RAMEAU, Jean-Philippe Code de musique pratique, ou Méthodes pour apprendre la musique (...). 1760Paris,de l'Imprimerie royale,4to, cont. marbled calf, gilt orn. spine on 5 raised bands (sm. defect at upper joint), red edges, [2]-xx-237-[1...
Estimation :
1000 / 1500
Adjudication :
Invendu
Description
bl.]-33 music engr.-[3 bl.]-14 pp. (some marg. spotting). Good copy.
First and rare ed. of this music theory book by J.-P. Rameau (1683-1764) one of the most important French composers and music theorist of the Baroque era. Rameau, seen as the "Isaac Newton of music" was most famous for his "Treatise on Harmony" with which he initiated a true revolution in music theory. Ill. with an engr. front. and a title vign.
First and rare ed. of this music theory book by J.-P. Rameau (1683-1764) one of the most important French composers and music theorist of the Baroque era. Rameau, seen as the "Isaac Newton of music" was most famous for his "Treatise on Harmony" with which he initiated a true revolution in music theory. Ill. with an engr. front. and a title vign.
