-eight page catalogue of publisher's advertisements to the rear.
Charmingly illustrated throughout, including a frontispiece, three further monochrome plates (one being across two pages) and numerous in-text figures. Collated, complete.
A fascinating study of ancient music, including the oldest records on music and the instruments and systems of the Assyrians, Ancient Egyptians and Hebrews. Written by Carl Engel, a German writer on music and collector of instruments.
Condition
In the original cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. With offsetting to the endpapers, otherwise pages are bright and clean.
Very Good Indeed
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